# Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for imports (codification), Article 21

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Where imports of a product have already been subject to a safeguard measure, no further measure shall be applied to that product until a period equal to the duration of the previous measure has elapsed. Such period shall not be less than 2 years.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, a safeguard measure of 180 days or less may be re-imposed for a product if:
(a) at least 1 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 to the same product more than twice in the 5-year period immediately preceding the date of introduction of the measure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/478/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-478/article-21
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