G/L/1359/Rev.2  
G/SG/N/12/TUR/9/Rev.2  
30 June 2021 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTI CLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS  TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF PROPOSED  
SUSPENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS  
REFERRED TO  IN PARAGR APH 2 OF ARTI CLE 8  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
TURKEY 
Revision  
The following communication, dated and received on 30 June 2021, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Turkey.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in accordance with t he agreed format 
for notifications ( G/SG/1 , 1 July 1996; a mended on 19 October  2009, 
G/SG/1/Rev.1  - G/SG/N/6/Rev.1  - G/SG/89) the Government of Turkey provides the immediate 
notification to the Council for Trade in Goods of proposed suspension of concessions and other 
obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 8.  
This notification constitutes a revision of the original notification submitted by Turkey in document 
G/L/1359  – G/SG/N/12/TUR/9 on 2 2 May 2020 and revised through notification G/L/ 1359/Rev.1 – 
G/SG/N/12/TUR/9/Rev.1 of 2 3 July 2020. 
1. Which Member is proposing suspension of concessions and other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2  
Turkey.  
2. Specify the measure, the product subject to the measure, the WTO document that 
notified the safeguard measure, and the Member imposing the measure in relation to 
which the Member is proposing suspension of concessions and other obligations referred 
to in Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards  
The measures at issue are the definitive safeguard  measures adopted by the European Union (EU) 
on certain steel products. The measures imposed by the EU consist of 26 tariff -rate quotas imposed 
on 26 steel product categories with an out -of-quota duty of 25%. The definitive measures were 
imposed on 31 Janu ary 2019 through Regulation (EU) 2019/159 and have been extended through 
Regulation (EU) 2021/1029.  
The EU notified the imposition of the definitive measure to the WTO in document 
G/SG/N/8/EU/1/Suppl.1  – G/SG/N/10/EU/1/Suppl.1 – G/SG/N/11/EU/1/Suppl.2 date d 
7 February  2019. The EU recently notified the extension of the measure for three years, in document 
G/SG/N/8/EU/1/Suppl.2  – G/SG/N/10/EU/1/Suppl.11 – G/SG/N/11/EU/1/Suppl.8 dated 
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  3. Describe the proposed suspension of concessions and other obligations referred to 
in Article 8.2, and the proposed date from which it will come into effect . 
On 22 May 2020, pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Turkey submitted a 
notific ation (G/L/1359 - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9) of proposed suspension of concessions and other  
obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the Agreement on Safeguards . Thereafter, 
Turkey revised its proposed suspension of concessions through  notification 
G/L/1359/Rev.1  - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9/Rev.1 dated 2 3 July 2020, due to the adjustments made by 
the EU to its measures.  
Taking into account the extension of the measures notified by the EU and without prejudice to the 
effective exercise of its right to suspend sub stantially equivalent concessions or other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Turkey reserves its right to apply the 
proposed suspension of concessions as of 1 9 July 2021, that is 3 years after the imposition of the 
safeguard measures at issue . 
As indicated in notification G/L/1359 - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9 and notification G/L/1359/Rev.1  – 
G/SG/N/12/TUR/9/Rev.1, t he proposed suspension of substantially equivalent concessions and other 
obligations under the GATT 1994 to the trade  of the EU takes the form of an increase in duty  on the 
selected products originating in the EU. Information with regard to the list of products and the duty 
rates will be notified accordingly.  
The substantially equivalent level of concessions or other obligations under the G ATT 1994 are 
calculated as follows.  
According to 2018 figures, the effect of the safeguard measure on Turkey 's exports of the products 
concerned to the EU is as shown below:  
2018  
Turkey's Exports to the EU  
(Excess of Quotas)  
(Billion US Dollars)  Duty Calculated  
(Million US Dollars)  
1.92 480 
It is calculated that 1.92 Billion US Dollars of Turkish exports to the EU of the products concerned 
fall out of the scope of the tariff -rate quotas . Hence, duty collected from this portion of exports 
amounts to 480 Million US Dollars . Accordingly, Turkey 's proposed suspension of concessions would 
result in an equivalent amount of duty collected from products originating in the EU.  
Turkey reserves its right to modify, supplement, or replace the suspension of concessions or other 
obligations  should the EU make adjustments to the safeguard measure s which would render the 
measures  more restrictive towards products originating in Turkey.  
 
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