Definition
1. At the request of the exporting Party, the Party initiating a safeguard investigation or
intending to adopt provisional or definitive global safeguard measures shall
immediately provide:
(a) the information referred to in Article 12.2 of the Safeguards Agreement, in the
format prescribed by the WTO Committee on Safeguards;
(b) the public version of the complaint filed by the domestic industry, where
relevant; and
(c) a public report setting forth the findings and reasoned conclusions on all
pertinent issues of fact and law considered in the safeguard investigation. The
public report shall include an analysis that attributes injury to the factors
causing it and set out the method used in defining the global safeguard
measures.
2. When information is provided under this Article, the importing Party shall offer to
hold consultations with the exporting Party in order to review the information
provided.