Article 8 Safeguard clause for agricultural and fishery products
United Kingdom
Notwithstanding the procedures provided for in Articles 5 and 6 of this Regulation, where the Union needs to take a measure as provided for in Article 32(2) or Article 41 of the SAA, concerning agricultural and fishery products, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures after, where applicable, having had recourse to the referral procedure provided for in Article 41 of the SAA. Those measures shall be adopted by the Commission by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13(3) of this Regulation.
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency, including the case referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(4) of this Regulation.
If the Commission receives the request referred to in paragraph 1 from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon:
within three working days following the receipt of that request, where the referral procedure provided for in Article 41 of the SAA does not apply; or
within three days of the end of the 30-day period referred to in Article 41(5)(a) of the SAA, where the referral procedure provided for in Article 41 of the SAA applies.