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3. On request of any Party, the Committee on Goods may, no later
than three years before the end of the transitional safeguard
period, discuss and review the implementation and operation,
including the duration, of the transitional RCEP safeguard
measures.

Article 7.3: Notification and Consultation

1. A Party shall immediately deliver a written notice to the other
Parties upon:

(a) initiating an investigation referred to in Article 7.4
(Investigation Procedures) relating to serious injury or
threat of serious injury and the reasons for it;

(b) making a finding of serious injury or threat of serious injury
caused by increased imports;

(c) applying or extending the imposition of a transitional RCEP
safeguard measure; and

(d) taking a decision to modify, including to progressively
liberalise, a transitional RCEP safeguard measure.

2. A written notice referred to in subparagraph 1(a) shall include:

(a) a precise description of the originating good subject to the
investigation including its heading and subheading under
the Harmonized System and the national nomenclature of
the Party;

(b) a summary of the reason for the initiation of the
investigation; and

(c) the date of the initiation of the investigation and the period
of investigation.

3. A Party shall provide to the other Parties a copy or the Uniform
Resource Locator of the public version of the report by its
competent authorities that is required under paragraph 1 of Article
7.4 (Investigation Procedures). The provided report may be in the
language originally used in the report by its competent authorities.

4. A written notice referred to in subparagraphs 1(b) through (d) shall
include:

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