Common use of Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements Clause in Contracts

Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements. 1. A Party shall apply a bilateral safeguard measure only following an investigation by the Party's competent investigating authority in accordance with Articles 3 and 4.2(c) of the Safeguards Agreement. To this end, Articles 3 and 4.2(c) of the Safeguards Agreement are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 2. In the investigation described in paragraph 1, a Party shall comply with the requirements of Article 4.2(a) of the Safeguards Agreement. To this end, Article 4.2(a) of the 1 The Parties understand that neither tariff rate quotas nor quantitative restrictions would be a permissible form of a bilateral safeguard measure. Safeguards Agreement is incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 3. Each Party shall ensure that its competent investigating authority completes any such investigation within one year following its date of initiation.