http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/939/article/8Regulation (EU) 2015/939 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2015 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (codification)Regulation (EU) 2015/939 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2015/939 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2015 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (codification)2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32015R0939texttext/xmlen2015-06-09
Article 8Safeguard clause for agricultural and fisheries products1.

Notwithstanding the procedures referred to in Articles 5 and 6 of this Regulation, where the Union needs to take a safeguard measure as provided for in Article 38 of the SAA concerning agricultural and fisheries products, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures after, where applicable, having had recourse to the referral procedure provided for in Article 38 of the SAA.

If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon:

(a)

within three working days of the receipt of a request, where the referral procedure provided for in Article 38 of the SAA does not apply; or

(b)

within three days of the end of the 30-day period referred to in point (a) of Article 38(5) of the SAA, where the referral procedure provided for in Article 38 of the SAA applies.

The Commission shall notify Member States of the measures upon which it has decided.

2.

The Commission shall take such measures in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(3), or in cases of urgency, in accordance with Article 9(4).