Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1382 of 2 September 2019 amending certain Regulations imposing anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures on certain steel products subject to safeguard measures

1 Where the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/159 becomes applicable to product categories set out in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2019/159 and exceeds the equivalent ad valorem level of the anti-dumping/anti-subsidy duties listed in Annex 2, only the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/159 shall be collected.

2 During the period of application of paragraph 1, the collection of the duties imposed pursuant to the Regulations listed in Annex 1.B to this Regulation shall be suspended.

3 Where the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/159 becomes applicable to product categories set out in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2019/159 and is set at a level lower than the equivalent ad valorem level of the anti-dumping/anti-subsidy duties listed in Annex 2, the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/159 shall be collected in addition to the difference between that duty and the higher of the equivalent ad valorem level of the anti-dumping/anti-subsidy duties listed in Annex 2.

4 The part of the amount of anti-dumping/anti-subsidy duties not collected pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be suspended.

5 The suspensions referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 shall be limited in time to the period of application of the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/159.

Any measure adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall apply from this Regulation's date of entry-into-force and shall not have retroactive effect. Any measure adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall not serve as basis for the reimbursement of duties collected prior to the date of entry-into-force of this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.