Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2351 of 18 November 2025 imposing a definitive safeguard measure with regard to imports of certain ferro-alloying elements
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2351 of 18 November 2025 imposing a definitive safeguard measure with regard to imports of certain ferro-alloying elements
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1. Subject to Article 5, specific tariff quotas are hereby opened in relation to imports into the Union of ferro-alloys falling under the CN codes (7202 11 , 7202 19 , 7202 21 , 7202 29 , 7202 30 , 7202 99 30 ) (Annex II) for a duration of three years.
2. A part of tariff-rate quotas is allocated to the countries specified in Annex III, another part is allocated to other countries, and for the periods specified in Annex III.
3. Where the relevant tariff-rate quotas are exhausted or where imports of the product types do not benefit from the relevant tariff-rate quota, an out of quota variable duty applicable to the products listed in Article 1.1 shall be the difference between the established price threshold listed in Annex II and the net free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, if the latter is lower than the former. No duty shall be collected where the net free-at-Union-frontier price is equal to or higher than the established price threshold listed in Annex II.
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 quotas shall not be transferred to the next quarter. The unused balances at the end of the last quarter of each year of application of the definitive tariff-rate quotas shall not be transferred.
5. The anti-dumping/countervailing duties on imports of the products listed in the Annex II shall be applicable until the pertinent tariff quotas are exceeded and the safeguard measure becomes applicable.
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 relevant provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Imports of the product types referred to in Article 1(1), which are already on their way to the Union on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, whose destination cannot be changed, shall not be subject to the price threshold specified in Annex II, and may be put into free circulation.
During the period set out in Article 1(1) the Commission shall review the measures in case of change of circumstances, such as insufficient availability of ferro-alloys or unsustainable price increases for certain downstream users, and in any event no later than one year after the entry into force of the measures.
ANNEX I
I.1 — List of developing countries, members of the WTO, and Algeria
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, 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, North Macedonia, 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, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
I.2 — List of product types originating in developing countries to which the definitive measures apply
List of product types originating in developing countries to which the definitive measures apply
Country / Product group
Ferro-Manganese
Ferro-Silicon
Ferro-Silico-Magnesium
Ferro-Silico-Manganese
Brazil
X
X
China
X
X
Georgia
X
X
India
X
X
X
X
Malaysia
X
X
South Africa
X
X
X
Thailand
X
X
Zambia
X
X
All other developing countries
X
Price threshold applicable for the tariff increase
