{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-724/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/724",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/724 of 16 May 2018 on certain commercial policy measures concerning certain products originating in the United States of America",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-724",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The application of additional customs duties on these products, through a subsequent Commission implementing act, shall be effected within the following parameters, and take into account any subsequent exclusion of certain products or companies from the safeguard measures by the United States:\n(a) At the first stage, additional ad valorem duty of a maximum rate of 10 % and 25 % shall be applied on imports of products listed in Annex I from 20 June 2018.\n(b) At the second stage, further additional ad valorem duty of a maximum rate of 10 %, 25 %, 35 % or 50 % may be applied on imports of products listed in Annex II:\nfrom 23 March 2021, or\nfrom the fifth day following the date of the adoption by, or notification to, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body of a ruling that the United States' safeguard measures are inconsistent with the relevant provisions of the WTO Agreement, if that is earlier. In the latter event, the Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice indicating the date on which such ruling is adopted or notified.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/886 of 20 June 2018 on certain commercial policy measures concerning certain products originating in the United States of America and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/724."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/724/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:08.208083+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}