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Chapter-7

Operating Procedures for handling Safeguard

Duty Investigations against exports from India

1. Safeguard Measures are dened as “emergency actions with respect to
increased imports of particular products, where such imports have
caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the importing members
Domestic Industry”. Article 2 of Agreement on Safeguard sets forth the
conditions under which safeguard measures may be applied. These
conditions are:
(i) Increased imports and
(ii) Serious injury or threat thereof caused by such increased imports.

2. The TDW is the nodal point for all the safeguard investigations initiated
against exports originating from India. The Safeguard investigations are
generally concluded within 9-months' time frame and the IAs are very
particular on an early conclusion of these measures. Hence, the
extension in ling of submission is generally not considered.

3. The followings are the broad stages of the Safeguard investigations
conducted by the IA against our exports:
(i) Pre- Initiation Notice: Based upon the Petition received from its
domestic industry or taking a suo-moto cognizance, the IA issues a
Notice intimating the receipt of Petition for Initiating Safeguard
investigation. This notice is generally shared by IA with our EOI.

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