Regulation (EU) 2020/2170 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas

Article 1

Goods imported from outside the Union shall be eligible for treatment pursuant to Union import tariff rate quotas or other import quotas or pursuant to export tariff rate quotas applied by third countries only if those goods are released into free circulation in the following territories:

— the territory of the Kingdom of Belgium,

— the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria,

— the territory of the Czech Republic,

— the territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, except the Faroe Islands and Greenland,

— the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, except the Island of Heligoland and the territory of Büsingen (Treaty of 23 November 1964 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Confederation),

— the territory of the Republic of Estonia,

— the territory of Ireland,

— the territory of the Hellenic Republic,

— the territory of the Kingdom of Spain, except Ceuta and Melilla,

— the territory of the French Republic, except the French overseas countries and territories to which the provisions of Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply, but including the territory of Monaco as defined in the Customs Convention signed in Paris on 18 May 1963 (Journal officiel de la République française of 27 September 1963, p. 8679),

— the territory of the Republic of Croatia,

— the territory of the Italian Republic, except the municipality of Livigno,

— the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, in accordance with the provisions of the 2003 Act of Accession,

— the territory of the Republic of Latvia,

— the territory of the Republic of Lithuania,

— the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,

— the territory of Hungary,

— the territory of Malta,

— the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe,

— the territory of the Republic of Austria,

— the territory of the Republic of Poland,

— the territory of the Portuguese Republic,

— the territory of Romania,

— the territory of the Republic of Slovenia,

— the territory of the Slovak Republic,

— the territory of the Republic of Finland,

— the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden, and

— the territory of the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as defined in the Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, signed in Nicosia on 16 August 1960.

Goods listed in the Annex originating in the United Kingdom and being subject to safeguard measures under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 (¹) that are brought into Northern Ireland by direct transport from other parts of the United Kingdom shall also be eligible for treatment pursuant to Union import tariff rate quotas if those goods are released for free circulation in the territory of Northern Ireland.

Article 1a

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 1b, amending this Regulation in order to add to the list set out in the Annex certain categories of goods originating in the United Kingdom and being subject to safeguard measures under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159, that are brought into Northern Ireland by direct transport from other parts of the United Kingdom provided that the United Kingdom has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Union a need for those goods to be released for free circulation in Northern Ireland.

Article 1b

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX

Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Description	Combined Nomenclature (CN) Codes (1)
Steel category 7	7208 51 20 , 7208 51 91 , 7208 51 98 , 7208 52 91 , 7208 90 20 , 7208 90 80 , 7210 90 30 , 7225 40 12 , 7225 40 40 , 7225 40 60 , 7225 99 00
Steel category 17	7216 31 10 , 7216 31 90 , 7216 32 11 , 7216 32 19 , 7216 32 91 , 7216 32 99 , 7216 33 10 , 7216 33 90
(1) As defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).