Safeguard procedure.
The following procedure may be applied where the basic instrument confers on the Commission the power to decide on safeguard measures:
(a) the Commission shall notify the Council and the Member States of any decision regarding safeguard measures. It may be stipulated that before adopting its decision, the Commission shall consult the Member States in accordance with procedures to be determined in each case;
(b) Any Member State may refer the Commission' s decision to the Council within a time-limit to be determined within the basic instrument in question; (c) the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within a time-limit to be determined in the basic instrument in question. Alternatively, it may be stipulated in the basic instrument that the Council, acting by qualified majority, may confirm, amend or revoke the decision adopted by the Commission and that, if the Council has not taken a decision within the abovementioned time-limit, the decision of the Commission is deemed to be revoked.
