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If the Commission considers that amendments to this Directive or to one of the Directives referred to in Article 5 are necessary in order to alleviate the difficulties mentioned in paragraph 1 and to ensure the protection of human health, it shall initiate the procedure laid down in Article 10, with a view to adopting these amendments; the Member State which has adopted safeguard measures may in that event retain them until the amendments enter into force.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.