Rule 9 - Application of provisional safeguard measures - India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (Safeguard Measures) Rules, 2016

9. Application of provisional safeguard measures. (1) The Central Government, on the basis of the preliminary findings of the Director General, may - (a) suspend further reduction of any rate of customs duty on the good provided for under the Trade Agreement; or (b) increase the rate of customs duty on the good concerned to a level not to exceed the lesser of the Most Favoured Nation applied rate on the good in effect at the time when the safeguard measure is taken, or the Most Favoured Nation applied rate on the good in effect on the day immediately preceding the date of entry into force of the Trade Agreement. (2) The safeguard measure under sub-rule (1) shall remain in force only for a period not exceeding two hundred days from the date on which it was imposed.