Where any product originating in a Central American country is being imported in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious deterioration in the economic situation of one or several of the Union's outermost regions, as referred to in Article 349 TFEU, a safeguard measure may be imposed, in accordance with this Chapter.
V skladu s tem poglavjem se lahko uvede zaščitni ukrep, kadar se kateri koli izdelek s poreklom iz srednjeameriške države uvaža v Unijo v tako povečanih količinah in pod takimi pogoji, da povzroči ali pomeni tveganje za povzročitev resnega poslabšanja gospodarskih razmer v eni ali več najbolj oddaljenih regij Unije iz člena 349 PDEU.