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Ref. : EIC 230/6/19
27 April 2020
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 351/2020
European Union (EU)* : Amendment to the notice of initiation concerning a review of the safeguard measures applicable to imports of certain steel products
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 170/2020 dated 3 March 2020, the European Commission published a corrigendum to the notice of initiation concerning the second review of the safeguard measures applicable to imports of certain steel products.
2.In gist, the European Commission amended the Annex to the notice 2020/C 51/11 by including the product category "other welded pipes" (product number: 26) in the list of product categories subject to definitive safeguard measures. Details are set out in Corrigendum 2020/C 99/09 which can be accessed through the following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC0214(05)R(01)&from=EN.
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact Li Xuefei, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 8620 3881 6201. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to safeguard measures against products from the province.
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4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Ronnie CHUI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU comprises of 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The United Kingdom (UK) withdrew from the EU with effect from 31 January 2020, and has entered an implementation period which is due to last until 31 December 2020. During the implementation period, the EU law will continue to apply in the UK generally.
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