Article 7
1. Where exceptional circumstances arise within the meaning of Articles 32(3)(d) of the Agreement, the Commission may take immediate safeguard measures in the cases referred to in Articles 29 and 30 of the Agreement. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within five working days of receipt of the request. 2. The Commission shall notify the Council and the Member States of its decision. 3. Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision to the Council in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 6(6). The procedure set out in Article 6(7) and (8) shall be applicable. If the Commission has not taken a decision within the time limit mentioned in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, any Member State which has referred the matter to the Commission may refer it to the Council in accordance with the procedures laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph.