RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/W/8
12July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1938)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION
PROVIDED BYTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OFLAW
AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 12.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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1. What ensures thatthefactor setoutinsub-paragraph 1(a)ofArticle 10isanecessary condition
fortheapplication ofasafeguard measure assetoutinparagraph 1ofArticle 2oftheSafeguards
Agreement? Inparticular whatprovision oftheregulation provides forthiscondition tobemetbefore
theimposition ofprovisional measures under Article 8?
2. What constitutes a"region" forthepurposes ofthisRegulation, inparticular inArticles 13,
16and18?What justification isthereunder theSafeguards Agreement fortheECtotakesuchmeasures
onaregional basis beyond limiting them toindividual ECMember states?
3. What iscovered bythereference to"public policy" under sub-paragraph 2(a)(i) ofArticle 24
andhowisitjustified under theSafeguards Agreement?