On 02 August 2024, the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) published its “Guidelines for the Imposition of an Agricultural Safeguard Measure provided for in Article 35 of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and its Member States, of the One Part, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA States, of the Other (EU-SADC EPA)”.
Article 35 of the EU-SADC EPA provides for a reference and procedure guide for the implementation of an agricultural safeguard measure. This emanating from the EPA between the EU and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC States EPA, of the other.
ITAC has drafted and procedural guide for the imposition of an agricultural safeguard measure under Article 35 of the EU-SADC EPA.
The SACU Council of Ministers has approved the attached guidelines. The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition of South Africa instructed ITAC, in terms of Section 16(d)(i) of the International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (Act 71 of 2002) (ITA Act), to administer the agricultural safeguard provision provided for in Article 35 of the EU-SADC EPA, in accordance with ITAC’s reference and procedural guide about the imposition of an agricultural safeguard measure under Article 35 of the EU-SADC EPA.
It should be noted that these guidelines are published for implementation purposes.