"ensure that trade-liberalisation and market-access measures adopted in response to crises are accompanied by effective safeguards and by fair-competition standards, so that the domestic agricultural producers and food-production base of receiving countries are not destabilised, and so that imported products are not produced to lower environmental, animal welfare or labour standards than those required of domestic producers;"
The October 2025 EU–Ukraine agreement established this safeguard mechanism on domestic standards. This mirrors these safeguards into this report.