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(b) Each contracting party shall maintain, or institute as soon as practicable, judicial, arbitral, or administrative tribunals or procedures for the. purpose, inter alia, of the prompt review • and correction of administrative action relating to Customs matters. Such tribunals or procedures shall be independent of the agencies entrusted with administrative enforcement and their decisions shall be implemented by, and shall govern the practice of, such agencies unless an appeal is lodged with a Court or tribunal of superior jurisdiction within the time prescribed for appeals to be lodged by importers : Provided that the central administration of such agency may take steps to obtain a review of the matter in another proceeding if there is good cause to believe that the decision is inconsistent with established principles of law or the actual facts. (c) The provisions of subparagraph {b) of this paragraph shall not require, the elimination or substitution of procedures in force in the territory of a contracting party on the date of this Agreement which in fact provide for an objective and impartial review of administrative action even though such procedures are not fully 6r formally independent ■ Of the agencies - entrusted with administrative enforcement. Any contracting party employing such procedures shall, upon request, furnish the CONTRACTING PARTIES with full information thereon in order that they may determine whether such procedures conform to the requirements of this subparagraph. Article XI General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions ■ 1. No prohibitions or restrictions, other than duties, taxes, or other charges, whether made effective through quotas, import or export, licences, or other, measures, shall be instituted or maintained by any contracting party on the importation of any product of the territory of any. other contracting party or on the exportation or sale for export of any product destined for the territory of any other contracting party. . 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of-this Article shall not extend .to the following : (a) Export prohibitions or restrictions • temporarily applied to prevent. of relieve critical ■ shortages of foodstuffs or other products essential, to the exporting contracting party-; * - ■ < > . ■ (b) Import and export prohibitions or restrictions' necessary to ;the application of standards or regulations for the classification, grading, or marketing, of commodities in international trade ; -. (c) Import restrictions on any agricultural or fisheries product, imported in : v any form, necessary to the enforcement of governmental measures which . operate— • • (i) To restrict the quantities of the like domestic product permitted . to. be marketed or produced, or, if there is no substantial domestic production of the like product, of a domestic product for which the imported product can be directly substituted; or