Principles
Article 10
1. A safeguard measure may be imposed in accordance with the provisions set out in this Chapter where products originating in regions or states listed in Annex I are being imported into the Union in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause any of the following: (a) serious injury to Union industry; (b) disturbances in a sector of the economy, particularly where those disturbances produce major social problems or difficulties which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of the Union; or (c) disturbances in the markets of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture or mechanisms regulating those markets. 2. In cases where products originating in regions or states listed in Annex I are being imported into the Union in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause disturbances in the economic situation of one or several of the outermost regions of the Union, a safeguard measure may be imposed in accordance with the provisions set out in this Chapter.