Procedure for the. application of safeguard measures 1. Before initiating the procedure for the application of safeguard measures set out in the following paragraphs of this Article, the Contracting Parties shall endeavour to solve any differences between them through direct consultations. 2. In the event of either Contracting Party subjecting imports of products liable to give rise to the situation referred to in Article 26 of this Agreement to an administrative procedure having as its purpose the rapid provision of information on the trade flows, it shall inform the other Contracting Party. 3. a) With regard to Articles 25, 26 and 28 of this Agreement, the Joint Committee shall examine the case or the situation and may take any decision needed to put an end to the difficulties notified by the Contracting Party concerned. In the case of the absence of such decision within 30 days from the date of the matter being referred to the Joint Committee, the Contracting Party concerned may adopt the necessary measures in order to remedy the situation.
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