Paragraph 17 No restriction on successive safeguarding remediesF1

in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for ““previous safeguarding remedy”” there were substituted ““previous bilateral safeguarding remedy””;

for sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) there were substituted—

“(3)

The Secretary of State may reject the recommendation if—

(a)

the relevant free trade agreement contains provision restricting the circumstances in which a bilateral safeguarding remedy can be applied to goods to which a previous bilateral safeguarding remedy has been applied, and

(b)

the Secretary of State considers that the acceptance of the recommendation would or might result in a breach of that provision.”