agreement on safeguards
members,
having in mind the overall objective of the members to improve and strengthen the international trading system based on gatt 1994;
recognizing the need to clarify and reinforce the disciplines of gatt 1994, and specifically those of its article nd specifically those of its article xix (emergency action on imports of particular products), to re-establish multilateral control over safeguards and eliminate measures that escape such contro
recognizing the importance of structural adjustment and the need to enhance rather than limit competition in international markets; and
recognizing further that, for these purposes, a comprehensive agreement, applicable to all members and based on the basic principles of gatt 1994, is called for;
hereby agree as follows:
article article
general provision
this agreement establishes rules for the application of safeguard measures which shall be understood to mean those measures provided for in article this agreement establishes rules for the application of safeguard measures which shall be understood to mean those measures provided for in article xix of gatt 199
article 2
conditions
1. a member may apply a safeguard measure to a product only if that member has determined, pursuant to the provisions set out below, that such product is being imported into its territory in such increased quantities, absolute or relative to domestic production, and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry that produces like or directly competitive products.
2. safeguard measures shall be applied to a product being imported irrespective of its source.
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