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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1712/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/1712",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1712 of 13 November 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 imposing provisional safeguard measures with regard to imports of certain steel products",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1712\nof 13 November 2018\namending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 imposing provisional safeguard measures with regard to imports of certain steel products\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015, and in particular Articles 5 and 7 thereof,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015, and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\nI.\nBACKGROUND\n(1)\nOn 18 July 2018, by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 the Commission imposed provisional safeguard measures on imports of certain steel products. South Africa was covered by the scope of those measures.\n(2)\nHowever, pursuant to Article 33 of the Economic Partnership Agreement (‘EPA’) between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Southern African Development Community (‘SADC’) states, of the other part, SADC EPA States should be excluded from the scope of safeguard measures taken by the EU pursuant to the WTO Agreement on Safeguards.\n(3)\nCurrently, from the SADC EPA States, only South Africa is subject to the provisional steel safeguard measures, on two categories of product, i.e. stainless hot rolled sheets and strips (product category 8) and stainless cold rolled sheets and strips (product category 9).\n(4)\nImplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 should therefore be amended in order to remove South Africa from the scope of the provisional measures on these two product categories.\nII.\nINCREASE IN IMPORTS\n(5)\nAs shown in the tables below, the exclusion of South Africa from scope of the provisional measures does not change the overall trends of imports for the two product categories concerned, which still shows a significant increase of imports.\nproduct category 8\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2017\nTotal imports (tonnes)\n175 816\n233 028\n269 697\n351 075\n436 173\nindex (2013 = 100)\n100\n133\n153\n200\n248\nExcluding South Africa\n157 289\n214 041\n246 965\n325 272\n407 050\nindex (2013 = 100)\n100\n136\n157\n207\n259\nproduct category 9\n2013\n2014\n2015\n2016\n2017\nTotal imports (tonnes)\n697 457\n1 017 613\n787 521\n843 352\n976 108\nindex (2013 = 100)\n100\n146\n113\n121\n140\nExcluding South Africa\n645 259\n954 614\n697 537\n751 259\n869 549\nindex (2013 = 100)\n100\n148\n108\n116\n135\n(6)\nFrom a general point of view, the exclusion of South Africa does also not change the development of imports overall given its small share of less than 0,5 % of the total imports during the period 2013-2017. For the same reason, imports from South Africa do not alter the conclusions of recital (81) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 concerning the impact of other factors on the situation of the Union industry.\nIII.\nLEVEL OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES\n(7)\nSouth Africa should be excluded from the scope of the provisional safeguard measures for product categories 8 and 9, and the level of the quota should be adjusted for product categories 8 and 9 accordingly. Imports from South Africa that took place since the entry into force of the provisional safeguard measures should be retroactively excluded for the calculation of the free of duty quota for the remainder of the validity of the provisional measures.\n(8)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safeguards established under Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 and Article 22(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/755,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 83, 27.3.2015, p. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1013 of 17 July 2018 imposing provisional safeguard measures with regard to imports of certain steel products (OJ L 181, 18.7.2018, p. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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