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<table><col/><col/><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;B</a></p></td><td><p>                        REGULATION (EU) 2020/2170 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL</p><p>of 16 December 2020</p><p><a>on the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas</a></p><p>(OJ L 432 21.12.2020, p. 1)</p></td></tr></table>
Amended by:
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REGULATION (EU) 2020/2170 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 December 2020
on the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas
Article 1
Goods imported from outside the Union shall be eligible for treatment pursuant to Union import tariff rate quotas or other import quotas or pursuant to export tariff rate quotas applied by third countries only if those goods are released into free circulation in the following territories:
— the territory of the Kingdom of Belgium,
— the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria,
— the territory of the Czech Republic,
— the territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, except the Faroe Islands and Greenland,
— the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, except the Island of Heligoland and the territory of Büsingen (Treaty of 23 November 1964 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Confederation),
— the territory of the Republic of Estonia,
— the territory of Ireland,
— the territory of the Hellenic Republic,
— the territory of the Kingdom of Spain, except Ceuta and Melilla,
— the territory of the French Republic, except the French overseas countries and territories to which the provisions of Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply, but including the territory of Monaco as defined in the Customs Convention signed in Paris on 18 May 1963 (Journal officiel de la République française of 27 September 1963, p. 8679),
— the territory of the Republic of Croatia,
— the territory of the Italian Republic, except the municipality of Livigno,
— the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, in accordance with the provisions of the 2003 Act of Accession,
— the territory of the Republic of Latvia,
— the territory of the Republic of Lithuania,
— the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
— the territory of Hungary,
— the territory of Malta,
— the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe,
— the territory of the Republic of Austria,
— the territory of the Republic of Poland,
— the territory of the Portuguese Republic,
— the territory of Romania,
— the territory of the Republic of Slovenia,
— the territory of the Slovak Republic,
— the territory of the Republic of Finland,
— the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden, and
— the territory of the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as defined in the Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, signed in Nicosia on 16 August 1960.
Goods listed in the Annex originating in the United Kingdom and being subject to safeguard measures under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 ( 1 ) that are brought into Northern Ireland by direct transport from other parts of the United Kingdom shall also be eligible for treatment pursuant to Union import tariff rate quotas if those goods are released for free circulation in the territory of Northern Ireland.
Article 1a
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 1b, amending this Regulation in order to add to the list set out in the Annex certain categories of goods originating in the United Kingdom and being subject to safeguard measures under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159, that are brought into Northern Ireland by direct transport from other parts of the United Kingdom provided that the United Kingdom has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Union a need for those goods to be released for free circulation in Northern Ireland.
Article 1b
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 1a shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1 July 2023. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 1a may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making ( 2 ).
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 1a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Description</p></td><td><p>Combined Nomenclature (CN) Codes&#160;<a>(<span>1</span>)</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 7</p></td><td><p>7208&#160;51&#160;20 , 7208&#160;51&#160;91 , 7208&#160;51&#160;98 , 7208&#160;52&#160;91 , 7208&#160;90&#160;20 , 7208&#160;90&#160;80 , 7210&#160;90&#160;30 , 7225&#160;40&#160;12 , 7225&#160;40&#160;40 , 7225&#160;40&#160;60 , 7225&#160;99&#160;00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 8</p></td><td><p>7219&#160;11&#160;00 , 7219&#160;12&#160;10 , 7219&#160;12&#160;90 , 7219&#160;13&#160;10 , 7219&#160;13&#160;90 , 7219&#160;14&#160;10 , 7219&#160;14&#160;90 , 7219&#160;22&#160;10 , 7219&#160;22&#160;90 , 7219&#160;23&#160;00 , 7219&#160;24&#160;00 , 7220&#160;11&#160;00 , 7220&#160;12&#160;00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 9</p></td><td><p>7219&#160;31&#160;00 , 7219&#160;32&#160;10 , 7219&#160;32&#160;90 , 7219&#160;33&#160;10 , 7219&#160;33&#160;90 , 7219&#160;34&#160;10 , 7219&#160;34&#160;90 , 7219&#160;35&#160;10 , 7219&#160;35&#160;90 , 7219&#160;90&#160;20 , 7219&#160;90&#160;80 , 7220&#160;20&#160;21 , 7220&#160;20&#160;29 , 7220&#160;20&#160;41 , 7220&#160;20&#160;49 , 7220&#160;20&#160;81 , 7220&#160;20&#160;89 , 7220&#160;90&#160;20 , 7220&#160;90&#160;80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 13</p></td><td><p>7214&#160;20&#160;00 , 7214&#160;99&#160;10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 17</p></td><td><p>7216&#160;31&#160;10 , 7216&#160;31&#160;90 , 7216&#160;32&#160;11 , 7216&#160;32&#160;19 , 7216&#160;32&#160;91 , 7216&#160;32&#160;99 , 7216&#160;33&#160;10 , 7216&#160;33&#160;90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 25A</p></td><td><p>7305&#160;11&#160;00 , 7305&#160;12&#160;00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel category 28</p></td><td><p>7217&#160;10&#160;10 , 7217&#160;10&#160;31 , 7217&#160;10&#160;39 , 7217&#160;10&#160;50 , 7217&#160;10&#160;90 , 7217&#160;20&#160;10 , 7217&#160;20&#160;30 , 7217&#160;20&#160;50 , 7217&#160;20&#160;90 , 7217&#160;30&#160;41 , 7217&#160;30&#160;49 , 7217&#160;30&#160;50 , 7217&#160;30&#160;90 , 7217&#160;90&#160;20 , 7217&#160;90&#160;50 , 7217&#160;90&#160;90</p></td></tr><tr><td><div><a>(<span>1</span>)&#160;&#160;&#160;</a><p>As defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No&#160;2658/87 of 23&#160;July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ&#160;L&#160;256, 7.9.1987, p.&#160;1).</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<note>
( 1 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 of 31 January 2019 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of certain steel products (OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 27).
( 2 ) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
</note>