UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000

Communication from the European Union

The following communication, dated 30 April 2024, was received from the delegation of the European Union with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).

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On 26 November 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to the European Union to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United States ‑ Continued Dumping and Subsidies Offset Act of 2000. The authorization was made pursuant to the European Union request (WT/DS217/39) made under Article 22.7 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). In that request, the European Communities undertook to notify the DSB every year the list of products on which the additional import duty would apply, prior to the entry into force of a level of suspension of concessions.

On 29 April 2005, the European Union notified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 1 May 2005, the application of concessions and related obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (WT/DS217/47). The duty rate was modified on 1 May 2006 (WT/DS217/49), on 1 May 2007 (WT/DS217/51), on 1 May 2008 (WT/DS217/53), on 1 May 2009 (WT/DS217/55), on 1 May 2010 (WT/DS 217/57), on 1 May 2011 (WT/DS217/59), on 1 May 2012 (WT/DS217/61), on 1 May 2013 (WT/DS217/63), on 1 May 2014 (WT/DS217/65), on 1 May 2015 (WT/DS217/67), on 1 May 2016 (WT/DS217/69), on 1 May 2017 (WT/DS217/71), on 1 May 2018 (WT/DS217/73), on 1 May 2019 (WT/DS217/75), on 1 May 2020 (WT/DS217/77), on 1 May 2021 (WTO/DS217/80), on 1 May 2022 (WT/DS217/81) and on 1 May 2023 (WT/DS217/84).

The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1239 of 22 February 2024 (OJ L, 29 April 2024) maintains unchanged the list of products subject to retaliation. The rate of additional duty to which those products are subjected changes to 0% in order to adjust to the level of retaliation.

The European Union's level of authorised suspension established through arbitration under Article 22.6 of the DSU for the year starting on 1 May 2024 (calculated on the basis of the CDSOA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023, published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection) is negligible. Therefore, the rate of additional import duty is set at 0%. The European Union retains its rights under Article 22 of the DSU.

The European Union kindly asks the Secretariat to circulate this notification to the Members of the DSB.

Products subject to a 0% additional import duty

as from 1 May 2024

The products on which the 0% additional import duty would apply are those that are classified under the eight-digit CN codes and match the given descriptions.

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