Article 1 
1. Where a Member State requests the Commission to apply safeguard measures as provided for in Article 177 of the Convention and if the Commission decides not to apply them, the Commission shall inform the Council and the Member States accordingly within three working days of receipt of the request from the Member State. Member States shall provide the Commission with the information needed to justify their requests to apply safeguard measures. Any Member State may refer this decision of the Commission to the Council within 10 working days of its notification. In such a case, the Commission shall notify the ACP States and inform them of the opening of consultations as referred to in Article 178 (1) of the Convention and implemented in accordance with Protocol 4. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 20 working days after the conclusion of the consultations with the ACP States. 2. Where the Commission, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decides that the safeguard measures provided for in Article 177 of the Convention should be applied: - it shall inform the Member States forthwith or, if it is responding to a Member State's request, within three working days of the date of receipt of that request, - it shall consult a committee made up of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a Commission representative, - at the same time it shall inform the ACP States and notify them of the opening of consultations as referred to in Article 178 (1) of the Convention and implemented in accordance with Protocol 4 thereto, - at the same time it shall provide the ACP States with all the information necessary for these consultations. 3. In any event, the consultations shall be deemed to be completed 21 days after the notification referred to in the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 2. At the end of the consultations or on expiry of the period of 21 days, and if no other arrangement proves possible, the Commission, after consulting the committee referred to in paragraph 2, may take appropriate measures to implement Article 177 of the Convention. 4. The decision referred to in paragraph 3 shall be notified forthwith to the Council, the Member States and the ACP States. It shall be immediately applicable. (1) OJ No L 35, 9.2.1982, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 262, 26.9.1990, p. 11. (3) OJ No L 197, 18.7.1987, p. 33. (4) OJ No L 125, 14.5.1987, p. 1. 5. Any Member State may refer the Commission decision referred to in paragraph 3 to the Council within 10 working days of receiving notification of the decision. 6. If the Commission has not taken a decision within 10 working days following the end of the consultations with the ACP States or, as the case may be, the end of the period of 21 days, any Member State which has referred the matter to the Commission in accordance with paragraph 2 may refer it to the Council. 7. In the cases referred to in paragraph 5 and 6 the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 20 working days. Article 2 1. Where special factors arise within the meaning of Article 178 (3) of the Convention, the Commission may take, or authorize a Member State to apply immediate safeguard measures. 2. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State it shall take a decision thereon within three working days following receipt of the request. It shall notify the Council and the Member States of its decision. 3. Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision to the Council in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 1 (5). The procedure set out in Article 1 (7) shall be applicable. If the Commission has not taken a decision within the time limit mentioned in paragraph 2, any Member State which has referred the matter to the Commission may refer it to the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in the preceding subparagraphs. The provisions of this Article shall not preclude the consultations referred to in Article 178 (1) of the Convention. Article 3 Implementation of this Regulation shall not preclude the application of the regulations establishing a common organization of the agricultural markets or related Community or national administrative provisions or the specific rules adopted under Article 235 of the Treaty for processed agricultural products. Article 4 Community notifications to the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers pursuant to Article 177 of the Convention shall be made by the Commission. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS
Article 2 
1. Where special factors arise within the meaning of Article 178 (3) of the Convention, the Commission may take, or authorize a Member State to apply immediate safeguard measures. 2. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State it shall take a decision thereon within three working days following receipt of the request. It shall notify the Council and the Member States of its decision. 3. Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision to the Council in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 1 (5). The procedure set out in Article 1 (7) shall be applicable. If the Commission has not taken a decision within the time limit mentioned in paragraph 2, any Member State which has referred the matter to the Commission may refer it to the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in the preceding subparagraphs. The provisions of this Article shall not preclude the consultations referred to in Article 178 (1) of the Convention. Article 3 Implementation of this Regulation shall not preclude the application of the regulations establishing a common organization of the agricultural markets or related Community or national administrative provisions or the specific rules adopted under Article 235 of the Treaty for processed agricultural products. Article 4 Community notifications to the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers pursuant to Article 177 of the Convention shall be made by the Commission. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS
Article 3 
Implementation of this Regulation shall not preclude the application of the regulations establishing a common organization of the agricultural markets or related Community or national administrative provisions or the specific rules adopted under Article 235 of the Treaty for processed agricultural products. Article 4 Community notifications to the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers pursuant to Article 177 of the Convention shall be made by the Commission. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS
Article 4 
Community notifications to the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers pursuant to Article 177 of the Convention shall be made by the Commission. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS