G/SG/N/6/GBR/1  
8 October  2020 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Certain Steel Products  
The following communication, dated 8 October  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (Safeguards Agreement), the 
United Kingdom  notifies that a review process of a safeguard measure has been initiated as follows:  
1. Specify the date when the review  was initiated . 
The United Kingdom initiated the  review  on 1 October  2020. 
A copy of the Notice of Initiation , which includes the applicable rules of procedure, is attached .* The 
Notice  has also been published on the  Trade Remedies Service  (https://www.trade -
remedies.service.gov.uk/public/cases/ ). 
2. Specify the product subject to the review . 
The products subject to this review are certain steel products . The detailed  product categories , 
together with the commodity  codes within which they are currently classified, are listed in  Annex 1 
of the attached Notice  of Initiation . Those commodity  codes are provided for reference purposes 
only. 
3. Provide the reasons for the initiation of the review . 
The transition review was initiated at the request of the Secretary of State for International Trade . 
The review will conclude whether the safeguard measure applied by the E uropean Union1, which is 
also applied by  the United King dom, and which will be transition ed when the transition period under 
the Withdrawal Agreement pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union ends at 23.00 
GMT on 3 1 December  20202, should be varied , extended  or revoked.  
In the course of the transition review, the investigating authority of the United Kingdom  will, in 
respect of each product category, consider whether the steel products were imported in increased 
quantities into the United Kingdom, during the same investig ation period considered by the European 
Union . It will also investigate whether imports in increased quantities, and serious injury, would 
recur if the safeguard measure were removed . 
 
* A copy of the Notice of Initiation has been submitted electronically. To consult this document, please 
contact Ms Richards ( anne.richards@wto.org ) or Ms Naville ( delphine.naville@wto.org ) of the  Rules Division.  
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  The investigating authority is expected to conclude the review by 3 0 June 2021. 
4. Provide a point of contact for the review  and identify the preferred means for 
corresponding . 
Any enquiries should be emailed to TF0006@traderemedies.gov.uk . 
5. Provide the deadlines and procedures fo r importers, exporters and other interested  
parties to present evidence and their views, including ( i) deadlines and procedures 
for members and exporters to identify themselves as interested parties, if so 
required, to participate in the review , and (ii) t he date of an intended public hearing 
as provided for in article 3.1 . 
All interested parties are invited to make themselves known  by registering their interests via the 
Trade Remedies Service within 10 days of the publication of the Notice of Initiation.  
Questionnaires will be sent out to those interested parties . The completed questionnaire should be 
submitted within 30 days from t he date on which it was sent.  
Interested parties can request a hearing at any time during the review process using the Trade 
Remedies Service at https://www.trade -remedies.service.gov.uk/ . 
For furt her information about hearings during a transition review, please see our Meetings, Hearings 
and Visits guidance , available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the -uk-trade -
remedies -investigations -process/meetings -hearings -and-visits. 
A timeline which identifies the key milestones of the review can be found  at https://www.trade -
remedies.service.gov.uk/public/case/TF0006/submission/de8f4514 -4c41-4273-9e36-
0ec4d50a6234/ . 
 
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