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Safeguard measures

A safeguard investigation may lead to quantitative restrictions on imports of the investigated product (import or tariff quota) from any non-EU country and surveillance (a system of automatic import licensing).

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Import quotas should not be lower than the average level of imports over the last three representative years for which statistics are available.

In several cases, the Commission has imposed tariff quotas allowing imports in excess of the quota, subject to additional duty

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EU to decide on steel safeguard extension

Today, the Commission has initiated an investigation to assess whether the safeguard measure currently in place for imports of certain steel products should be prolonged beyond 30 June 2024.

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