CHAPTER IIIMPORTS OF PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

SECTION IIISafeguard Measures

Article 17Safeguard measures

1

The Commission shall, subject to paragraph 3 of this Article, adopt implementing acts containing safeguard measures against imports of processed agricultural products into the Union. In order to ensure the uniformity of the common commercial policy, those implementing acts shall be consistent with Regulations (EC) No 260/2009 and (EC) No 625/2009. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).

2

Save as otherwise provided for in any other legal act of the European Parliament and the Council and any other legal act of the Council, the Commission shall, subject to paragraph 3 of this Article, adopt implementing acts containing safeguard measures against imports of processed agricultural products into the Union provided for in international agreements concluded or provisionally applied by the Union in accordance with the TFEU. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).

3

The Commission may take the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative.

Where the Commission receives a request from a Member State for the adoption of the implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2, or both, it shall adopt implementing acts containing its decision thereon within five working days following receipt of the request. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).

4

On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency, relating to the safeguard measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 44(3).

5

If the Commission wishes to revoke or to amend safeguard measures adopted pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4, it shall adopt implementing acts in order to do so. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with Article 44(2), except where there are duly justified imperative grounds of urgency, in which case those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with Article 44(3).