【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 time as may be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury and to facilitate adjustment. The period shall not exceed four years, unless it is extended under paragraph2.2. The period mentioned in paragraph1 may be extended provided that the petent authorities of the importing Member have determined, in conformity with the procedures set out in Articles2, 3, 4 and5, that the safeguard measure continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury and that there is evidence that the industry is adjusting, and provided that the pertinent provisions of Articles8 and12 are observed.3. The total period of application of a safeguard measure including the period of application of any provisional measure, the period of initial application and any extension thereof, shall not exceed eight years.4. In order to facilitate adjustment in a situation where the expected duration of a safeguard measure as notified under the provisions of paragraph1 of Article12 is over one year, the Member applying the measure shall progressively liberalize it at regular intervals during the period of application. If the duration of the measure exceeds three years, the Member applying such a measure shall review the situation not later than the midterm of the measure and, if appropriate, withdraw it or increase the pace of liberalization. A measure extended under paragraph2 shall not be more restrictive than it was at the end of the initial period, and should continue to be liberalized.5. No safeguard measure shall be applied again to the import of a product which has been subject to such a measure, taken after the date of entry into force of the WTOAgreement, for a period of time equal to that during which such measure had been previously applied, provided that the period of nonapplication is at least two years.6. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph5, a safeguard measure with a duration of 180days or less may be applied again to the import of a product if: (a) at least one year has elapsed since the date of introduction of a safeguard measure on the import of that product。 and (b) such a safeguard measure has not been applied on the same product more than twice in the fiveyear period immediately preceding the date of introduction of the measure. Article8 Level of Concessions and Other Obligations1. A Member proposing to apply a safeguard measure or seeking an extension of a safeguard measure shall endeavour to maintain a substantially equivalent level of concessions and other obligations to that existing under GATT 1994 between it and the exporting Members which would be affected by such a measure, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph3 of Article12. To achieve this objective, the Members concerned may agree on any adequate means of trade pensation for the adverse effects of the measure on their trade.2. If no agreement is reached within 30days in the consultations under paragraph3 of Article12, then the affected exporting Members shall be free, not later than 90days after the measure is applied, to suspend, upon the expiration of 30days from the day on which written notice of such suspension is received by the Council for Trade in Goods, the application of substantially equivalent concessions or other obligations under GATT 1994, to the trade of the Member applying the safeguard measure, the suspension of which the Council for Trade in Goods does not disapprove.3. The right of suspension referred to in paragraph2 shall not be exercised for the first three years that a safeguard measure is in effect, provided that the safeguard measure has been taken as a result of an absolute increase in imports and that such a measure conforms to the provisions of this Agreement. Article9 Developing Country Members1. Safeguard measures shall not be applied against a product originating in a developing country Member as long as its share of imports of the product concerned in the importing Member does not exceed 3percent, provided that developing country Members with less than 3percent import share collectively account for not more than 9percent of total imports of the product concerned. A Member shall immediately notify an action taken under paragraph 1 of Article9 to the Committee on Safeguards.2. A developing country Member shall have the right to extend the period of application of a safeguard measure for a period of up to two years beyond the maximum period provided for in paragraph3 of Article7. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph5 of Article7, a developing country Member shall have the right to apply a sa