Where, in the calendar year 2012 or 2013, imports based on customs import data for a product originating from Pakistan and included in Annex I increase, in volume, by 25 % or more, as compared to the average of the years 2009 to 2011, that product shall be removed from the scope of this Regulation for the remainder of that year. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 6, to amend Annex I to remove that product from the scope of this Regulation for the remainder of that year.

Upon the entry into force of the delegated act, imports of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to ‘most-favoured-nation’ or other applicable duties.