When a Member has reason to believe that a specific sanitary or phytosanitary measure introduced or maintained by another Member is constraining, or has the potential to constrain, its exports and the measure is not based on the relevant international standards, guidelines or recommendations, or such standards, guidelines or recommendations do not exist, an explanation of the reasons for such sanitary or phytosanitary measure may be requested and shall be provided by the Member maintaining the measure.
Kadar članica upravičeno meni, da določen sanitarni ali fitosanitarni ukrep, ki ga uvaja ali ohranja druga članica, ovira ali bi utegnil ovirati njen izvoz ter ne temelji na ustreznih mednarodnih standardih, smernicah ali priporočilih ali pa taki standardi, smernice ali priporočila ne obstajajo, lahko za tak sanitarni ali fitosanitarni ukrep zahteva pojasnilo, ki ga mora dati članica, ki ukrep ohranja.