3. Disclosure shall be made, with due regard to the protection of confidential information, as soon as possible and, normally, not later than 45 days prior to a definitive decision by the Commission of any proposal for final action and in any case at an appropriate time for the parties to make comments and for those comments to be considered by the Commission. Where the Commission is not in a position to disclose certain facts or considerations at that time, these shall be disclosed as soon as possible thereafter.

4. Disclosure shall not prejudice any subsequent decision which may be taken but where such decision is based on any different facts and considerations, these shall be disclosed as soon as possible.

5. Submissions made after disclosure is given shall be taken into consideration only if received within a period to be set by the Commission in each case, which shall be at least 14 days, due consideration being given to the urgency of the matter.

Article 18

Review

1. Wherever normal Common Custom Tariff duties have been reintroduced, any interested party may submit a written request for reinstatement of the tariff preferences providing

prima facie

evidence that the reasons justifying the reintroduction of normal duties no longer apply. Union producers may submit a written request for the extension of the period of reintroduction of the normal duties providing

prima facie

evidence that the reasons justifying the reintroduction of normal duties continue to apply.

2. The Commission may review the need for reinstatement of normal Common Custom Tariff duties wherever it considers such a review to be justified.

3. The provisions of this chapter shall apply

mutatis mutandis

to the review of the safeguard measures.

Article 19

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 August 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1