This Regulation shall not preclude the application of:

1. (a)

   any special rules laid down in agreements concluded between the Union and third countries;

2. (b)

   the Union Regulations in the agricultural sector and Council Regulations (EC) No 1667/20069, (EC) No 614/200910 and (EC) No 1216/200911. This Regulation shall operate by way of complement to those Regulations and in derogation from any provisions thereof which preclude the application of countervailing duties;

3. (c)

   special measures, provided that such action does not run counter to obligations under the GATT 1994.