02019R0159 — EN — 01.01.2021 — 003.001

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/159

of 31 January 2019

imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of certain steel products







Article 1

1. Subject to Articles 6 and 7, a tariff quota is hereby opened in relation to imports into the Union of each of the 26 products categories concerned (defined by reference to the CN codes specified in relation to it in Annex I) and each of the periods specified in Annex IV.1 and IV.2.

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2. For each of the product categories concerned, and with the exception of product categories 8 and 25a, a part of each tariff-rate quota is allocated to the countries specified in Annex IV.

3. The remaining part of each tariff-rate quota, as well as the tariff-rate quota for product categories 8 and 25, shall be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, based on a tariff-rate quota established equally for each quarter of the period of imposition.

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4. The drawings on each quarterly quota shall be stopped on the twentieth working day of the Commission following the end of the quarterly period. At the end of each quarter, the unused balances of the tariff-rate quota shall automatically be transferred to the next quarter. No unused balance at the end of the last quarter of each year of application of the definitive tariff-rate quota shall be transferred.

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5. Where the relevant tariff-rate quota under paragraph 2 is exhausted for one specific country, imports from that country for some product categories can be made under the remaining part of the tariff-rate quota for the same product category. This provision shall only apply during the last quarter of each year of application of the definitive tariff-rate quota. For product categories 5, 16, 20 and 27 no further access to the remaining part of the tariff-rate quota will be allowed. For product categories 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22 and 28 only access to a specific volume within the tariff-rate quota volume initially available in the last quarter, will be allowed. In product categories 1 and 4B no exporting country shall be allowed to use, on its own, more than 30 % of the residual tariff-rate quota volume initially available in the last quarter of each year of application of measures. For product categories 2, 3A, 3B, 4A, 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25b and 26 the access will be allowed over the total tariff-rate quota volume initially available in the last quarter in the respective product categories.

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6. Where the relevant tariff-rate quota is exhausted or where imports of the product categories do not benefit from the relevant tariff-rate quota, an additional duty at the rate of 25 %, applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, shall be applied on the product categories set out in Annex IV.1.

Article 2

1. The origin of any product to which this Regulation applies shall be determined in accordance with the provisions in force in the Union relating to non-preferential origin.

2. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply. The default interest to be paid in case of reimbursement that gives rise to a right to payment of default interest shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal refinancing operations, as published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union , in force on the first calendar day of the month in which the deadline falls, increased by one percentage point.

Article 3

The tariff-rate quotas set out in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff-rate quotas provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 4

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.

Article 5

1. Subject to paragraph 2, imports of the 26 product categories specified in Annex IV originating in one of the countries specified in Annex III shall not be subject to the measures contained in Article 1.

2. For each of the 26 product categories specified in Annex IV, Annex III.2 specifies the originating countries which shall be subject to the measures set out in Article 1.

Article 6

1. Products originating in Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein shall not be subject to the measures set out in Article 1.

2. The following countries shall also not be subject to the measures set out in Article 1: Botswana, Cameroon, Fiji, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini.

Article 7

Prior surveillance measures in force by means of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/670 ( 1 ) shall be suspended for the products mentioned in Annex IV during the time of the imposition of safeguard measures set out in Article 1.

Article 8

During the period set out in Annexes IV.1 and IV.2 the Commission may review the measures in case of change of circumstances.

Article 9

Any amounts paid in respect of additional duties imposed pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 in relation to the products specified in Annex IV of this Regulation shall be definitively collected at the level set in Article 1(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013.

Article 10

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.









ANNEX I

Product concerned







Product Number Product category CN Codes 1 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips 7208 10 00 , 7208 25 00 , 7208 26 00 , 7208 27 00 , 7208 36 00 , 7208 37 00 , 7208 38 00 , 7208 39 00 , 7208 40 00 , 7208 52 10 , 7208 52 99 , 7208 53 10 , 7208 53 90 , 7208 54 00 , 7211 13 00 , 7211 14 00 , 7211 19 00 , 7212 60 00 , 7225 19 10 , 7225 30 10 , 7225 30 30 , 7225 30 90 , 7225 40 15 , 7225 40 90 , 7226 19 10 , 7226 91 20 , 7226 91 91 , 7226 91 99 2 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Cold Rolled Sheets 7209 15 00 , 7209 16 90 , 7209 17 90 , 7209 18 91 , 7209 25 00 , 7209 26 90 , 7209 27 90 , 7209 28 90 , 7209 90 20 , 7209 90 80 , 7211 23 20 , 7211 23 30 , 7211 23 80 , 7211 29 00 , 7211 90 20 , 7211 90 80 , 7225 50 20 , 7225 50 80 , 7226 20 00 , 7226 92 00 3 Electrical Sheets (other than GOES) 7209 16 10 , 7209 17 10 , 7209 18 10 , 7209 26 10 , 7209 27 10 , 7209 28 10 , 7225 19 90 , 7226 19 80 4 Metallic Coated Sheets 7210 20 00 , 7210 30 00 , 7210 41 00 , 7210 49 00 , 7210 61 00 , 7210 69 00 , 7210 90 80 , 7212 20 00 , 7212 30 00 , 7212 50 20 , 7212 50 30 , 7212 50 40 , 7212 50 61 , 7212 50 69 , 7212 50 90 , 7225 91 00 , 7225 92 00 , 7225 99 00 , 7226 99 10 , 7226 99 30 , 7226 99 70 5 Organic Coated Sheets 7210 70 80 , 7212 40 80 6 Tin Mill products 7209 18 99 , 7210 11 00 , 7210 12 20 , 7210 12 80 , 7210 50 00 , 7210 70 10 , 7210 90 40 , 7212 10 10 , 7212 10 90 , 7212 40 20 7 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Quarto Plates 7208 51 20 , 7208 51 91 , 7208 51 98 , 7208 52 91 , 7208 90 20 , 7208 90 80 , 7210 90 30 , 7225 40 12 , 7225 40 40 , 7225 40 60 8 Stainless Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips 7219 11 00 , 7219 12 10 , 7219 12 90 , 7219 13 10 , 7219 13 90 , 7219 14 10 , 7219 14 90 , 7219 22 10 , 7219 22 90 , 7219 23 00 , 7219 24 00 , 7220 11 00 , 7220 12 00 9 Stainless Cold Rolled Sheets and Strips 7219 31 00 , 7219 32 10 , 7219 32 90 , 7219 33 10 , 7219 33 90 , 7219 34 10 , 7219 34 90 , 7219 35 10 , 7219 35 90 , 7219 90 20 , 7219 90 80 , 7220 20 21 , 7220 20 29 , 7220 20 41 , 7220 20 49 , 7220 20 81 , 7220 20 89 , 7220 90 20 , 7220 90 80 10 Stainless Hot Rolled Quarto Plates 7219 21 10 , 7219 21 90 11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Sheet 7225 11 00 , 7226 11 00 12 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Merchant Bars and Light Sections 7214 30 00 , 7214 91 10 , 7214 91 90 , 7214 99 31 , 7214 99 39 , 7214 99 50 , 7214 99 71 , 7214 99 79 , 7214 99 95 , 7215 90 00 , 7216 10 00 , 7216 21 00 , 7216 22 00 , 7216 40 10 , 7216 40 90 , 7216 50 10 , 7216 50 91 , 7216 50 99 , 7216 99 00 , 7228 10 20 , 7228 20 10 , 7228 20 91 , 7228 30 20 , 7228 30 41 , 7228 30 49 , 7228 30 61 , 7228 30 69 , 7228 30 70 , 7228 30 89 , 7228 60 20 , 7228 60 80 , 7228 70 10 , 7228 70 90 , 7228 80 00 13 Rebars 7214 20 00 , 7214 99 10 14 Stainless Bars and Light Sections 7222 11 11 , 7222 11 19 , 7222 11 81 , 7222 11 89 , 7222 19 10 , 7222 19 90 , 7222 20 11 , 7222 20 19 , 7222 20 21 , 7222 20 29 , 7222 20 31 , 7222 20 39 , 7222 20 81 , 7222 20 89 , 7222 30 51 , 7222 30 91 , 7222 30 97 , 7222 40 10 , 7222 40 50 , 7222 40 90 15 Stainless Wire Rod 7221 00 10 , 7221 00 90 16 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Wire Rod 7213 10 00 , 7213 20 00 , 7213 91 10 , 7213 91 20 , 7213 91 41 , 7213 91 49 , 7213 91 70 , 7213 91 90 , 7213 99 10 , 7213 99 90 , 7227 10 00 , 7227 20 00 , 7227 90 10 , 7227 90 50 , 7227 90 95 17 Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel 7216 31 10 , 7216 31 90 , 7216 32 11 , 7216 32 19 , 7216 32 91 , 7216 32 99 , 7216 33 10 , 7216 33 90 18 Sheet Piling 7301 10 00 19 Railway Material 7302 10 22 , 7302 10 28 , 7302 10 40 , 7302 10 50 , 7302 40 00 20 Gas pipes 7306 30 41 , 7306 30 49 , 7306 30 72 , 7306 30 77 21 Hollow sections 7306 61 10 , 7306 61 92 , 7306 61 99 22 Seamless Stainless Tubes and Pipes 7304 11 00 , 7304 22 00 , 7304 24 00 , 7304 41 00 , 7304 49 10 , 7304 49 93 , 7304 49 95 , 7304 49 99 23 Bearing Tubes and Pipes 7304 51 12 , 7304 51 18 , 7304 59 32 , 7304 59 38 24 Other Seamless Tubes 7304 19 10 , 7304 19 30 , 7304 19 90 , 7304 23 00 , 7304 29 10 , 7304 29 30 , 7304 29 90 , 7304 31 20 , 7304 31 80 , 7304 39 10 , 7304 39 52 , 7304 39 58 , 7304 39 92 , 7304 39 93 , 7304 39 98 , 7304 51 81 , 7304 51 89 , 7304 59 10 , 7304 59 92 , 7304 59 93 , 7304 59 99 , 7304 90 00 25 Large welded tubes 7305 11 00 , 7305 12 00 , 7305 19 00 , 7305 20 00 , 7305 31 00 , 7305 39 00 , 7305 90 00 26 Other Welded Pipes 7306 11 10 , 7306 11 90 , 7306 19 10 , 7306 19 90 , 7306 21 00 , 7306 29 00 , 7306 30 11 , 7306 30 19 , 7306 30 80 , 7306 40 20 , 7306 40 80 , 7306 50 20 , 7306 50 80 , 7306 69 10 , 7306 69 90 , 7306 90 00 27 Non-alloy and other alloy cold finished bars 7215 10 00 , 7215 50 11 , 7215 50 19 , 7215 50 80 , 7228 10 90 , 7228 20 99 , 7228 50 20 , 7228 50 40 , 7228 50 61 , 7228 50 69 , 7228 50 80 28 Non Alloy Wire 7217 10 10 , 7217 10 31 , 7217 10 39 , 7217 10 50 , 7217 10 90 , 7217 20 10 , 7217 20 30 , 7217 20 50 , 7217 20 90 , 7217 30 41 , 7217 30 49 , 7217 30 50 , 7217 30 90 , 7217 90 20 , 7217 90 50 , 7217 90 90









ANNEX II

II.1 — Growth in imports for the 26 product categories (in tonnes)







Product Number Product category 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 MRP Growth MRP compared to 2013 1 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips 4 867 242 5 263 815 7 854 395 8 610 847 7 048 217 7 209 718 48 % 2 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Cold Rolled Sheets 1 837 875 1 906 067 2 761 337 2 007 299 2 463 937 2 463 941 34 % 3 Electrical Sheets (other than GOES) 266 355 284 376 279 777 312 647 377 744 433 526 63 % 4 Metallic Coated Sheets 1 855 325 2 203 135 2 688 830 3 924 906 5 019 132 4 637 052 150 % 5 Organic Coated Sheets 681 646 725 004 622 482 730 619 919 000 937 693 38 % 6 Tin Mill products 549 941 660 743 634 722 754 638 616 810 735 928 34 % 7 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Quarto Plates 1 439 430 1 968 634 2 573 220 2 834 744 2 549 694 2 374 170 65 % 8 Stainless Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips 157 197 213 885 247 090 326 631 407 886 408 468 160 % 9 Stainless Cold Rolled Sheets and Strips 645 004 954 179 697 199 753 058 869 091 972 415 51 % 10 Stainless Hot Rolled Quarto Plates 26 799 34 700 31 586 25 995 27 704 28 677 7 % 12 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Merchant Bars and Light Sections 942 999 1 265 397 1 233 328 1 429 511 1 419 973 1 792 392 90 % 13 Rebars 528 702 972 572 1 430 000 1 292 936 1 191 379 1 755 338 232 % 14 Stainless Bars and Light Sections 114 638 149 670 144 875 149 499 161 973 184 811 61 % 15 Stainless Wire Rod 52 068 71 209 57 542 58 659 63 022 69 786 34 % 16 Non Alloy and Other Alloy Wire Rod 1 107 169 1 267 308 1 694 707 2 001 322 2 093 877 2 354 164 113 % 17 Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel 222 797 274 863 267 851 387 353 262 759 373 732 68 % 18 Sheet Piling 15 871 16 497 14 051 36 683 84 549 83 502 426 % 19 Railway Material 14 587 25 532 23 202 12 494 18 232 23 013 58 % 20 Gas pipes 275 378 349 078 314 471 354 261 401 410 445 569 62 % 21 Hollow sections 485 038 578 426 602 190 757 274 862 889 956 360 97 % 22 Seamless Stainless Tubes and Pipes 42 417 55 590 54 948 51 614 49 593 49 781 17 % 24 Other Seamless Tubes 440 696 509 052 448 761 448 333 410 822 480 600 9 % 25 Large welded tubes 295 502 418 808 218 549 171 512 1 053 049 720 886 144 % 26 Other Welded Pipes 462 137 484 915 494 914 526 634 551 764 558 457 21 % 27 Non-alloy and other alloy cold finished bars 446 086 514 066 479 271 454 924 454 921 501 232 12 % 28 Non Alloy Wire 555 798 700 560 683 041 726 158 714 480 762 600 37 %

II.2 — Growth in imports for the 2 product categories (in tonnes)







Product Number Product category 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 MRP Growth MRP compared to 2013 11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Sheet 114 388 112 258 101 737 109 518 99 917 106 570 – 7 % 23 Bearing Tubes and Pipes 7 475 8 998 8 337 7 035 6 137 6 265 – 16 %









ANNEX III

III.1 — List of developing countries, members of the WTO

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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III.2 — List of product categories originating in developing countries to which the definitive measures apply







Country/Product group 1 2 3A 3B 4A 4B 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25A 25B 26 27 28 Brazil X X X China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X India X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Indonesia X X X X Malaysia X X Mexico X Moldova X X X North Macedonia X X X X X X Thailand X X Tunisia X X Turkey X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Ukraine X X X X X X X X X X X X United Arab Emirates X X X X Vietnam X X X X All other developing countries X









ANNEX IV

IV.1 – Volumes of tariff–rate quotas





IV.2 – Volumes of global tariff–rate quotas per trimester







Product number From 1.1.2021 to 31.3.2021 From 1.4.2021 to 30.6.2021 Volume of tariff quota (net tonnes) 1 Other countries 969 690,07 980 464,41 2 Other countries 252 391,11 255 195,45 3A Other countries 719,47 727,46 3B Other countries 6 024,76 6 091,70 4A Other countries 417 545,50 422 184,90 4B Other countries 94 312,94 95 360,86 5 Other countries 37 843,96 38 264,44 6 Other countries 32 623,10 32 985,58 7 Other countries 289 237,24 292 450,99 8 Other countries 90 629,91 91 636,90 9 Other countries 46 526,20 47 043,16 10 Other countries 915,93 926,11 12 Other countries 47 142,12 47 665,92 13 Other countries 109 637,11 110 855,30 14 Other countries 4 521,80 4 572,05 15 Other countries 698,10 705,85 16 Other countries 77 881,71 78 747,06 17 Other countries 10 905,03 11 026,20 18 Other countries 224,06 226,55 19 Other countries 1 024,65 1 036,04 20 Other countries 12 635,26 12 775,65 21 Other countries 15 230,42 15 399,64 22 Other countries 2 360,85 2 387,08 24 Other countries 35 461,44 35 855,45 25A Other countries 106 330,19 107 511,63 25B Other countries 5 771,54 5 835,67 26 Other countries 20 849,11 21 080,77 27 Other countries 9 702,37 9 810,18 28 Other countries 29 751,08 30 081,65

IV.3 – Maximum volume of residual quota accessible from 1.4.2021 to 30.6.2021 to countries with a country specific quota







Product category New allocated quota from 1.4.2021 to 30.6.2021 in tonnes 1 Special regime 2 255 195,45 3.A 727,46 3.B 6 091,70 4.A 422 184,90 4.B Special regime 5 No access to the residual quota in Q4 6 32 985,58 7 292 450,99 8 Not applicable 9 47 043,16 10 277,83 12 28 599,55 13 28 822,38 14 2 514,63 15 522,33 16 No access to the residual quota in Q4 17 11 026,20 18 226,55 19 1 036,04 20 No access to the residual quota in Q4 21 3 233,93 22 1 933,53 24 35 855,45 25.A Not applicable 25.B 5 835,67 26 21 080,77 27 No access to the residual quota in Q4 28 21 357,97