NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS UPON TAKING A DECISION TO APPLY OR EXTEND A SAFEGUARD MEASURE

European Union

Certain ferro-alloying elements

Supplement

The following communication, dated and received on 19 November 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the European Union.

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On 19 December 2024, the European Commission ('the Commission') initiated a safeguard investigation, to determine if safeguard measures are necessary to provide temporary relief for the Union producers of silicon and manganese-based alloying elements.[1]

The investigation was initiated with a scope of six alloying elements, namely (i) silicon, (ii) ferro‑manganese, (iii) ferro-silicon, (iv) ferro-silico-manganese, (v) ferro-silico-magnesium and (vi) calcium-silicon.

On 12 November 2025, the European Union notified the WTO Committee on Safeguards under document numbers G/SG/N/8/EU/2 - G/SG/N/10/EU/2 - G/SG/N/11/EU/2. The submission sets out the EU's determination of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to its domestic industry, outlines the safeguard measures it proposes to implement in response to these findings, and specifies the circumstances under which certain trading partners may be exempted, consistent with relevant WTO provision.