Where it emerges that the conditions laid down for the adoption of safeguard measures are met in one or more Member States, the Commission, after having examined alternative solutions, may exceptionally authorise the application of surveillance or safeguard measures restricted to the Member State or Member States concerned if it considers that such measures applied at that level are more appropriate than measures applied throughout the Union.
I gcás ina dtiocfaidh sé chun cinn go bhfuil na coinníollacha atá leagtha síos le haghaidh bearta cosanta a ghlacadh comhlíonta i mBallstát amháin nó níos mó, féadfaidh an Coimisiún, tar éis dó réitigh mhalartacha a scrúdú, a údarú go heisceachtúil go gcuirfear bearta faireachais nó cosanta i bhfeidhm a bheidh srianta don Bhallstát nó do na Ballstáit lena mbaineann má mheasann sé gurb iomchuí bearta den sórt sin a chur i bhfeidhm ar an leibhéal sin ná bearta a chur i bhfeidhm ar fud an Aontais.