European Union ? Safeguard measures on certain steel products - Status report regarding implementation of the DSB recommendations and rulings by the European Union

EUROPEAN UNION ‒ SAFEGUARD MEASURES ON CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS

Status Report regarding implementation of the
dsb recommendations and rulings
by the European Union

The following communication, dated 16 January 2023, from the delegation of the European Union to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of the DSU.

 

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The European Union submits this report under Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"), to notify the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") of the achievement of implementation, and to provide the DSB with a status report in writing of its progress in the implementation of the recommendations or rulings.

 

On 31 May 2022, the DSB adopted its recommendations and rulings in the dispute European Union – Safeguard Measures on Certain Steel Products (DS595). At the DSB meeting of 30 June 2022, the European Union informed the DSB that, pursuant to Article 21.3 of the DSU, it intended to implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in this dispute in a manner that respects its WTO obligations, but that it needed a reasonable period of time to do so.

 

On 5 August 2022, Türkiye and the European Union informed the DSB that they had agreed, pursuant to Article 21.3(b) of the DSU, that the reasonable period of time for the European Union to comply with the DSB's recommendations and rulings would be 7 months and 16 days and would expire on 16 January 2023.

 

The European Union hereby informs the Dispute Settlement Body that it has, on 13 January 2023 with entry into force on 14 January 2023, adopted the measure necessary to comply with the recommendations and rulings before the expiry of the reasonable period of time agreed with Türkiye. On 13 January 2023, the European Union adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/104 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 imposing a definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain steel products following a report adopted by the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 13 January 2023 (OJ L 12, 13.01.2023 p. 7-27),[1] entering into force on 14 January 2023.

 

The adoption and entry into force of this Regulation achieves the European Union’s full implementation of the DSB recommendations and rulings in this dispute. A copy of this Regulation is attached to this status report.  The European Union proposes that this issue of implementation of recommendations or rulings be placed on the agenda of the next DSB meeting.