Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
27 April 2022
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 344/2022
European Union (EU)* : Amendment to Implementing Regulation imposing definitive safeguard measure against imports of certain steel products
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 225/2022 of 17 March 2022, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/664 published on 22 April 2022 to amend the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 concerning the imposition of definitive safeguard measure against imports of certain steel products.
2.In gist, the Commission has revised the volume of tariff rate quotas and updated the list of developing countries subject to the safeguard measure with the inclusion of certain countries with which the exclusion provided under their Economic Partnership Agreement signed with the EU has expired. The amendment will enter into force on 1 May 2022. Details are set out in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/664 which is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R0664&from=EN.
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact GONG Zhihong, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 6201. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Tracy MAK)
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.
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