Article 11
1. Where imports of textile products originating in third countries other than those listed in Annex II threaten to cause injury to Union production of like or directly competitive products, the Commission, acting at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may: (a) decide to introduce retrospective Union surveillance of certain imports, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2), (b) decide, for the purposes of monitoring the trend of these imports, to make certain imports subject to prior Union surveillance, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2). 2. Where imports of textile products originating in third countries listed in Annex II and liberalised at Union level threaten to cause injury to the Union production of like or directly competitive products, or where the economic interests of the Union so require, the Commission, acting at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may: (a) decide to introduce retrospective Union surveillance of certain imports, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2); (b) decide, for the purposes of monitoring the trend of these imports, to make certain imports subject to prior Union surveillance in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2). 3. The measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall, as a rule, be of a limited period of validity.