(a) An emergency action proceeding may be instituted by a petition or complaint by entities specified in domestic law. The entity filing the petition or complaint shall demonstrate that it is representative of the domestic industry producing a good like or directly competitive with the imported good.
(b) A Party may institute a proceeding on its own motion or request the competent investigating authority to conduct a proceeding.
2. Contents of a petition or complaint. When the basis for an investigation is a petition or complaint filed by an entity representative of a domestic industry, the petitioning entity shall, in its petition or complaint, provide the following information to the extent that such information is publicly available from governmental and other sources, and best estimates and the basis therefore if such information is not available:
(a) Product description. The name and description of the imported good concerned, the tariff subheading under which such good is classified, its current tariff treatment, and the name and description of the like or directly competitive domestic good concerned,
(b) Representativeness:
(i) The names and addresses of the entities filing the
petition or complaint, and the locations of the
establishments in which they produce the domestic
good,
(ii) the percentage of domestic production of the like
or directly competitive good that such entities
account for and the basis for claiming that they
are representative of an industry, and
(iii) the names and locations of all other domestic establishments in which the like or directly competitive good is produced;
(c) Import data. Import data for each of the five most recent full years that form the basis of the claim that the good concerned is being imported in increased quantities, either in absolute terms or relative to domestic production;
(d) Domestic production data. Data on total domestic production of the like or directly competitive good for each of the five most recent full years;