  
  
G/SG/N/10/EU/1/Suppl.10  
G/SG/N/11/EU/1/Suppl.7  
 
14 December 2020  
(20-8991) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
 
EUROPEAN UNION 
Certain Steel Products  
Supplement  
The following notification, dated 12 December 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union.* 
 
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On 30 October 2020, pursuant to Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the European Union 
('the Union') notified its proposal to adapt the Tariff Rate Quotas ('TRQs')  under the safeguard 
measures on certain steel products to the Withdrawal of the Unite d Kingdom from the EU customs 
territory as of 1 January 2021  (G/SG/N/10/EU/1/Suppl.9  - G/SG/N/11/EU/1/Suppl.6 ). 
The European Union hereby informs that on 11 December 2020 it published in the EU Official Journal 
an implementing regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019 /159 imposing definitive 
safeguard measures against imports of certain steel products . The notified legal act will come into 
effect on 1 January 2021.  
The full text of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2037 is attached to this 
notification a nd is also accessible in the following link:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/2037/oj  
 
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* A copy of the Official Journal has  been submitted electronically. To consult this document, please 
contact Ms Richards (anne.richards@wto.org) or Ms Naville (delphine.naville@wto.org) of the Rules Division.  