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(ix) Taken in pursuance of intergovernmental commodity agreements concluded in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI ; (x) Taken in pursuance of any intergovernmental agreement which relates solely to the conservation of fisheries resources, migratory birds or wild animals and which is subject to the requirements of paragraph 1 (d) of Article 70 ; or (xi) Involving restrictions on exports of domestic materials necessary to assure essential quantities of such materials to a domestic processing industry during periods when the domestic price of such materials is held below the' world price as part of a governmental stabilization plan ; Provided that such restrictions shall not operate to increase the exports of or the protection afforded to such domestic industry and shall not depart from the provisions of this Chapter relating to non-discrimination ; (b) (i) Essential to the acquisition or distribution of products in general or local short supply; Provided that any such measures shall be consistent with any general intergovernmental arrangements directed to an equitable international distribution of such products or, in the absence of such arrangements, with the principle that all Members are entitled to an equitable share of the international supply of such products ; (ii) Essential to the control of prices by a Member country experiencing shortages subsequent to the Second World War; or (iii) Essential to the orderly liquidation of temporary surpluses of stocks owned or controlled by the government of any Member country, or of industries developed in any Member country owing to the exigencies of the Second World War which it would be uneconomic to maintain in normal conditions; Provided that such measures shall not be instituted by any Member except after consultation with other interested Members with a view to appropriate international action. 2. Measures instituted or maintained under paragraph 1 (b) which are inconsistent with the other provisions of this Chapter shall be removed as soon as the conditions giving rise to them have ceased, and in any event not later than at a date to be specified by the Organization ; Provided that such date may be deferred for a further period or periods, with the concurrence of the Organization, either generally or in relation to particular measures taken by Members in respect of particular products.