CE/PAC/en 1 INTERIM AGREEMENT WITH A VIEW TO AN ... - WITS

(b)The safeguard measures referred to in this Article shall be applied for a period notexceeding two years. Where the circumstances warranting the imposition of safeguardmeasures continue to exist, such measures may be extended for a further period of nomore than two years. Where the signatory Central African States or a signatory CentralAfrican State applies a safeguard measure, or where the EC Party takes safeguardmeasures limited to the territory of one or more of its outermost regions, such measuresmay nevertheless be applied for a period not exceeding four years and, where thecircumstances warranting the imposition of safeguard measures continue to exist, beextended for a further maximum period of four years.(c)The safeguard measures referred to in this Article which exceed one year shall have aclear timetable for being phased out by the end of the set period, at the latest.(d)No safeguard measure referred to in this Article shall be applied to a product that haspreviously been subject to such a measure for a period of at least one year since theexpiry of the measure.7. For the implementation of paragraph 1 to 6, the following provisions shall apply:(a) Where a Party is of the opinion that one of the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 2, 4and/or 5 exists, it shall immediately refer the matter to the EPA Committee.(b)The EPA Committee may make recommendations to remedy the circumstances which havearisen. If the EPA Committee has not made recommendations to remedy the circumstances,or if a satisfactory solution has not been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred,the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures to remedy the situation inaccordance with this Article.CE/PAC/en 37