Common use of Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements Clause in Contracts

Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements. 1. The importing Party may apply a bilateral safeguard measure only following an investigation by its competent authorities in accordance with Article 3 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards. To this end, Article 3 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 2. In determining whether increased imports of an originating product of the other Party have caused serious injury or are threatening to cause serious injury to a domestic industry, the competent authority of the importing Party shall follow the rules in Article 4 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards. To this end, Article 4 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements. 1. The importing Party may apply a bilateral safeguard measure only following an investigation by its competent authorities in accordance with Article 3 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards. To this end, Article 3 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 2. In determining whether increased imports of an originating product of the other Party have caused serious injury or are threatening to cause serious injury to a domestic industry, the competent authority of the importing Party shall follow the rules in Article 4 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards. To this end, Article 4 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards safeguards is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.