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applicant Member of the date by which it will notify it whether or not it is released from such obligation or obligations as may be relevant; Provided that, if the applicant Member does not receive a final reply by the date set by the Organization, it may, after communicating with the Organization, institute the proposed measure after the expiration of a further thirty days from such date. Article 14 Transitional Measures 1. Any Member may maintain any non-discriminatory protective measure which has been imposed for the establishment, development or reconstruction of particular industries, or particular branches of agriculture, and which is not otherwise permitted by this Charter; Provided that (a) Any such Member which is a signatory of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall have notified the other signatory governments not later than thirty days prior to the day of the signature of the Agreement of each product on which any such existing measure is to be maintained and of the nature and purpose of such measure, and (b) Any such Member not being a signatory of the General Agreement but having signed this Charter on the day of its general signature, shall have notified the other governments signing this Charter on that day, prior to their signature, of each product on which any such existing measure is to be maintained and of the nature and purpose of such measure, and {c) Any other such Member shall, prior to the day of its signature of this Charter, have notified the existing measures that it wishes to maintain to all Governments which signed the Charter on the day of its general signatures, or if this Charter has already entered into force, to the Members of the Organization. Any Member maintaining any such measure shall within one month of assuming Membership in the Organization notify it of the measure concerned, the considerations in support of its maintenance and the period for which it wishes to maintain the measure. The Organization shall, as soon as possible, but in any case within twelve months of such Member assuming Membership in the Organization, examine and give a decision concerning the measure as if it had been submitted to the Organization for its concurrence under Article 13. 2. The Organization, in making a decision under this Article specifying a date by which any modification in or withdrawal of the measure is to be made, shall have regard to the possible need of a Member for a suitable period of time in which to make such modification or withdrawal.