21.3 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.[123] The duty may remain in force pending the outcome of such a review.
21.3 Ne glede na določbe prvega in drugega odstavka se mora katerakoli 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) Carina lahko ostane veljavna v pričakovanju izida take proučitve.