1. A Contracting Party may adopt or maintain restrictive measures with regard to cross-border capital transactions as well as payments or transfers including transfers referred to in
in the event of serious balance-of-payments and external financial difficulties or threat thereof; or
b)
in exceptional cases where movements of capital cause or threaten to cause serious difficulties for macroeconomic management, in particular monetary and exchange rate policies.
shall, upon request, commence consultations with the other Contracting Party in order to review the restrictions adopted by the former Contracting Party.