Safeguard quantitative restrictions: procedure for investigating increased imports and recommending non discriminatory import limits to protect industry. Imposition of safeguard quantitative restrictions is administered by a designated Authorised Officer who investigates alleged increased imports causing or threatening serious injury, evaluates evidence of increased imports, injury and causation, issues public notices, allows interested party participation subject to confidentiality, and recommends the nature, extent, allocation, duration and progressive liberalisation of quantitative restrictions to the Central Government for non discriminatory imposition.