G/SG/N/6/ARE/3/Suppl.1, 
G/SG/N/6/BHR/4/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/6/KWT/4/Suppl.1, 
G/SG/N/6/OMN/3/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/6/QAT/3/Suppl.1, 
G/SG/N/6/SAU/3/Suppl.1  
20 January  2021 
(21-0590) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT  
COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF "GCC"  
Certain steel products  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated on 18 January  2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Kingdom of Bahrain  as President of the GCC on behalf of the GCC Member States.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguard s (Safeguards Agreement), the  
Kingdom of Bahrain  notifies that a safeguard investigation has been amended as follows : 
 
On 23 October 2019 , the GCC -Bureau of Technical Secretariat for Anti Injurious Practices in 
International Trade (GCC -TSAIP) (hereafter referred as "the Competent Authority") initiated a 
safeguard investigation concerning the imports of certain steel products .1 The Sultanate of Oman on 
behalf of GCC member States informed the WTO Committee on Safeguards by notification dated 
24 October 2019 .2 
 
Following the initiation of the investigation, the Competent Authority has found some relevant 
products that have to be added to the scope of the products under investigation (Table 1); while on 
the other hand, some other products has bee n found to be excluded from the scope of the products 
under investigation (Table 2).  
 
The GCC -TSAIP has obtained sufficient prima facie  evidence that would justify that modifications 
within the scope of the current investigation. Therefore, the notice of i nitiation published in the 
Official Gazette of the GCC -TSAIP volume (23) has been amended by an amending notice, which is 
published in the Official Gazette of the GCC -TSAIP volume (29) .3 The amending notice includes 
further information on the modification s, products concerned, and their relevant HS Codes. The 
HS Codes are indicated for information purpose only.  
 
 
1 https://www.gcc -sg.org/ar -sa/CognitiveSources/DigitalLibrary/Pages/Details.aspx?itemid=797  
2 G/SG/N/6/ARE/3  - G/SG/N/6/BHR/4  - G/SG/N/6/KWT/4  - G/SG/N/ 6/OMN/3  - G/SG/N/6/QAT/3  - 
G/SG/N/6/SAU/3 . 
3 http://www.gcc -sg.org/ar -sa/CognitiveSources/DigitalLibrary/Pages/Details.aspx?itemid=814  
 G/SG/N/6/ARE/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/6/BHR/4/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/6/KWT/4/Suppl.1 • 
G/SG/N/6/OMN/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/6/QAT/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/6/SAU/3/Suppl.1  
 
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  The table 1 below shows the HS codes that have been added in the products under investigation:  
Table 1 -HS codes that have been added  
 
No. Steel Categories according to the Official Gazette 
volume(23)  HS Code  
3 Metallic Coated Steel  721230  
5 Reinforced Steel Bars and Wire Rod  721710;721720;721730;721790;  
722100;722300;722920;722990  
7 Sections  730110  
9 Welded and Seamless Pipes and Tubes  730431;730590;730840;730890  
 
The table 2 below shows the HS codes that have been excluded from the products under 
investigation:  
Table 2 - HS codes that have been excluded  
 
No. Steel Categories according to the Official Gazette 
volume(23)  HS Code  
1 Flat Hot Rolled Coils and Sheets  720827;720837;720838;720839;720851;  
720853;720854;721113;721114;721119  
2 Cold Rolled Flat Steel Coils and Sheets  720926;720918;720917;720916;720927;  
722550;720990 ;720928  
9 Welded and Seamless Pipes and Tubes  730424;730520 ;730531;730611;730619;  
730640  
 
 
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