Multilateral safeguards
Article 33
1. Subject to the provisions of this Article, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the SADC EPA States and the EC Party from adopting measures in accordance with Article XIX of GATT 1994, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture annexed to the Marrakech Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation and any other relevant WTO Agreements. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the EC Party shall, in the light of the overall development objectives of this Agreement and the small size of the economies of the SADC EPA States, exclude imports from any SADC EPA State from any measures taken pursuant to Article XIX of GATT 1994, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture. 3. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall apply for a period of five years, beginning from the date of entry into force of the Agreement. Not later than 120 days before the end of this period, the Joint SADC EPA States-EC Council shall review the operation of those provisions in the light of the development needs of the SADC EPA States, with a view to determining whether to extend their application for a further period. 4. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not be subject to the Dispute Settlement provisions of this Agreement.