【正文】 g to apply or extend the measure.3. A Member proposing to apply or extend a safeguard measure shall provide adequate opportunity for prior consultations with those Members having a substantial interest as exporters of the product concerned, with a view to, interalia, reviewing the information provided under paragraph2, exchanging views on the measure and reaching an understanding on ways to achieve the objective set out in paragraph1 of Article8.4. A Member shall make a notification to the Committee on Safeguards before taking a provisional safeguard measure referred to in Article6. Consultations shall be initiated immediately after the measure is taken.5. The results of the consultations referred to in this Article, as well as the results of midterm reviews referred to in paragraph4 of Article7, any form of pensation referred to in paragraph1 of Article 8, and proposed suspensions of concessions and other obligations referred to in paragraph2 of Article8, shall be notified immediately to the Council for Trade in Goods by the Members concerned.6. Members shall notify promptly the Committee on Safeguards of their laws, regulations and administrative procedures relating to safeguard measures as well as any modifications made to them.7. Members maintaining measures described in Article10 and paragraph1 of Article11 which exist on the date of entry into force of the WTOAgreement shall notify such measures to the Committee on Safeguards not later than 60days after the date of entry into force of the WTOAgreement.8. Any Member may notify the Committee on Safeguards of all laws, regulations, administrative procedures and any measures or actions dealt with in this Agreement that have not been notified by other Members that are required by this Agreement to make such notifications.9. Any Member may notify the Committee on Safeguards of any nongovernmental measures referred to in paragraph3 of Article11.10. All notifications to the Council for Trade in Goods referred to in this Agreement shall normally be made through the Committee on Safeguards.11. The provisions on notification in this Agreement shall not require any Member to disclose confidential information the disclosure of which would impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest or would prejudice the legitimate mercial interests of particular enterprises, public or private. Article13 Surveillance1. A Committee on Safeguards is hereby established, under the authority of the Council for Trade in Goods, which shall be open to the participation of any Member indicating its wish to serve on it. The Committee will have the following functions: (a) to monitor, and report annually to the Council for Trade in Goods on, the general implementation of this Agreement and make remendations towards its improvement。 (b) to find, upon request of an affected Member, whether or not the procedural requirements of this Agreement have been plied with in connection with a safeguard measure, and report its findings to the Council for Trade in Goods。 (c) to assist Members, if they so request, in their consultations under the provisions of this Agreement。 (d) to examine measures covered by Article10 and paragraph1 of Article11, monitor the phaseout of such measures and report as appropriate to the Council for Trade in Goods。 (e) to review, at the request of the Member taking a safeguard measure, whether proposals to suspend concessions or other obligations are substantially equivalent, and report as appropriate to the Council for Trade in Goods。 (f) to receive and review all notifications provided for in this Agreement and report as appropriate to the Council for Trade in Goods。 and (g) to perform any other function connected with this Agreement that the Council for Trade in Goods may determine.2. To assist the Committee in carrying out its surveillance function, the Secretariat shall prepare annually a factual report on the operation of this Agreement based on notifications and other reliable information available to it. Article14 Dispute Settlement The provisions of ArticlesXXII andXXIII of GATT 1994 as elaborated and applied by the Dispute Settlement Understanding shall apply to consultations and the settlement of disputes arising under this Agreement. ANNEX EXCEPTION REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH2 OF ARTICLE11Members concernedProductTerminationEC/JapanPassenger cars, off road vehicles, light mercial vehicles, light trucks (up to5tonnes), and the same vehicles in wholly knockeddown form (CKD sets).31December 1999