1. Subject to Article 4, specific tariff quotas are hereby opened in relation to imports into the Union of GOES and SLCs falling under the CN codes (7225 11 00 , 7226 11 00 and 8504 90 13 ) for a period of 155 calendar days from the entry into force of this Regulation.
2. A provisional safeguard duty is hereby introduced in relation to imports into the Union of certain grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel, currently falling under the CN codes 7225 11 00 and 7226 11 00 , for a period of 155 calendar days from the entry into force of this Regulation.
3. A provisional safeguard duty is hereby introduced in relation to imports into the Union of steel laminations and cores, whether or not stacked or wound, currently falling under the CN code 8504 90 13 , whether or not incorporated in transformers, falling under the CN codes 8504 21 00 , 8504 22 10 , 8504 22 90 , 8504 23 00 , 8504 31 21 , 8504 31 29 , 8504 31 80 , 8504 32 00 , 8504 33 00 and 8504 34 00 , for a period of 155 calendar days from the entry into force of this Regulation.
4. All tariff quotas distributed under this Regulation are to be administered on a first-come, first-served basis, as provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447. The amount of the provisional safeguard duty applicable to the products listed in Article 1.2 shall be the difference between the established price threshold listed in Annex I and the net free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, if the latter is lower than the former. The level of the established price threshold will differ in and out of quota. 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 I.
5. The amount of the provisional safeguard duty applicable to the products listed in Article 1.3, when not incorporated in transformers, as defined in Article 1.3, shall be the difference between the established price threshold listed in Annex I and the net free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, if the latter is lower than the former. The level of the established price threshold will differ in and out of quota. 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 I.
6. The amount of the provisional safeguard duty applicable to the products listed in Article 1.3, when incorporated in transformers, as defined in Article 1.3, shall be 1 140 EUR per ton of the product listed in Article 1.3, as incorporated in the transformer, presented for release for free circulation in the Union. The economic operators shall declare the weight in tonnes of a core in a transformer. The products listed in Article 1.3, when incorporated in transformers, as defined in Article 1.3, are not subject to quotas.
7. The established price thresholds per product type are listed in Annex I.
8. Certain TARIC codes established by Regulation (EU) 2015/1953 shall be replaced by succeeding TARIC codes created by this Regulation.
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 concerned originating in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Kenya and Ukraine shall not be subject to the measure set out in Article 1.
For imports subject to this provisional safeguard duties which are also subject to anti-dumping duties imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/58, the anti-dumping duties will not be levied for the period of application of this regulation, because these duties are lower than the provisional safeguard duties.
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I
I.1 Price threshold applicable for the tariff increase
Product type
TARIC Codes
Price threshold (EUR/tonne)
In Quota
Out off Quota
GOES
7225 11 00 11
3 400
3 500
GOES
7225 11 00 12
3 100
3 500
GOES
7225 11 00 15
2 800
3 500
GOES
7225 11 00 19
2 800
3 500
GOES
7225 11 00 90
3 400
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 12
3 400
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 13
3 100
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 14
2 800
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 16
2 800
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 19
3 400
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 92
3 400
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 93
3 100
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 94
2 800
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 96
2 800
3 500
GOES
7226 11 00 99
3 400
3 500
Laminations
8504 90 13 10
4 000
4 550
Cores
8504 90 13 90
5 000
5 600
I.2 Volumes of tariff–rate quotas
Product type
HS and CN codes
Allocation by country (Where Applicable)
Volume of tariff quota (net tonnes) applicable until 26.02.2027
Additional duty rate
Order numbers
GOES
7225 11 , 7226 11
China
30 693,68
see Annex I.1
09.0535
Japan
23 103,61
see Annex I.1
09.0536
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
4 789,93
see Annex I.1
09.0537
Other countries
5 360,39
see Annex I.1
09.0538
Laminations and Cores
8504 90 13
Türkiye
14 161,55
see Annex I.1
09.0539
China
4 241,07
see Annex I.1
09.0540
United Arab Emirates
2 704,99
see Annex I.1
09.0541
Other countries
2 694,36
see Annex I.1
09.0542
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II
TARIC codes
Description
7225 11 00 11
With a maximum core loss not higher than 0,7 W/kg
7225 11 00 12
With a maximum core loss higher than 0,7 W/kg but not higher than 0,9 W/kg
7226 11 00 12
With a maximum core loss not higher than 0,7 W/kg
7226 11 00 13
With a maximum core loss higher than 0,7 W/kg but not higher than 0,9 W/kg
7226 11 00 92
With a maximum core loss not higher than 0,7 W/kg
7226 11 00 93
With a maximum core loss higher than 0,7 W/kg but not higher than 0,9 W/kg
8504 90 13 10
Steel laminations for transformers and inductors
8504 90 13 90
Steel cores for transformers and inductors
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III
III.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.
III.2 — List of product types originating in developing countries to which the provisional measures apply
Country / Product type
GOES
Laminations and Cores
China
X
X
Brazil
X
Türkiye
X
United Arab Emirates
X
