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Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

Committee on International Trade

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Amendment 20

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(1) The steel sector is central to the Union’s competitiveness and security. The Union has shown unequivocally the strategic importance that it attaches to that sector and its commitment to ensure the sector’s viability and long-term sustainability.

(1) The steel sector and its ecosystem, which includes derivative steel products in downstream sectors (e.g. automotive, building, metal packaging and components, machinery, technology industries and others), is central to the Union’s economy, competitiveness and economic security. The Union should reinforce its action in this strategic sector, which is vital for quality employment, the Union’s strategic autonomy, the transition to a climate-neutral economy and the development of defence capabilities, through sustained investment in its viability and long-term resilience.

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Amendment 21

Kathleen Van Brempt

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(1) The steel sector is central to the Union’s competitiveness and security. The Union steel ecosystem is an integrated value chain in which the primary producers of steel and the downstream steel processors are mutually dependent.The Union has shown unequivocally the strategic importance that it attaches to that sector and its commitment to ensure the sector’s viability and long-term sustainability.

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Amendment 22

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(1) The steel sector is central to the Union’s economy and economic security and plays a central role in job creation and is therefore crucial for the Union’s competitiveness, resilience and security. The Union has shown unequivocally the strategic importance that it attaches to that sector and its commitment to ensure the sector’s viability and long-term sustainability.

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Amendment 23

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(1) The steel sector is central to the Union’s competitiveness and security. Yet, as noted in the OECD report PAC/COM/NEWS(2001)27, as early as the beginning of the 2000s, warning signs of rising global overcapacity, particularly in China, were already known, without the European Commission adopting any preventive trade strategy.

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Amendment 24

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2) Steel industries across countries and regions, including the Union, are suffering the negative impact derived from increasing global structural excess capacity. That global challenge affects the Union’s domestic market and markets of other countries either directly, through imports from countries with excess capacity, or indirectly, as a result of the ‘push-out’ effect, or in both ways. The effective resolution of global overcapacity requires enhanced joint efforts of the Union and its like-minded partners which do not contribute to global overcapacity. The Union will continue leading the international work, including in the framework of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, on addressing the root causes of global overcapacity and implementing solutions strengthening transparency of the global steel market and taking into consideration modern production and supply techniques, including through the application of the “melted and poured” principle as well as monitoring of imports and exports. The Union and the like-minded countries should work together with a view to ring-fencing their economies from global overcapacity while ensuring secure supply chains and increasing market access among them.

(2) Steel industries, workers, industrial towns and regions across countries, including the Union, are suffering the negative impact derived from increasing global structural excess capacity. That global challenge affects the Union’s domestic market and markets of other countries either directly, through imports from countries with excess capacity, or indirectly, as a result of the ‘push-out’ effect, or in both ways. The effective resolution of global overcapacity requires enhanced joint efforts of the Union and its like-minded partners which do not contribute to global overcapacity. The Union will step up its efforts in leading the international work, including in the framework of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, on addressing the root causes of global overcapacity and implementing solutions strengthening transparency of the global steel market and taking into consideration modern production and supply techniques, including through the application of the “melted and poured” principle as well as monitoring of imports and exports. The Union and the like-minded countries should urgently work together, both multilaterally and on a bilateral level, with a view to ring-fencing their economies from global overcapacity while ensuring secure supply chains and increasing market access among them. Such cooperation should be pursued in a constructive and forward-looking spirit that recognises shared strategic interests and mutual benefits. It should aim at reducing distortions in global steel markets, promoting fair competition based on market principles, and supporting the transition towards future oriented industrial production. Strengthened coordination among partners can also enhance resilience and reinforce the foundation for stable, predictable and diversified supply chains.

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Amendment 25

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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Amendment 26

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2) Steel industries across countries and regions are suffering the negative impact derived from increasing global structural excess capacity, mainly generated since the early 2000s by the sharp expansion of Asian production, particularly Chinese, and supported by massive public subsidies, low-cost state credit, and aggressive export policies. That global challenge affects the Union’s domestic market and markets of other countries either directly, through imports from countries with excess capacity, notably China, India, Russia, and Turkey, or indirectly, as a result of the ‘push-out’ effect, through the closure of other national markets to these exports, such as the United States, or in both ways. The effective resolution of global overcapacity requires enhanced joint efforts of the Union and its partners bound by the same international legal commitments, which do not contribute to global overcapacity. The Union will continue leading the international work, including in the framework of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, on addressing the root causes of global overcapacity and implementing solutions strengthening transparency of the global steel market and taking into consideration modern production and supply techniques, including through the application of the “melted and poured” principle as well as monitoring of imports and exports. The Union and the countries bound by these same international legal commitments should work together with a view to ring-fencing their economies from global overcapacity while ensuring secure supply chains and increasing market access among them.

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Amendment 27

Isabella Tovaglieri, Thierry Mariani

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2) Steel industries across countries and regions, including the Union, are suffering the negative impact derived from increasing global structural excess capacity. That global challenge affects the Union’s domestic market and markets of other countries either directly, through imports from countries with excess capacity, or indirectly, as a result of the ‘push-out’ effect, or in both ways. The effective resolution of global overcapacity requires enhanced joint efforts of the Union and its like-minded partners which do not contribute to global overcapacity. The Union will continue leading the international work, including in the framework of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, on addressing the root causes of global overcapacity and implementing solutions strengthening transparency of the global steel market and taking into consideration modern production and supply techniques, including, where relevant, through enhanced traceability measures such as the “melted and poured” principle, used primarily to detect and prevent circumvention of the trade-defence measures, as well as monitoring of imports and exports. The Union and the like-minded countries should work together with a view to ring-fencing their economies from global overcapacity while ensuring secure supply chains and increasing market access among them.

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Amendment 28

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2) Steel industries across countries and regions, including the Union, are suffering the negative impact derived from increasing global structural excess capacity. That global challenge affects the Union’s domestic market and markets of other countries either directly, through imports from countries with excess capacity, or indirectly, as a result of the ‘push-out’ effect, or in both ways. The effective resolution of global overcapacity requires enhanced joint efforts of the Union and its like-minded partners which do not contribute to global overcapacity. The Union will continue leading the international work, also coordinating with like-minded countries and including in the framework of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, on addressing the root causes of global overcapacity and implementing solutions strengthening transparency of the global steel market and taking into consideration modern production and supply techniques, including through the application of the “melted and poured” principle as well as monitoring of imports and exports. The Union and the like-minded countries should work together with a view to ring-fencing their economies from global overcapacity while ensuring secure supply chains and increasing market access among them.

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Amendment 29

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2 a) Whereas the issue of steel overcapacity is most effectively addressed through coordinated multilateral action, as it constitutes a global problem requiring a global solution; whereas, in the absence of meaningful progress at that level, the Union should adopt a targeted and flexible measure, to be repealed once the issue of global overcapacity has been resolved;

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Amendment 30

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2 b) That measure should ensure flexibility with the ability to effectively respond to fluctuations across the supply chain and prevent potential negative consequences on steel-using industries and downstream sectors;

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Amendment 31

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2 c) The rules-based multilateral trading system, with the WTO at its core, continues to be fundamental for ensuring stability, predictability and fairness in global trade and any measures adopted by the Union must remain fully compatible with its international obligations.

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Amendment 32

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(3) An in-depth analysis concluded by the Commission already in 2019 showed that the Union steel industry was in a situation of threat of serious injury and that the situation was likely to develop into actual serious injury in the foreseeable future, in the absence of safeguard measures.

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Amendment 33

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(4) The Commission thus concluded at the time that it would be in the Union interest to adopt appropriate measures to avoid a further increase of imports.

(4) The Commission thus concluded at the time that it would be in the Union interest to adopt appropriate measures to avoid a further increase of imports, such as the introduction of tariff-rate quotas, accompanied by a 25% customs duty beyond the authorized volumes.

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Amendment 34

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(6) In November 2024, Union leaders adopted the Budapest Declaration2 highlighting the urgent need and determination to make the Union more competitive through a new European competitiveness deal. Furthermore, leaders declared their commitment to ensuring an industrial renewal and decarbonisation allowing the Union to remain an industrial and technological powerhouse. Union leaders also recognised the need for increasing defence readiness and capabilities, in particular by strengthening defence technological and industrial base accordingly. To that end, leaders committed to develop an industrial policy for the Union to ensure the growth of tomorrow’s key technologies, while paying particular attention to traditional industries in transition.

(6) In November 2024, Union leaders adopted the Budapest Declaration2 highlighting the urgent need and determination to make the Union more secure, resilient, competitive and the first climate-neutral continent in the world through a new European competitiveness deal. Furthermore, leaders declared their commitment to ensuring an industrial renewal and decarbonisation allowing the Union to remain an industrial and technological powerhouse. Union leaders also recognised the need for increasing defence readiness and capabilities, in particular by strengthening defence technological and industrial base accordingly. To that end, leaders committed to develop an industrial policy for the Union to ensure the growth of tomorrow’s key technologies, while paying particular attention to traditional industries in transition.

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2 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/11/08/the-budapest-declaration/

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Amendment 35

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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2 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/11/08/the-budapest-declaration/

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Amendment 36

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel, Dan Barna

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation is indispensable for the Union’s strategic autonomy and long-term prosperity. Industrial and trade policies should strive to preserve European production capacity, technological leadership and skilled employment in key sectors, within the Union, while preventing the relocation of strategic industries to regions with lower environmental or social standards and unfair subsidy mechanisms. a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

(Proposal for regulation COM (2025)0726-2025/0726 (COD))

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Justification

Emphasizes the link between competitiveness, strategic autonomy and long-term prosperity, and highlights the need to prevent industrial delocalization.

Amendment 37

Ľubica Karvašová

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies. European steel production needs to be seen as a strategic sector in both industrial sovereignty and in strategic autonomy.

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Amendment 38

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

(7) Industrial competitiveness resilience and decarbonisation are core priorities that constitute a powerful driver of sustainable growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

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Amendment 39

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and should be well-integrated in industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

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Amendment 40

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

(7) Industrial competitiveness is a core priority and decarbonisation can constitute a powerful driver of growth when integrated with industrial, competition, economic and trade policies.

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Amendment 41

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel, Dan Barna

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(8) Energy intensive industries are focal sectors requiring urgent support to decarbonise, electrify, and confront high energy costs, unfair global competition, and complex regulations, harming their competitiveness. It is essential to enable these industries to remain globally competitive and to continue producing in Europe. Strengthening energy security, enabling access to affordable energy, reducing input costs, and simplifying regulatory burdens are critical to prevent industrial delocalisation and to preserve value chains within Europe.

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Justification

Emphasizes the importance of preserving energy intensive industries in Europe and fostering their competitiveness through concrete actions.

Amendment 42

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(8) Energy intensive industries are focal sectors requiring urgent support to decarbonise, electrify, and confront high energy costs caused by the functioning of the European electricity market, unfair global competition, and complex regulations stemming from the European legislative framework, particularly the Green Deal and the “Fit for 55” package, which increase the administrative and financial burdens on European producers, thereby harming their competitiveness.

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Amendment 43

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(8) Energy intensive industries are focal sectors requiring urgent support to decarbonise, electrify, and confront high energy costs, unfair global competition, while a continuous support for energy-intensive industries should be subject to social and environmental conditionalities, such as maintaining existing sites and jobs — including a moratorium on closures and offshoring — alongside commitments to decarbonize production.

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Amendment 44

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(8) Energy intensive industries are focal sectors requiring urgent intervention to support them to decarbonise, electrify, take up circularity, maintain job creation in Europe and confront high energy costs, unfair global competition, harming their competitiveness.

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Amendment 45

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(8 a) The decarbonization of the steel sector requires considerable capital investment and a predictable market that can ensure the economic viability of low-carbon production models. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the total volume of tariff rate quotas should be adjusted proportionally to the average GHG emission intensity of Union-produced steel products. This means that, as domestic average GHG emission intensity of steel declines due to low-carbon capacity coming online, the total volume of tariff quotas should also decrease. This is an essential element to maintain the competitiveness of EU’s steel industry in transition vis-a-vis other trade partners and prevent unfair competition.

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Amendment 46

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(8 a) Despite massive public funding several EU steelmakers have halted investments in green steel projects needed to remain competitive and de-carbonize production as part of the EU’s green agenda. Therefore, the evaluation on the effectiveness of this Regulation should also focus on the state of play of the transformation of the Union steel making industry towards a just and green transition and analyse public ownership structures for steel companies in order to guarantee the necessary transformation of the steel industry;

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Amendment 47

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(9) Moreover, as recognised in the Steel and Metals Action Plan3 , steel represents a metal of strategic importance for the Union’s defence capability. Given the current geopolitical environment, stable and resilient supply chains of critical metals, like steel, and domestic production are essential for defence and aerospace, and for avoiding unwanted dependencies on third country suppliers.

(9) Moreover, as recognised in the Steel and Metals Action Plan3 , steel represents a metal of strategic importance for all industrial sectors of the Union’s Member States. Given the current geopolitical environment, marked by growing trade tensions between China and the United States as well as the reinforcement of the European defence industry, it is essential to ensure stable and resilient supply chains of critical metals, like steel, as well as sufficient domestic production for downstream sectors such as defense, aerospace, and automotive, in order to avoid any unwanted dependencies on third country suppliers.

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3 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A European Steel and Metals Action Plan, COM(2025) 125 final.

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Amendment 48

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(9) Therefore, the Union stays committed to a fast and urgent implementation of the Steel and Metals Action Plan3 , as steel represents a metal of strategic importance for the Union’s defence capability. Especially in a context marked by increasing global instability and heightened security pressures, stable and resilient supply chains of critical metals, like steel, and a strong and competitive domestic production base are essential for defence and aerospace, and for avoiding unwanted dependencies on third country suppliers.

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Amendment 49

Željana Zovko

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(9) Moreover, as recognised in the Steel and Metals Action Plan3 , steel represents a metal of strategic importance for the Union’s defence capability. Given the current geopolitical environment, stable and resilient supply chains of critical metals, like steel, and domestic production are essential for defence and aerospace, for achieving economic resilience and for avoiding unwanted dependencies on third country suppliers.

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Amendment 50

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel, Dan Barna

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(9 a) Steel is also foundational for many other industries such as Europe’s clean-tech, transport, building and energy infrastructure industries. Preserving a competitive and technologically advanced steel base in Europe is therefore vital to the Union’s industrial sovereignty and its strategic autonomy.

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Justification

Highlights the role of steel not only for defence but for many sectors and thereby its importance for the EU’s industrial sovereignty and its strategic autonomy.

Amendment 51

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10) The Union has already adopted several trade defence measures in the metals sectors, including in the iron and steel sectors, against unfair global competition. Nevertheless, the industry is increasingly negatively impacted by global structural excess capacities and by global distortions, including non-market policies and practices in certain countries that support their domestic industries through public subsidies, regulated energy prices, preferential loans, and offset export policies, or circumvent Union trade defence measures and sanctions. The Union is the only internal steel market seeing a decrease in capacity. However, the Union's efforts to protect its domestic market are being completely offset by continuous large capacity additions across other regions, completely detached from evolution of domestic and global demand. Global overcapacity is expected to increase from the current 602 million tonnes (equivalent to five times the Union demand) to 721 million tonnes by 2027. These persistent overcapacities constitute a structural imbalance in international trade, as they lead to exports at artificially low prices, thereby justifying the adoption of safeguard or compensatory measures by WTO members to restore fair competition conditions.

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Amendment 52

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10) The Union has already adopted several trade defence measures in the metals sectors, including in the iron and steel sectors, against unfair global competition. Nevertheless, the industry is increasingly negatively impacted by global structural excess capacities and by global distortions, including non-market policies and practices in certain countries that artificially support their domestic industries or circumvent Union trade defence measures and sanctions. Given that the Union industry incurs in high environmental and social costs to drive decarbonisation, it endures unfair competition from third-country producers in non-market economies benefiting from lower standards and artificially suppressed costs. This structural divergence in production conditions requires robust autonomous defence measures to prevent deindustrialisation. The Union is the only major steelmaking region seeing a decrease in capacity. However, these efforts are being completely offset by continuous large capacity additions across other regions, completely detached from evolution of domestic and global demand. Global overcapacity is expected to increase from the current 602 million tonnes (equivalent to five times the Union demand) to 721 million tonnes by 2027.

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Amendment 53

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10) The Union has already adopted several trade defence measures in the metals sectors, including in the iron and steel sectors, against unfair global competition. Nevertheless, the industry is increasingly negatively impacted by global structural excess capacities and by global distortions, including non-market policies and practices in certain countries that artificially support their domestic industries or circumvent Union trade defence measures and sanctions. The Union is the only major steelmaking region seeing a decrease in capacity. However, these efforts are being completely offset by continuous large capacity additions across other regions, completely detached from evolution of domestic and global demand. Global overcapacity is expected to increase from the current 602 million tonnes (equivalent to five times the Union demand) to 721 million tonnes by 2027. Hence any safeguard measure on the steel market should be conceived with a long-term perspective, since, contrary to previous overcapacity episodes, the current situation is structural and unlikely to resolve in the short nor medium-term.

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Amendment 54

Ľubica Karvašová

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10) In order to support the EU’s strategic industries and competitiveness, EU trade measures must not hamper European steel production capacity. The Union has already adopted several trade defence measures in the metals sectors, including in the iron and steel sectors, against unfair global competition. Nevertheless, the industry is increasingly negatively impacted by global structural excess capacities and by global distortions, including non-market policies and practices in certain countries that artificially support their domestic industries or circumvent Union trade defence measures and sanctions. The Union is the only major steelmaking region seeing a decrease in capacity. However, these efforts are being completely offset by continuous large capacity additions across other regions, completely detached from evolution of domestic and global demand. Global overcapacity is expected to increase from the current 602 million tonnes (equivalent to five times the Union demand) to 721 million tonnes by 2027.

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Amendment 55

Željana Zovko

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10) The Union has already adopted several trade defence measures in the metals sectors, including in the iron and steel sectors, against unfair global competition. Nevertheless, the industry is increasingly negatively impacted by global structural excess capacities and by global distortions, including non-market policies and unfair trade practices in certain countries that artificially support their domestic industries or circumvent Union trade defence measures and sanctions. The Union is the only major steelmaking region seeing a decrease in capacity. However, these efforts are being completely offset by continuous large capacity additions across other regions, completely detached from evolution of domestic and global demand. Global overcapacity is expected to increase from the current 602 million tonnes (equivalent to five times the Union demand) to 721 million tonnes by 2027.

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Amendment 56

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10 a) Trade-defence measure alone are inefficient if not embedded in a broader European industrial and climate strategy in order to transform Energy intensive industries towards climate-neutral and socially just production that ensures affordable energy, supports decarbonisation, guarantees jobs, and fosters demand for European “green” steel. Therefore, in the context of publicly funded projects, including subsidies and investment programmes, a defined minimum share of value added, components or materials should be sourced from within the Union (“Local-Content Requirement”). Furthermore, in general public procurement, contracting authorities should give preference to steel and steel-containing products produced within the Union (“Buy European First”).

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Amendment 57

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(10 a) Whereas it is necessary to provide flexibility in the allocation and application of tariff quotas, including the possibility to add or remove product categories and to adjust allocations in the short term, taking into account the information provided by the monitoring tools, in order to respond swiftly to changes in market conditions while protecting the Union steel industry and the downstream industries.

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Amendment 58

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(11) In addition, the recent evolution of third country trade-restrictive measures, notably the United States, through Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, which raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the United States from 25% to 50%, is further increasing import pressure, both in terms of volumes and prices, on Union producers. Such pressure is expected only to increase further.

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Amendment 59

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(11) In addition, the recent evolution of third country trade-restrictive measures is further increasing import pressure, both in terms of volumes and prices, on Union producers. Such pressure is expected only to increase further and therefore, negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity should be addressed through multilateral dialogue and cooperation;

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Amendment 60

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(11) In addition, the recent evolution of third country trade-restrictive measures is further increasing import pressure, both in terms of volumes and prices, on Union producers. Such pressure is expected only to increase further and will lead to a further decline in Union production, plant closures and job losses

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Justification

Highlights the risk of production decline in Europe and job losses.

Amendment 61

Martine Kemp, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(11 a) Whereas measures under this Regulation must fully respect WTO obligations, be proportionate to address the harmful effects of global overcapacity caused by unfair market practices, and may be adapted only to safeguard the Union steel industry, without imposing unnecessary restrictions on legitimate trade.

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Amendment 62

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(12) As a result, the Union steel industry is in a dire situation with the unprecedented loss of the production capacity amounting to more than 30 million tons since 2018, historically low-capacity utilisation rate reaching 67% in 2024, and around 30000 jobs lost since 2018, with several thousand more job losses announced in 2024. While some steel companies made historical profits in recent years and received unprecedented levels of public financial support. While shareholders and executives have benefited from record returns, steelworkers face unemployment and uncertainty. This injustice must be addressed through strong and binding social conditionalities on all public support to industry. The Union steel industry recorded losses in 2024.

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Amendment 63

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(12) As a result, the Union steel industry is in a dire situation with the unprecedented loss of the production capacity amounting to more than 30 million tons since 2018, historically low-capacity utilisation rate reaching 67% in 2024, and around 30000 jobs lost since 2018, with several thousand more job losses announced in 2024. The Union steel industry recorded losses in 2024. This new crisis follows that of 2008, marked by a sharp contraction in global steel demand (-34% in 2009) and by the permanent closure of several emblematic sites (Liège, Florange, Gandrange). That crisis was not addressed with the same urgency by the Commission, which did not authorize Member States to adopt safeguard measures.

Or. en

Amendment 64

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(12) As a result, the Union steel industry is in a dire situation with the unprecedented loss of the production capacity amounting to more than 30 million tons since 2018, historically low-capacity utilisation rate reaching 67% in 2024, and around 30000 jobs lost since 2018, with several thousand more job losses announced in 2024. The Union steel industry recorded losses in 2024. With many new closures of factories in the EU announced in 2025 and announced potential delocalisations of factories to India, it is urgent for the EU to react strongly and quickly.

Or. en

Amendment 65

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(12 a) Europe has a long-standing tradition of steel production, with steelworkers and their trade unions playing a key role in the foundation of European manufacturing; whereas upholding these high-skill quality jobs that provide decent pay, strong labour protections, effective social dialogue, including timely consultation of social partners and high health and safety standards is essential to sustaining the sector’s competitiveness and high social value;

Or. en

Amendment 66

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(13) Given the fast-worsening situation of the domestic steel industry and the unsatisfactory progress so far in finding a collective solution addressing global structural overcapacity, it is necessary to adopt a new measure replacing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159. On 18 July 2025, the Commission launched a call for evidence and a targeted consultation to seek the views from stakeholders on various aspects of the new measure, including its form, level, geographical scope and duration, as well as other specific features such as rules of origin. The process ran until 18 August 2025 and over five hundred responses were received: 143 submissions to the call for evidence and 373 replies to the targeted consultation questionnaire. A detailed summary of the feedback received is available in the Staff Working Document accompanying this legislative proposal.

(13) Given the fast-worsening situation of the continental steel industry and the unsatisfactory progress so far in finding a collective solution addressing global structural overcapacity, it is necessary to adopt a new measure replacing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159. On 18 July 2025, the Commission launched a call for evidence and a targeted consultation to seek the views from stakeholders on various aspects of the new measure, including its form, level, geographical scope and duration, as well as other specific features such as rules of origin. The process ran until 18 August 2025 and over five hundred responses were received: 143 submissions to the call for evidence and 373 replies to the targeted consultation questionnaire. A detailed summary of the feedback received is available in the Staff Working Document accompanying this legislative proposal.

Or. en

Amendment 67

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(13 a) As steel is an essential input for a broad range of downstream industries in the Union, including in particular the machinery, automotive and construction sectors, many of which are composed predominantly of small and medium-sized enterprises, an evaluation of the effectiveness of this regulation should also focus on consequences for downstream industries;

Or. en

Amendment 68

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(13 a) The success of the European Union depends on open and free trade and it is essential that the proposal does not compromise European competitiveness or security;

Or. en

Amendment 69

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(14) In parallel to the ordinary legislative procedure that this proposal will be subject to, the Union intends to open negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 with a view to modifying certain WTO concessions for the products concerned by this Regulation and ensure that the resulting level of custom duties ensures the resilience of the Union steel industry in a context of structural global overcapacities, growing third country trade measures on the steel sector, and their negative trade-related impact on the Union’s steel industry. The modification of the Union’s commitments should not lead to compensations going beyond volumes of quotas as provided for in Annex II, nor concern any products other than those included in Annex II. The Union will notify the present Regulation at the WTO also under Article XX GATT because the measure is necessary to pursue the decarbonisation of the Union steel sector, and is also necessary to preserve the Union public order.

Or. en

Amendment 70

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(14 a) The Commission shall engage in proactive and transparent communication with trade partners to clearly explain the reasons for adopting this measure and to identify ways to maintain equal and fair conditions so as not to disrupt the existing spirit of genuine trade cooperation, particularly with existing and future FTA partners affected by this instrument.

Or. en

Amendment 71

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(16) The Union should open free-of-duty tariff quotas, covering imports from all third country origins, at levels equivalent to the import market share that prevailed in the Union steel market prior to the impact of global overcapacity. To this effect, the Commission considered, after analysing the relevant data at its disposal, that the year 2013 represents the most appropriate basis for the calculation. The reason is that this year was not impacted by the global overcapacity outbreak, which peaked in 2015, but whose effects were already visible, in terms of relevant increased import penetration in 2014. Furthermore, the Commission has data on consumption as well as economic performance from Union industry available and verified in the framework of the original safeguard proceeding, as published in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1594 . In light of the serious disturbances in the steel sector and the fast worsening situation of the domestic steel industry, imports originating in countries with which the Union has free trade area agreements should also be subject to such tariff quotas. This is without prejudice to a complementary appropriate solution that may be found under the respective agreement, including through bilateral safeguard measures in accordance with this Regulation.

(16) The Union should open free-of-duty tariff quotas, covering imports from all third country origins, at levels equivalent to the import market share that prevailed in the Union steel market prior to the impact of global overcapacity. To this effect, the Commission considered, after analysing the relevant data at its disposal, that the year 2013 represents the most appropriate basis for the calculation. This year represents the last sustainable level of imports for European industry, before the rise of imbalances linked to global overcapacity, which peaked in 2015, and whose effects were already visible, in terms of relevant increased import penetration in 2014. It also makes it possible to bring capacity utilisation back to an economically viable level for European industry. Furthermore, the Commission has data on consumption as well as economic performance from Union industry available and verified in the framework of the original safeguard proceeding, as published in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1594 . In light of the serious disturbances in the steel sector and the fast worsening situation of the domestic steel industry, imports originating in countries with which the Union has free trade area agreements should also be subject to such tariff quotas. This is without prejudice to a complementary appropriate solution that may be found under the respective agreement, including through bilateral safeguard measures in accordance with this Regulation.

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4 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 of 31 January 2019 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of certain steel products (OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 27, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/159/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 72

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(16 a) The proposed instrument should be narrowly targeted and in effect to address the problem of global steel overcapacity and therefore remain in place only for as long as the underlying circumstances persist and should be removed once the conditions justifying their adoption cease to exist, with the aim of continued market liberalisation.

Or. en

Amendment 73

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(16 a) Trading partners that have free trade agreements with the Union shall receive preferential quota distribution.

Or. en

Amendment 74

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(17) In view of the close and unique integration under the Agreement on the European Economic Area5 , Union imports from Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein should be excluded from the application of the out of quota duty.

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5 Agreement on the European Economic Area - Final Act - Joint Declarations - Declarations by the Governments of the Member States of the Community and the EFTA States - Arrangements - Agreed Minutes - Declarations by one or several of the Contracting Parties of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, pp. 3–522 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, EUR-Lex - 21994A0103(74) - EN - EUR-Lex).

Or. en

Amendment 75

Željana Zovko

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(17) In view of the close and unique integration under the Agreement on the European Economic Area5 , Union imports from Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein should be excluded from the application of the out of quota duty.

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Or. en

Amendment 76

Raphaël Glucksmann, Jean-Marc Germain, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(18) The total volume of tariff quotas should be calculated applying the imports’ market share in the Union market in the year 2013 as reference (around 13% market share), to the overall consumption in the Union steel market in 2024 (the latest year for which full available data is available). That results in a total annual tariff quota volume of 18 345 922 tons. The calculation should not allocate the proportion of imports originating in the Russian Federation and Belarus, which are currently subject to import bans.

(18) The total volume of tariff quotas should be calculated applying the imports’ market share in the Union market in the year 2013 as reference (around 13% market share), to the overall consumption in the Union steel market in 2024 (the latest year for which full available data is available). That results in a total annual tariff quota volume of 18 407 087 tons. The calculation should not allocate the proportion of imports originating in the Russian Federation and Belarus, which are currently subject to import bans.

Or. en

Justification

European producers of ductile cast-iron pipes face the same structural pressures identified in the proposal, including persistent global overcapacity, state-supported expansion of production in third countries, and resulting price and volume pressure on the Union market. These distortions undermine the competitiveness of a capital-intensive sector essential for water and infrastructure networks. Including CN 73 03 in the Annexes ensures coherent coverage of sectors exposed to comparable excess-capacity risks. In 2024, EU consumption of ductile cast-iron pipes amounted to 470 500 tonnes. Applying the methodology set out in the proposal, and using the 2013 import market share of 13%, the tariff quota for ductile cast-iron pipes should therefore be set at 61 165 tonnes. Following this addition, the total annual tariff quota volume should be adjusted to 18 407 087 tonnes.

Amendment 77

Kathleen Van Brempt

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(20) The tariff quotas should be administered on a quarterly basis in line with the management system provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/24476 . That type of administration ensures that the measure is effective by avoiding disproportionately large volumes of imports in a very short period, while not unduly hindering trade flows. Those tariff quotas that are not used within one quarter should not be carried over to the next quarter.

(20) The tariff quotas should be administered on a quarterly basis in line with the management system provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/24476 . That type of administration ensures that the measure is effective by avoiding disproportionately large volumes of imports in a very short period, while not unduly hindering trade flows. To ensure the effectiveness of this Regulation, those tariff quotas that are not used within one quarter should not be carried over to the next quarter.

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6 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2015/2447/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 78

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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Or. en

Amendment 79

Enikő Győri

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(20) The tariff quotas should be administered on a quarterly basis in line with the management system provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/24476 . That type of administration ensures that the measure is effective by avoiding disproportionately large volumes of imports in a very short period, while not unduly hindering trade flows. The carryover of unused tariff quota volumes between each quarter shall be allowed.

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Or. en

Amendment 80

Kris Van Dijck

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(20 a) Experience in the administration of tariff-rate quotas under the Safeguard Regulation has shown that certain operators place significant volumes of steel products under custom warehousing or other suspensive arrangements prior to the opening of a new quota period. Upon the opening of the quotas, such operators release those products for free circulation in the Union, thereby capturing a disproportionate share of the available quota volumes within a very short time. This practice, while formally compliant with customs rules, undermines the objective of ensuring a balanced and continuous supply of steel for Union users and distorts the level playing field between economic operators. To preserve the effectiveness and fairness of the safeguard measure, it is therefore necessary to ensure that access to tariff-rate quotas is limited to importers that use or transform the concerned products within the Union, or that can demonstrate that the products are imported on behalf of Union users for such use. Imports made solely for storage, resale or speculative purposes should not benefit from preferential quota access. The Commission should therefore be empowerd to introduce, by means of implementing acts, where appropriate, specific conditions for the release of products for free circulation under the tariff-rate quotas, including end-use declarations or documentation demonstrating that the importer qualifies as a Union user or acts on behalf of one.

Or. en

Amendment 81

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel, Dan Barna

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(20 a) Stockpiling practices, whereby steel products are stored in ports, customs warehouses or free zones in order to delay their release for free circulation, may result in the rapid exhaustion of tariff quotas under the first-come-first-served system. Such practices risk undermining fair access to quotas for all economic operators and the effectiveness of the safeguard mechanism. The Commission should therefore closely monitor import patterns and storage levels and, where appropriate, consider adjustments to the administration of tariff quotas to ensure fair access for all operators.

Or. en

Justification

Entities behaving in this manner directly capture all the quotas for a specific product category and other importing entities are thereby forced to pay full tariffs on their imports. The Commission should monitor this pattern and make adjustments if necessary.

Amendment 82

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(20 a) The Commission should consider finding ways to prevent early exhaustion of tariff rate quotas by a few major operators to ensure fair and transparent access to these quotas, particularly for SMEs, during each period

Or. en

Amendment 83

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(21 a) To ensure that the melt-and-pour requirement strengthens the Union’s resilience without undermining supply chains, the Commission shall be flexible to ensure that related documentation obligations remain proportionate and realistically manageable for economic operators, especially SMEs, so as to avoid excessive administrative barriers.

Or. en

Amendment 84

Miriam Lexmann

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(21 a) To ensure that the melt-and-pour requirement strengthens the Union’s resilience without undermining supply chains, the Commission shall ensure that related documentation obligations remain manageable for economic operators, especially SMEs, so as to avoid excessive administrative barriers.

Or. en

Amendment 85

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(21 a) The Commission should aim to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens and facilitate reporting requirements to the greatest extent possible, particularly for SMEs, by ensuring compliance is proportionate and manageable for smaller businesses.

Or. en

Amendment 86

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 22

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(22) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to lay down the country allocation of tariff quotas opened under this Regulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council7 .

(22) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission, on a provisional basis and under the supervision of the Council, to lay down the country allocation of tariff quotas opened under this Regulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council7 .

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7 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13 ELI: ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 87

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 23

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(23) The Commission should be empowered to adopt by means of implementing acts, where necessary, safeguard measures on imports of products within the scope of this regulation originating in those countries with which the European Union has concluded a free trade agreement. Those safeguard measures should comply with the requirements of the applicable agreement and replace the tariff measures imposed pursuant to this regulation.

(23) The Commission should be empowered, as an emergency measure, to adopt by means of implementing acts, where necessary, safeguard measures on imports of products within the scope of this regulation originating in those countries with which the European Union has concluded a free trade agreement. Those safeguard measures should comply with the requirements of the applicable agreement and replace the tariff measures imposed pursuant to this regulation. Their implementation should be followed by an ex post impact assessment to evaluate how effective the adopted secondary legislation has been and, if necessary, to propose its amendment after consultation with the Member States gathered in the Council.

Or. en

Amendment 88

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 24

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(24) In order to ensure that the level of quotas opened in relation to imports into the Union is adapted to changing circumstances in the markets of the products covered by this Regulation as well as to provide technical specifications for the implementation of the melt and pour requirement, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by laying down the detailed rules for identifying the country in which the steel used in the production of the product is melted and poured and to amend Annex II to this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making8 , namely the principles of transparency, stakeholder participation, evidence-based impact assessment, proportionality, and subsidiarity. In these consultations, the Commission ensures that it has a comprehensive overview of the sector, covering not only extraction, production, and processing industries of the primary material, but also the downstream effects on consuming sectors such as aerospace, automotive, and construction. It also ensures that the consultations are based on a representative sample of Member States, reflecting the Union’s economic, geographical, and industrial diversity. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

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8 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj.

Or. en

Amendment 89

Isabella Tovaglieri, Thierry Mariani

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 24

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(24) In order to ensure that the level of quotas opened in relation to imports into the Union is adapted to changing circumstances in the markets of the products covered by this Regulation as well as to provide technical specifications for the implementation of the melt and pour requirement, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by laying down, where necessary, technical specifications for identifying the country in which the steel used in the production of the product was melted and poured, only where justified by circumvention risks, and without prejudice to the determination of origin under the Union Customs Code. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making8 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

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8 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj.

Or. en

Amendment 90

Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 24 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(24 a) Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 already requires operators to provide information on the country in which the steel used in finished products has been melted and poured as part of the Union's response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. This requirement shall be integrated into this Regulation for reasons of coherence. However, to ensure full effectiveness of Union restrictive measures, it is necessary to go even further and extend the prohibition to the remaining semi-finished steel products still permitted for import, in particular semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel under CN code 7207 12 10 and semi-finished products of other alloy steel under CN code 7224 90. These products revenues for the Russian Federation and maintain strategic dependencies within the Union. Extending the prohibition to these residual categories is essential to prevent further financial contributions to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, especially given the availability of alternative suppliers and significant unused production capacity within the Union industry.

Or. en

Amendment 91

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25) Previous tariff quotas allocations and notably those laid down under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/13319 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/284010 regarding trade flows of steel products originating in the United Kingdom and brought into Northern Ireland by direct transport from other parts of the United Kingdom should serve as a basis for the country allocation of quotas to be laid down by the Commission. Interests of a candidate country facing an exceptional and immediate security situation, such as Ukraine, should also be reflected upon when deciding on the quota allocations, without undermining the effectiveness of the measure.

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9 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1331 of 29 June 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 imposing a definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain steel products (OJ L 166, 30.6.2023, p. 98, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1331/oj).

10 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2840 of 14 December 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 imposing a definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain steel products (OJ L, 2023/2840, 15.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2840/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 92

Branislav Ondruš

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25) Previous tariff quotas allocations and notably those laid down under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/13319and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/284010regarding trade flows of steel products originating in the United Kingdom and brought into Northern Ireland by direct transport from other parts of the United Kingdom should serve as a basis for the country allocation of quotas to be laid down by the Commission. Interests of a candidate country facing an exceptional and immediate security situation, such as Ukraine, should also be reflected upon when deciding on the quota allocations, without undermining the effectiveness of the measure.

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Amendment 93

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25 a) With respect to steel, aluminium, and their derivative products, the Union and the United States have agreed in the context of the Joint Statement to consider the possibility to cooperate on ring-fencing their respective domestic markets from overcapacity, while ensuring secure supply chains between each other, including through tariff-rate quota solutions. The United States decided on 19 August 2025 to extend Section 232 tariffs to 407 additional derivative steel and aluminium products; whereas any elimination of tariffs on steel products must be consistent and within the remit of this Regulation;

Or. en

Amendment 94

Martine Kemp, Daniel Caspary, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25 a) In line with the Union’s commitment to support Ukraine’s economy during the ongoing war of aggression, and in view of Ukraine’s strategic role in the Union’s steel supply chain, the Commission should ensure that the design and implementation of quota allocations fully reflect Ukraine’s candidate status and its vital importance for the stability of the European steel market, while preserving the effectiveness and integrity of the measure.

Or. en

Amendment 95

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25 a) In line with the Union’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’s economy during Russia's ongoing war of aggression, Ukraine should be fully exempted for as long as that country is facing an exceptional and immediate security situation.

Or. en

Amendment 96

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25 a) Whereas several third countries have adopted trade-restrictive measures affecting directly the European exports of steel products, the Commission should, reflect these trade-restrictive measures.

Or. en

Justification

Several third countries have applied direct tariffs without tariff-rate quotas and the Union should reflect these trade-restrictive measures in the country allocation of quotas.

Amendment 97

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel, Dan Barna

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(25 b) The steel industry does not only comprise primary steel production, but also downstream and derived products that are equally strategic for the Union’s industrial sovereignty and strategic autonomy. The Commission should take the broader value chain into account when assessing and revising the product scope of this Regulation.

Or. en

Justification

It is necessary to have a broad value chain perspective when addressing issues of industrial competitiveness

Amendment 98

Kathleen Van Brempt

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 2 years following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

(26) The Union steel processing industry, composed of thousands of small and medium enterprises that transform steel into specialised, high-value goods, is of vital importance to the entire Union steel sector as it contributes to maintaining the Union's industrial ecosystem and sovereignty in this sector. Like the Union's primary steel producers, the Union's downstream steel industry is increasingly exposed to cheap imports from third countries, where exporting producers benefit from illegal state subsidies, lower environmental standards and artificially suppressed energy or input costs. Recognizing the urgency of this situation, the Commission should assess within 1 year after the adoption of this Regulation, the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should put forward a legislative proposal at the latest 1 year after the adoption of this Regulation, to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

Or. en

Amendment 99

Javier Moreno Sánchez, Cristina Maestre, Lina Gálvez, Hana Jalloul Muro

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 6 months following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel. As for these products, where data is available, the Commission must speed up its assessment and submit, within six months of adoption of this Regulation, a proposal to extend its product definition accordingly or propose any measures that may be more appropriate with a view to effectively addressing the harmful effects of overcapacity in such products.

Or. es

Amendment 100

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 1 year following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel. The Commission closely and systematically monitors the competitiveness and resilience of the downstream sectors, particular attention also being paid to SMEs and mid-caps, and takes timely action to preserve the steel ecosystem in the EU. To this end, the Commission engages in ongoing dialogue with stakeholders across the entire steel value chain.

Or. en

Amendment 101

Dan Barna, Iuliu Winkler, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Daniel Buda, Gheorghe Falcă, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Siegfried Mureşan, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Eugen Tomac, Loránt Vincze, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Ştefan Muşoiu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 6 months following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel. For these products, where data are available, the Commission should accelerate the assessment and present, within six months from the adoption of this Regulation, a proposal to extend its product scope accordingly, or propose any measure that may be more appropriate to effectively address the negative impacts of overcapacity on these products.

Or. en

Amendment 102

Bernd Lange

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess after 6 months following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel. After this first assessment the Commission shoul carry out regular assessments on an annual basis or earlier in case of significat market disruptions or sudden changes in global trade patterns.

Or. en

Amendment 103

Isabella Tovaglieri, Thierry Mariani

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 6 months following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation, including with priority downstream steel products not covered by Annex I which are at risk of trade diversion, and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

Or. en

Amendment 104

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 1 year following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation, taking into account developments in downstream markets, and if appropriate, and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

Or. en

Justification

It is necessary that the first evaluation of the product scope takes place within a shorter period of time to consider including additional products sooner, notably downstream products that are also facing intense and often unfair competition.

Amendment 105

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission should assess at the latest within 1 years following the entry into force of this Regulation, and annually thereafter, the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add or remove steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

Or. en

Amendment 106

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) The Commission will assess at the latest within 1 year following the adoption of this Regulation the necessity to adjust the scope of products covered by this Regulation and if deemed necessary, it should consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

Or. en

Amendment 107

Brando Benifei, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) Within six months following the adoption of this Regulation, the Commission should submit a legislative proposal to revise its product scope, giving priority to downstream steel and iron products not covered by Annex I which are at risk of trade diversion and additional steel products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel.

Or. en

Amendment 108

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26 a) Such review shall take into account the wider situation of European competitiveness and Union steelmaking industry, both upstream and downstream actors, in particular the situation for SMEs, as well as the Unions security and defence policy

Or. en

Amendment 109

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Before 1 July 2031, and every five years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market. The Commission should also assess the evolution of the economic performance of the Union steel industry as well as the evolution of its decarbonisation projects,

(27) Before 1 July 2029, and every three years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market. The Commission should also assess the evolution of overall European competitiveness and the economic performance of the Union steel industry, including upstream and downstream users, as well as the evolution of its decarbonisation projects. These evaluations shall include feedback from multilateral discussions, including, but not limited to, the OECD Steel Committee and the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity.

Or. en

Amendment 110

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Before 1 July 2027, and every year thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market, including the downstream steel processing market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market. The Commission should also assess the evolution of the economic performance of the Union steel industry - downstream users included - as well as the evolution of its decarbonisation projects. To this end, the Commission is conducting a structured impact assessment, in dialogue with and covering the entire steel ecosystem, including the downstream segment.

Or. en

Amendment 111

Miriam Lexmann

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Four years after the entry into force of this Regulation and every five years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market.

Or. en

Amendment 112

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, and every five years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market.

Or. en

Amendment 113

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Before 1 July 2031, and every five years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market. The Commission should also assess the evolution of the just transition of EU’s steel industry and its economic performance of the Union steel industry as well as the evolution of its decarbonisation targets,

Or. en

Amendment 114

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Before 1 July 2031, and every two years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation, including the evolution and trends of global overcapacity, as well as its effects on the steel market. The Commission should also review the situation of third country trade restrictive measures on steel and the implications and effects they may have, or be likely to have, in terms of risk of trade diversion into the Union market. In addition, the Commission should also analyse the situation concerning the existence of non-market policies and practices in third countries and their impact on the Union steel market. The Commission will also assess the evolution of the economic performance of the Union steel industry

Or. en

Amendment 115

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27 a) It is essential to ensure that the prices of specialised steel products necessary for manufactoring technologies critical to the Union’s industrial competitiveness, decarbonisation and economic security, including transformers, electric motors, wind generators and synchronous condensers, do not rise in a manner that would undermine the competitiveness of Union steel-using industries; price pressures of this kind would risk rendering the manufacture of these technologies uncompetitive within the Union, thereby jeopardising Europe’s decarbonisation objectives and increasing dependence on imported technologies, contrary to the spirit of this legislative proposal; it is therefore imperative that the Commission, in its assessment, duly examines the impacts of the measure on price levels faced by domestic steel users and intervenes as appropriate;

Or. en

Amendment 116

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27 a) Within six months of the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall prepare an impact assessment evaluating the potential effects of narrowing quotas and increasing tariffs on European steel imports from third countries. This assessment shall consider the impact on European steel producers and users, both upstream and downstream, with particular attention to SMEs. The Commission shall also examine the implications of the proposed measure for existing and future preferential trade relations with Free Trade Agreement partners and relevant WTO stakeholders.

Or. en

Amendment 117

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27 a) The Commission should also assess the evolution of the economic performance of the Union steel industry as well as the evolution of its decarbonisation projects six months after the regulation has taken effect. The assessment shall focus on exploring the possibility to broaden the product coverage and put forward alternative, effective measures, drawing on substantiated and verifiable evidence.

Or. en

Amendment 118

Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 27 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27 a) For additional steel products and products that are made of or contain a significant amount of steel that are negatively impacted by global overcapacity; the Commission should accelerate the assessment foreseen in article 9 paragraph 1, and present within 6 months either a legislative proposal or other effective measures, based on verified data.

Or. en

Amendment 119

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

3. Where the relevant tariff quota is exhausted or where imports of the product categories do not benefit from the relevant tariff quota, the imports of the product categories set out in Annex I shall be subject to a custom duty at the rate of 50% ad valorem. This measure shall be placed under the supervision of the Council, which shall periodically assess its effects on the steel industry and may adjust its level or duration accordingly.

Or. en

Amendment 120

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 121

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 bis

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article 1 bis

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Article 1 shall not apply to products originating in Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

Or. en

Amendment 122

Željana Zovko

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 bis – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article 1 shall not apply to products originating in Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

Article 1 shall not apply to products originating in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

Or. en

Amendment 123

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

4. The unused tariff quota volumes in one quarter shall not be carried over to the next quarter.

4. The unused tariff quota volumes in one quarter shall not be carried over to the next quarter, in order to avoid any accumulation effect that could generate destabilising surges in imports and undermine predictability for European producers and processors.

Or. en

Amendment 124

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

4. The unused tariff quota volumes in one quarter shall not be carried over to the next quarter.

4. The unused tariff quota volumes in one quarter shall be carried over to the next quarter.

Or. en

Amendment 125

Enikő Győri

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

4. The unused tariff quota volumes in one quarter shall not be carried over to the next quarter.

4. The carryover of unused tariff quota volumes between each quarter shall be allowed.

Or. en

Amendment 126

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the country in which the steel used in the production of the product is melted and poured shall be identified. The country of “melt and pour” shall be the original location in which raw steel and iron is initially produced in liquid form within a steelmaking or iron making furnace and subsequently cast into its first solid state. In the event of proven ineffectiveness of the so-called “melt and pour” criterion, the Commission shall consider introducing complementary criteria, such as taking into account the place of substantial transformation, the added value, or the certificate of origin, in order to better prevent mislabeling and circumvention practices.

Or. en

Amendment 127

Isabella Tovaglieri, Thierry Mariani

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the country in which the steel used in the production of the product is melted and poured shall be identified where that country differs from the country where the product underwent its last substantial transformation conferring origin within the meaning of the Union Customs Code or from the country of export to the Union. The country of “melt and pour” shall be the original location in which raw steel and iron is initially produced in liquid form within a steelmaking or iron making furnace and subsequently cast into its first solid state.

Or. en

Amendment 128

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the country in which the steel used in the production of the product is melted and poured shall be identified. The country of “melt and pour” shall be the original location in which raw steel and iron is initially produced in liquid form within a steelmaking or iron making furnace and subsequently cast into its first solid state. The country of “melt and pour” shall apply to the determination of the country of allocation of the tariff rate quotas pursuant to Article 4.

Or. en

Amendment 129

Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1 b. This prohibition shall also apply to semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel falling under CN code 7207 12 10 and 7224 90, where such products have been melted and poured in the Russian Federation or in the Republic of Belarus, as well as to any products incorporated such steel.

Or. en

Amendment 130

Isabella Tovaglieri, Thierry Mariani

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, where applicable under paragraph 1, importers shall provide appropriate evidence, such as a mill certificate which will prove the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product. Where the country of melting and pouring is the same as the country of export or last substantial transformation, no separate reporting obligation shall arise, in order to avoid duplication with existing customs origin documentation.

Or. en

Amendment 131

Bernd Lange

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, importers shall provide verifiable appropriate evidence proving the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product. Such evidence shall include a mandatory mill certificate issued by the original steel producer, identifying the corresponding heat number and containing the technical and production data necessary to trace the origin of steel.

Or. en

Amendment 132

Javier Moreno Sánchez, Cristina Maestre, Lina Gálvez, Hana Jalloul Muro

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, importers shall provide verifiable evidence proving the country of 'melt and pour' of the steel used in the production of the product. Such evidence shall include a mill certificate issued by the original steel producer, identifying the corresponding heat number and containing the technical and production data necessary to trace the origin of the steel.

Or. es

Amendment 133

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, importers shall provide verifiable evidence proving the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product. Such evidence shall include a mill certificate issued by the original steel producer, identifying the corresponding heat number and containing the technical and production data necessary to trace the origin of the steel.

Or. en

Amendment 134

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 135

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, importers shall provide appropriate evidence, such as a mill certificate which will prove the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product. The Commission shall ensure the authenticity and reliability of these certificates by relying on the competent national authorities of the Member States of the Union.

Or. en

Amendment 136

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, importers shall provide appropriate evidence that will prove the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product. This evidence may include, but is not limited to, mill certificates.

Or. en

Amendment 137

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. At the moment of importation, importers shall provide detailed and verifiable evidence, such as a mill certificate which will prove the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product.

Or. en

Amendment 138

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

The Commission should limit reporting requirements to the best extent possible, whilst taking into account the specific situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to avoid disproportionate administrative burdens.

Or. en

Amendment 139

Javier Moreno Sánchez, Cristina Maestre, Lina Gálvez, Hana Jalloul Muro

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2a. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall establish detailed rules to ensure the authenticity and traceability of mill certificates, including, where appropriate, the use of digital verification systems, unique identification numbers, or other control mechanisms to prevent falsification or misuse, while taking into account the specific situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and avoiding disproportionate administrative burdens.

Or. es

Amendment 140

Bernd Lange

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2 a. The Commission in cooperation with Member States, shall establish detailed rules to ensure the authenticity and traceability of mill certificates, including, where appropiate, the use of digital verficiation system, unique identification numbers, or other control mechanisms to prevent falsification or misuse, while taking into account the specific situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and avoiding disproportionate administrative burdens.

Or. en

Amendment 141

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2 a. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall establish detailed rules to ensure the authenticity and traceability of mill certificates, including, where appropriate, the use of digital verification systems, unique identification numbers, or other control mechanisms to prevent falsification or misuse, while taking into account the specific situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and avoiding disproportionate administrative burdens.

Or. en

Amendment 142

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2 a. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall establish detailed rules to ensure the authenticity and traceability of mill certificates, including, where appropriate, the use of digital verification systems, unique identification numbers, or other control mechanisms to prevent falsification or misuse, while taking into account the specific situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and avoiding disproportionate administrative burdens.

Or. en

Amendment 143

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Lídia Pereira, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2 b. Imports of products whose steel was melted and poured in the Russian Federation or Belarus shall be strictly prohibited from entering the Union market and shall under no circumstances benefit from any tariff quota, as long as the illegal actions of the Russian Federation continue to violate fundamental international rules; this measure may only be reconsidered following a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment confirming a material change in the geopolitical and security situation.

Or. en

Amendment 144

Javier Moreno Sánchez, Cristina Maestre, Lina Gálvez, Hana Jalloul Muro

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2b. The importing of any steel product that has been smelted and cast in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus shall be prohibited, regardless of any subsequent processing in a third country.

Or. es

Amendment 145

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the country allocation of the tariff quotas set out in Annex II to reflect the following elements, as applicable:

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts applicable by 30 June 2026 laying down the country allocation of the tariff quotas set out in Annex II to reflect the following elements, as applicable:

Or. en

Amendment 146

Brando Benifei, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(a) tariff quota levels equivalent to the import market share that prevailed in the Union steel market in 2013 prior to the impact of global overcapacity on the Union market;

(a) tariff quota levels equal to the import market share that prevailed in the Union steel market in 2013 prior to the impact of global overcapacity on the Union market;

Or. en

Amendment 147

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(a a) the need to preserve European steel production and to prevent potential adverse effects on the market share of Union producers through the allocation of tariff quotas;

Or. en

Amendment 148

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(b a) the respect, by the beneficiary countries of the quotas, of equivalent conditions in terms of fair competition, transparency of state aid, and origin traceability;

Or. en

Amendment 149

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(c a) whether the third country applies tariff or non-tariff restrictions on EU steel products, and, where such restrictions exist, the Commission should reflect these in the allocation

Or. en

Justification

Several third countries have applied direct tariffs without tariff-rate quotas and the Union should reflect these trade-restrictive measures in the country allocation of quotas.

Amendment 150

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(c a) whether a third country is compliant with its commitments under trade and sustainable development chapters of free trade agreements concluded with the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 151

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(e) any international agreement or non-binding understanding addressing the levels of global overcapacities for the products concerned by this Regulation;

(e) any international agreement or understanding addressing the levels of global overcapacities for the products concerned by this Regulation;

Or. en

Amendment 152

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(f a) whether an exporting country has introduced national mandatory decarbonisation targets for the steel producing sector in its territory;

Or. en

Amendment 153

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(f a) the interest of the Union's security and defence policy;

Or. en

Amendment 154

Branislav Ondruš

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(g) the situation of a candidate country facing an exceptional and immediate security situation.

deleted

Or. sk

Amendment 155

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(g a) the respect of broader human-rights due-diligence obligations in exporting countries;

Or. en

Amendment 156

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(g b) the respect of internationally recognised labour standards in exporting countries, in particular the core ILO Conventions;

Or. en

Amendment 157

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(g c) severe socioeconomic disruption, such as risks of major job losses or plant closures affecting local communities in third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 158

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 bis – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. The Commission may adopt implementing acts imposing bilateral safeguard measures on imports of products within the scope of this regulation originating in those countries with which the European Union has concluded a free trade agreement. Those safeguard measures shall comply with the requirements of the applicable agreement and shall replace the tariff measures imposed pursuant to this regulation.

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 159

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 bis – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

3 a. The bilateral safeguard measures adopted under this Article shall be subject to a periodic evaluation, no later than three years after their entry into force, in order to verify their necessity and proportionality. The Commission shall present the results of this evaluation to the Council, which may, where appropriate, recommend the amendment, suspension, or lifting of these measures.

Or. en

Amendment 160

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 bis a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article4bisa

Safeguarding downstream industries and quota transparency

1. Implementation shall avoid disproportionate disruption for downstream industries and SMEs. Where evidence points to shortages, severe volatility, or excessive compliance costs generated by melt-and-pour rules, the Commission may introduce temporary adjustments to preserve supply continuity.

2. The Commission shall announce the distribution of tariff quotas following a pre-defined, public schedule, ensuring visibility and predictability for operators when planning sourcing decisions.

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Amendment 161

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 bis a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article 4 bisa

The Commission shall regularly inform the Parliament and ensure access to documents about negotiations with third countries under Article XXVIII GATT in line with Articles 207(3) and 218(10) TFEU and shall report publicly.

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Amendment 162

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(a a) the evolution of steel production costs within the Union, in particular energy and raw material prices, insofar as they have a significant impact on the sector’s competitiveness;

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Amendment 163

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(b a) the potential effects of the safeguard measure on steel-consuming industries, in order to avoid any disproportionate impact on the industrial value chain, particularly in the automotive, aerospace, defence and construction sectors;

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Amendment 164

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(c a) the profitability indicators and capacity utilization rates within the Union, where these indicate a return to market equilibrium justifying the easing of the measures;

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Amendment 165

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(c a) the decarbonisation path of the steel sector in the Union;

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Amendment 166

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories;

(e) potential issues of availability of supply and increase of cost in certain product categories that may have an impact on the Unions competitiveness; including potential price increases for steel users

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Amendment 167

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories;

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories and their impact on downstream value chains;

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Amendment 168

Bernd Lange

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories;

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories and their impact on downstream value chains;

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Amendment 169

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel, Dan Barna

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories;

(e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories and their impact on downstream value chains

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Justification

To ensure that the Commission takes the impacts of possible issues of availability on the downstream value chains into account when reviewing the quotas.

Amendment 170

Brando Benifei, Bernd Lange, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(e a) the interest of the Union’s security and defence policy;

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Amendment 171

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Lídia Pereira, Miriam Lexmann, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Mika Aaltola

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(h) the impact of tariff quotas and melt-and-pour related requirements on the availability and price stability of steel for downstream users, in particular SMEs.

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Amendment 172

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(g a) the Union’s climate and decarbonisation objectives, including the relative carbon intensity and environmental footprint of imported steel;

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Amendment 173

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(g a) the Union’s security and defence interests

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Amendment 174

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7 to supplement this Regulation by laying down the detailed rules for the application of Article 3.

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Amendment 175

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7 to supplement this Regulation by laying down the detailed rules for the application of Article 3.

2. The Commission is empowered, on an emergency basis and under the supervision of the Council and the Parliament, to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7 to supplement this Regulation by laying down the detailed rules for the application of Article 3.

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Amendment 176

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article6a

Temporary Suspension Mechanism

Where the evaluation carried out under Article 9 demonstrates that the Union steel industry, or a significant part thereof, has failed to make sufficient progress towards reaching the UN Paris Agreement and to safeguard high-skill quality jobs that provide decent pay, strong labour protections, and high health and safety standards, the Commission shall adopt, in accordance with Article 7, delegated acts amending this Regulation in order to suspend temporarily in whole or in part the application of Article 1.

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Amendment 177

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article6b

Ensuring Strategic Public Oversight of the Steel Industry

1. Member States are encouraged to assess the feasibility of acquiring majority or minority public ownership stakes in steel companies with a view to safeguarding economic resilience, secure employment, and advancing the ecological transformation of the sector.

2. The objectives of public participation shall include:

a) ensuring a secure and reliable supply of critical steel products within the Union,

b) preserving and creating high-quality employment in steel production,

c) facilitating the decarbonization and the sustainable modernization of the industry.

3. Member States shall submit annual reports to the Commission and the European Parliament outlining measures adopted or envisaged to ensure coordinated and equitable implementation across the Union.

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Amendment 178

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date 2 years after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every year after the first review. Within six months after the adoption of this regulation, the Commission shall assess, with priority, products and steel products in Chapter 73 not covered by annex I, which are at risk of trade diversion. To this end, the Commission systematically monitors the competitiveness and resilience of the entire steel ecosystem in the EU, including the downstream steel processing sectors. In this context, the Commission engages in ongoing dialogue with stakeholders representing every segment of the value chain.

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Amendment 179

Bernd Lange

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date 6 months after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, including with priority downstream products not covered by Annex I ., and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every year after the first review. Where significant market disruptions or sudden changes in global trade patterns occur, the Commission shall conduct even an earlier assessment.

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Amendment 180

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [1 year from the entry into force of this draft Regulation], and annually thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether it is necessary to amend the product scope of this Regulation, either by narrowing or expanding it, and may submit a legislative proposal to that effect. Such review shall take into account the wider situation of European competitiveness and Union steelmaking industry, both upstream and downstream actors, in particular the situation for SMEs, as well as the Unions security and defence policy

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Amendment 181

Raphaël Glucksmann, Jean-Marc Germain, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date six months after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, in particular to determine whether it should comprise additional products that are made of, or contain, a significant amount of steel. The Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every two years after the first review.

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Amendment 182

Isabella Tovaglieri, Thierry Mariani

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date 6 months after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, including with priority downstream steel products not covered by Annex I which are at risk of trade diversion, and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every year after the first review.

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Amendment 183

Kathleen Van Brempt

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By 1 year after the adoption of this draft Regulation, the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every year after the first review.

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Amendment 184

Dan Barna, Iuliu Winkler, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Daniel Buda, Gheorghe Falcă, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Siegfried Mureşan, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Eugen Tomac, Loránt Vincze, Ştefan Muşoiu

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date 6 months after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every two years after the first review.

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Amendment 185

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date 1 year after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every two years after the first review.

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Amendment 186

Benoit Cassart, Sophie Wilmès, Christophe Grudler, Olivier Chastel

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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Justification

Amendment 187

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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Amendment 188

Brando Benifei, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. By [Publications Office: insert the date 6 months after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall submit a legislative proposal to amend the product scope of this Regulation, including with priority, downstream iron and steel products not covered by Annex I which are at risk of trade diversion.

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Amendment 189

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1 a. Within six months of the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall prepare an impact assessment evaluating the potential effects of narrowing quotas and increasing tariffs on European steel imports from third countries. This assessment shall consider the impact on European steel producers and users, both upstream and downstream, with particular attention to SMEs. The Commission shall also examine the implications of the proposed measure for existing and future preferential trade relations with Free Trade Agreement partners and relevant WTO stakeholders.

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Amendment 190

Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1 a. By [Publications Office: insert the date six months after the adoption of this draft Regulation] the Commission shall assess the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every two years after the first review.

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Amendment 191

Jörgen Warborn

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2031, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel making industry. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation.

2. Before 1 July 2029, and every three years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the evolution of the key parameters that justified the adoption of this Regulation. Should evidence demonstrate that global steel overcapacity no longer exists, the legislation shall be repealed. The Commission should also assess the evolution of overall European competitiveness and the economic performance of the Union steel industry, including upstream and downstream users, as well as the evolution of its decarbonisation projects. These evaluations shall include feedback from multilateral discussions, including, but not limited to, the OECD Steel Committee and the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity.

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Amendment 192

Kathleen Van Brempt

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2028, and every 2 years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness and impact of this Regulation, both for primary producers and for the downstream value chain. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel making industry and the effects of this Regulation on the downstream value chain. For the purpose of that evaluation, the Commission shall carry out broad consultations with the relevant stakeholders throughout the steel value chain. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation.

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Amendment 193

Brando Benifei, Stefano Bonaccini, Francisco Assis, Javier Moreno Sánchez

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2031, and every year thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation and and its impact on competitiveness, including of European industries using steel as a manufacturing input. For the purpose of that evaluation, the Commission shall carry out broad consultations with the relevant stakeholders throughout the steel value chain. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel making industry. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation.

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Amendment 194

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2027, and every year thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel industry. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation. The Commission conducts a structured impact assessment, in dialogue with and covering the entire steel ecosystem, including the downstream segment.

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Amendment 195

Martin Schirdewan, Rudi Kennes

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2029, and every 3 years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation, consequences for downstream industries and the state of play of the transformation of the Union steel making industry towards a just and green transition. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation.

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Amendment 196

Bernd Lange

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2031, and every 2 years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel making industry and also the impact on European industries using steel as manifacturing input. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit without delay a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation.

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Amendment 197

Majdouline Sbai, Saskia Bricmont, Anna Cavazzini

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2031, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel making industry including its just transition. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation.

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Amendment 198

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. Before 1 July 2031, and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel making industry. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation.

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Amendment 199

Thierry Mariani, Christophe Bay, Isabella Tovaglieri, Anna Bryłka

on behalf of the PfE Group

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2 a. The Commission shall also assess, no later than a year after the entry into force of this Regulation, the need to extend the measure to downstream products composed of at least 95 % steel, in order to prevent circumvention risks, avoid the offshoring of initial processing stages, and ensure coherent protection of the Union’s entire steel value chain.

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Amendment 200

Javier Moreno Sánchez, Cristina Maestre, Lina Gálvez, Hana Jalloul Muro

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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

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

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Amendment 201

Raphaël Glucksmann, Jean-Marc Germain, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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

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

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Amendment 202

Benoit Cassart

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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

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

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Amendment 203

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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

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

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Amendment 204

Martine Kemp, Céline Imart, Daniel Caspary, Jörgen Warborn, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Lídia Pereira, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Miriam Lexmann, Mika Aaltola, Gabriel Mato

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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

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

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Amendment 205

Daniele Polato, Francesco Torselli, Rihards Kols, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Kris Van Dijck, Jaak Madison

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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

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

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