Bilateral safeguard measures can suspend tariff concessions or raise duties after investigation of imports causing serious injury. These rules provide a bilateral safeguard regime under the India-Korea Trade Agreement empowering the Director General to investigate whether tariff reductions have caused or threaten to cause serious injury to domestic industry, to publish notices, receive and exchange evidence while protecting confidential information, and to recommend provisional or final measures-suspension of tariff concessions or increases in duty-of limited duration with possibilities for review, progressive liberalisation, refund and transition constraints.