WT/DS595/14  
 
17 January 2023  
(23-0401) Page: 1/22 
  Original: English  
 
EUROPEAN UNION ‒ SAFEGUARD MEASURES ON CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS  
STATUS REPORT REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE  
DSB RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULINGS  
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION  
The following communication, dated 16 January 2023 , from the delegation of the European Union  to 
the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article  21.6 of the DSU.  
 
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The European Union submits this report under Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules and  
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"), to notify the Dispute Settlement Body 
("DSB") of the achievement of implementation, and to provide the DSB with a status report in writing 
of its progress in the implementation of the recommendation s or rulings.  
 
On 31 May 2022, the DSB adopted its recommendations and rulings in the dispute 
European  Union  – Safeguard Measures on Certain Steel Products (DS595). At the DSB meeting 
of 30 June 2022, the European Union informed the DSB that, pursuant to Article 21.3 of the DSU, it 
intended to implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in this dispute in a manner that 
respects its WTO obligations, but that it needed a reasonable period of time to do so.  
 
On 5 August 2022, Türkiye and the European  Union informed the DSB that they had agreed, pursuant 
to Article 21.3(b) of the DSU, that the reasonable period of time for the European Union to comply 
with the DSB's recommendations and rulings would be 7 months and 16 days and would expire on 
16 Januar y 2023.  
 
The European Union hereby informs the Dispute Settlement Body that it has, on 13 January 2023 
with entry into force on 14 January 2023, adopted the measure necessary to comply with the 
recommendations and rulings before the expiry of the reasonabl e period of time agreed with Türkiye. 
On 13 January 2023, the European Union adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2023/104 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 imposing a definitive 
safeguard measure on imports of certain st eel products following a report adopted by the World 
Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body, published in the Official Journal of the 
European  Union on 13 January 2023 (OJ L 12, 13.01.2023 p. 7 -27),1 entering into force 
on 14 January 2023.  
 
The adoption and entry into force of this Regulation achieves the European Union’s full 
implementation of the DSB recommendations and rulings in this dispute. A copy of this Regulation 
is attached to this status report.  The European Union proposes that this i ssue of implementation of 
recommendations or rulings be placed on the agenda of the next DSB meeting.  
 
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