# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1590 of 26 September 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of certain steel products, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Regulation (EU) 2019/159 is amended as follows:
1)) Article 1 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
‘2 For each of the product categories concerned, and with the exception of product category 1 and product category 25, a part of each tariff-rate quota is allocated to the countries specified in Annex IV. In order to benefit from the relevant tariff-rate quota, steel products falling under category 4B shall be placed under the end-use procedure referred to in Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 in order to demonstrate that they are used for the manufacturing of automotive parts.
(3) The remaining part of each tariff-rate quota, as well as the tariff-rate quota for product category 1, shall be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, based on a tariff-rate quota established equally for each quarter of the period of imposition. For category 1, no country shall be allowed to use more than 30 % of the tariff-rate quota available in each of the quarter.’
(b) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5 Where the relevant quota under paragraph 2 is exhausted for one specific country, imports from that country can be made under the remaining part of the tariff-rate quota for the same product category. This provision shall only apply during the last quarter of each year of application of the definitive tariff-rate quota. For product categories 13 and 16, no exporting country shall be allowed to use, on its own, more than 30 % of the residual tariff-rate quota of the last quarter of each year of application of measures.’
2)) The Annexes are amended as follows:
(a) Annex III.2 replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
(b) Annex IV is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1590/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1590/article-1
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