Article 7 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law

This article regulates the durations of final measures:

First - anti-dumping and countervailing measures:

• They are imposed for a period not exceeding five years from the date the decision imposing them takes effect, including the period of provisional measures, or from the date of the result of the last positive interim review.
• They may be extended, as they are or as modified, for further periods of up to five years each, on two conditions: the final review must begin before the end of the measures period, and it must show a likelihood that dumping or subsidy and injury would continue or recur if the measures were ended. The measures continue after the five years until the final review ends.

Second - safeguard measures:

• They are imposed for an initial period not exceeding four years, including the period of provisional measures, and if longer than one year, their level is progressively liberalized each year.
• They may be extended through an extension review under the Implementing Regulations, provided their total duration does not exceed ten years and the extended measures are less restrictive. The Authority conducts a mid-term review under the Implementing Regulations.
• Reimposition: they may not be applied again to a product on which they were previously imposed until a period equal to half the period of the previous measures has passed, and not less than two years. As an exception, the Authority may reimpose measures lasting 180 days or less after at least one year has passed since they were imposed, provided they are not applied to the same product more than twice within the following five years.

This article comes after Article 6, which limits measures to what is necessary, and before Article 8, which prevents final measures from exceeding the dumping margin or the amount of the subsidy. Anyone whose business is affected by an extension of measures may consult a lawyer specialized in international matters and foreign investment.