Annex 9 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1741

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Article 1“For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions apply:

(a)‘bilateral safeguard measure for vehicles’ means bilateral safeguard measure for vehicles classified under HS headings 8703 and 8704, as defined in this Annex;

(b)‘competent investigating authority’ means:

(i)for the European Union, the European Commission; and

(ii)for Mercosur:

(A)for Argentina, the Secretaría de Industria y Comercio del Ministerio de Economía or its successor;

(B)for Brazil, the Secretaria de Comércio Exterior of the Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços or its successor;

(C)for Paraguay, the Ministerio de Industria y Comercio or its successor; and

(D)for Uruguay, the Asesoría de Política Comercial del Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas or its successor;

(c)‘domestic vehicle industry’ means the producers as a whole of the like or directly competitive vehicles operating in the territory of a Party or, failing that, those whose collective output of the like or directly competitive vehicles normally constitutes more than 50 % (fifty percent) and in exceptional circumstances not less than 25 % (twenty-five percent) of the total production of such vehicles;

(d)‘injury’ means material injury to a domestic industry, threat of material injury to a domestic industry or material retardation of the establishment of such an industry;

(e)‘interested parties’ includes:

(i)exporters or foreign producers or importers of a vehicle subject to investigation, or a trade or business association a majority of whose members are producers, exporters or importers of such vehicle;

(ii)the government of the exporting Party; and

(iii)producers of the like or directly competitive vehicle in the importing Party or a trade and business association a majority of whose members produces the like or directly competitive vehicle in the territory of the importing Party;

this list does not preclude the Parties from allowing domestic or foreign parties other than those mentioned above to be included as interested parties;

(f)‘like or directly competitive vehicle’ means:

(i)a vehicle which is identical, meaning alike in all aspects, to the vehicle under consideration;

(ii)another vehicle which, although not alike in all aspects, has characteristics closely resembling those of the vehicle under consideration; or

(iii)a vehicle which directly competes within the internal market of the importing Party, given its degree of substitutability, basic physical characteristics and technical specifications, final uses and channels of distribution;

this list of factors is not exhaustive nor can one or several of these factors necessarily give decisive guidance; and

(g)‘transition period’ means:

(i)12 (twelve) years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, for vehicles for which the Tariff Elimination Schedule provided for in Annex 2-A of the Party applying the measures provides for tariff elimination in less than 10 (ten) years;

(ii)18 (eighteen) years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, for vehicles for which the Tariff Elimination Schedule provided for in Annex 2-A of the Party applying the measures provides for tariff elimination in 10 (ten) or 15 (fifteen) years;

(iii)20 (twenty) years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, for vehicles for which the Tariff Elimination Schedule provided for in Annex 2-A of the Party applying the measures provides for tariff elimination in 18 (eighteen) years; or

(iv)25 (twenty-five) years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, for vehicles for which the Tariff Elimination Schedule provided for in Annex 2-A of the Party applying the measures provides for tariff elimination in 25 (twenty-five) years or more”.

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bilateral safeguard measure for vehicles
means bilateral safeguard measure for vehicles classified under HS headings 8703 and 8704, as defined in this Annex;
competent investigating authority
means:
domestic vehicle industry
means the producers as a whole of the like or directly competitive vehicles operating in the territory of a Party or, failing that, those whose collective output of the like or directly competitive vehicles normally constitutes more than 50 % (fifty percent) and in exceptional circumstances not less than 25 % (twenty-five percent) of the total production of such vehicles;
injury
means material injury to a domestic industry, threat of material injury to a domestic industry or material retardation of the establishment of such an industry;
interested parties
includes:
like or directly competitive vehicle
means:
transition period
means:

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