Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, any definitive countervailing duty shall be terminated on a date not later than five years from its imposition (or from the date of the most recent review under paragraph 2 if that review has covered both subsidization and injury, or under this paragraph), unless the authorities determine, in a review initiated before that date on their own initiative or upon a duly substantiated request made by or on behalf of the domestic industry within a reasonable period of time prior to that date, that the expiry of the duty would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of subsidization and injury (51).
Ne glede na določbe prvega in drugega odstavka se mora katera koli izravnalna carina ukiniti najpozneje na dan, ko poteče pet let od dneva uvedbe (ali od dneva zadnje proučitve v smislu drugega odstavka, če sta s to proučitvijo obravnavana subvencioniranje in škoda, ali v smislu tega odstavka), razen če oblasti v proučitvenem postopku, ki je sprožen pred tem dnem, ugotovijo na lastno pobudo ali na podlagi pravilno utemeljene zahteve, ki jo da domača industrija ali je dana v njenem imenu, v razumnem roku pred omenjenim dnem, da bi ukinitev carine zelo verjetno imela za posledico ponovno uvedbo oziroma nadaljevanje subvencije oziroma škode [52].