Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2351

Contents

Article 1 #

1.Subject to Article 5, specific tariff quotas are hereby opened in relation to imports into the Union of ferro-alloys falling under the CN codes (720211, 720219, 720221, 720229, 720230, 72029930) (Annex II) for a duration of three years.

2.A part of tariff-rate quotas is allocated to the countries specified in Annex III, another part is allocated to other countries, and for the periods specified in Annex III.

3.Where the relevant tariff-rate quotas are exhausted or where imports of the product types do not benefit from the relevant tariff-rate quota, an out of quota variable duty applicable to the products listed in Article 1.1 shall be the difference between the established price threshold listed in Annex II and the net free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, if the latter is lower than the former. No duty shall be collected where the net free-at-Union-frontier price is equal to or higher than the established price threshold listed in Annex II.

4.The drawings on each quarterly quota shall be stopped on the twentieth working day of the Commission following the end of the quarterly period. At the end of each quarter, the unused balances of the tariff-rate quotas shall not be transferred to the next quarter. The unused balances at the end of the last quarter of each year of application of the definitive tariff-rate quotas shall not be transferred.

5.The anti-dumping/countervailing duties on imports of the products listed in the Annex II shall be applicable until the pertinent tariff quotas are exceeded and the safeguard measure becomes applicable.

Article 2 #

1.The origin of any product to which this Regulation applies shall be determined in accordance with the provisions in force in the Union relating to non-preferential origin.

2.Unless otherwise specified, the relevant provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Article 3 #

Imports of the product types referred to in Article 1(1), which are already on their way to the Union on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, whose destination cannot be changed, shall not be subject to the price threshold specified in Annex II, and may be put into free circulation.

Article 4 #

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.

Article 5 #

For the product concerned, Annex I specifies the originating developing countries which shall be subject to the measure set out in Article 1.

Article 6 #

Imports of the product concerned originating in Kenya and Ukraine shall not be subject to the measure set out in Article 1.

Article 7 #

During the period set out in Article 1(1) the Commission shall review the measures in case of change of circumstances, such as insufficient availability of ferro-alloys or unsustainable price increases for certain downstream users, and in any event no later than one year after the entry into force of the measures.

Article 8 #

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

Annex I

I.1 — List of developing countries, members of the WTO, and Algeria

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

I.2 — List of product types originating in developing countries to which the definitive measures apply

List of product types originating in developing countries to which the definitive measures apply
Country / Product group	Ferro-Manganese	Ferro-Silicon	Ferro-Silico-Magnesium	Ferro-Silico-Manganese
Brazil		X	X
China		X	X
Georgia		X		X
India	X	X	X	X
Malaysia	X	X
South Africa	X	X		X
Thailand		X	X
Zambia		X		X
All other developing countries		X

Annex II · Price threshold applicable for the tariff increase

Product Number	Product type	HS / CN Codes	Price threshold (EUR/tonne)
1	Ferro-manganese	720211, 720219	1316
2	Ferro-silicon	720221, 720229	2408
3	Ferro-silico-manganese	720230	1392
4	Ferro-silico-magnesium	72029930	3647

III · Volumes of tariff–rate quotas

Product type	HS and CN codes	Allocation by country (Where Applicable)	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Price threshold	Order numbers
From 18.11.2025 to 17.2.2026	From 18.2.2026 to 17.5.2026	From 18.5.2026 to 17.8.2026	From 18.8.2026 to 17.11.2026	From 18.11.2026 to 17.2.2027	From 18.2.2027 to 17.5.2027	From 18.5.2027 to 17.8.2027	From 18.8.2027 to 17.11.2027	From 18.11.2027 to 17.2.2028	From 18.2.2028 to 17.5.2028	From 18.5.2028 to 17.8.2028	From 18.8.2028 to 17.11.2028
Volume of tariff quota (net tonnes)	Volume of tariff quota (net tonnes)	Volume of tariff quota (net tonnes)
Ferro-Manganese	720211, 720219	Norway	28972,70	28027,93	28972,70	28972,70	29001,67	28055,96	29001,67	29001,67	28951,35	28321,98	28951,35	28951,35	see Annex II	09.8810
India	17625,79	17051,04	17625,79	17625,79	17643,42	17068,09	17643,42	17643,42	17612,81	17229,92	17612,81	17612,81	see Annex II	09.8815
South Africa	8272,87	8003,10	8272,87	8272,87	8281,14	8011,10	8281,14	8281,14	8266,77	8087,06	8266,77	8266,77	see Annex II	09.8818
Malaysia	9330,47	9026,21	9330,47	9330,47	9339,80	9035,24	9339,80	9339,80	9323,59	9120,91	9323,59	9323,59	see Annex II	09.8819
Korea, Republic of	4832,82	4675,23	4832,82	4832,82	4837,65	4679,90	4837,65	4837,65	4829,26	4724,28	4829,26	4829,26	see Annex II	09.8820
Other countries	5557,54	5376,31	5557,54	5557,54	5563,09	5381,69	5563,09	5563,09	5553,44	5432,71	5553,44	5553,44	see Annex II	09.8665
Ferro-Silicon	720221,720229	Norway	35136,16	33990,41	35136,16	35136,16	35171,30	34024,41	35171,30	35171,30	35110,27	34347,01	35110,27	35110,27	see Annex II	09.8840
Iceland	13373,32	12937,24	13373,32	13373,32	13386,70	12950,18	13386,70	13386,70	13363,47	13072,96	13363,47	13363,47	see Annex II	09.8845
Kazakhstan	8090,25	7826,44	8090,25	8090,25	8098,34	7834,27	8098,34	8098,34	8084,29	7908,55	8084,29	8084,29	see Annex II	09.8854
Brazil	6316,02	6110,06	6316,02	6316,02	6322,34	6116,17	6322,34	6322,34	6311,37	6174,16	6311,37	6311,37	see Annex II	09.8898
Other countries	24984,27	24169,56	24984,27	24984,27	25009,25	24193,73	25009,25	25009,25	24965,86	24423,13	24965,86	24965,86	see Annex II	09.8666
Ferro-Silico-Magnesium	72029930	China	468,90	453,61	468,90	468,90	469,37	454,07	469,37	469,37	468,56	458,37	468,56	468,56	see Annex II	09.8860
Brazil	99,81	96,55	99,81	99,81	99,91	96,65	99,91	99,91	99,73	97,56	99,73	99,73	see Annex II	09.8701
India	78,90	76,33	78,90	78,90	78,98	76,40	78,98	78,98	78,84	77,13	78,84	78,84	see Annex II	09.8702
Thailand	76,83	74,32	76,83	76,83	76,91	74,40	76,91	76,91	76,77	75,10	76,77	76,77	see Annex II	09.8703
Other countries	18,89	18,28	18,89	18,89	18,91	18,30	18,91	18,91	18,88	18,47	18,88	18,88	see Annex II	09.8663
Ferro-Silico-Manganese	720230	Norway	37067,71	35858,98	37067,71	37067,71	37104,78	35894,84	37104,78	37104,78	37040,40	36235,18	37040,40	37040,40	see Annex II	09.8888
India	31958,61	30916,48	31958,61	31958,61	31990,57	30947,40	31990,57	31990,57	31935,07	31240,83	31935,07	31935,07	see Annex II	09.8704
Zambia	7882,49	7625,45	7882,49	7882,49	7890,37	7633,08	7890,37	7890,37	7876,68	7705,45	7876,68	7876,68	see Annex II	09.8890
Other countries	18955,56	18337,44	18955,56	18955,56	18974,51	18355,78	18974,51	18974,51	18941,59	18529,82	18941,59	18941,59	see Annex II	09.8664