Legal provisions of COM(2025)34 - Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods from or exported directly or indirectly from Russia and Belarus

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dossier COM(2025)34 - Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods from or exported directly or indirectly from Russia and ...
document COM(2025)34 EN
date January 28, 2025

Contents

Article 1

1. Goods classified in the Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes listed in Annex I that are imported into the Union and that originate in or are exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus, shall be subject to an additional 50% ad valorem tariff customs duty that shall apply on top of the applicable Common Customs Tariff rate. Such goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus shall not be eligible for lower import duties for limited quantities (tariff rate quotas), as they apply, because they are either required by Union obligations under the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, or opened by the Union without such obligation.

2. Goods classified in the tariff lines listed in Annex II that are imported into the Union and that originate in or are exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus shall be subject to an import duty as follows:

(a)with regard to the goods falling under CN code 3102:

(i)6.5% ad valorem + 40 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2025 until 30 June 2026;

(ii)6.5% ad valorem + 60 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2026 until 30 June 2027;

(iii)6.5% ad valorem + 80 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2027 until 30 June 2028;

(iv)6.5% ad valorem + 315 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2028.

(b)with regard to the goods falling under CN codes 3105 20, 3105 30, 3105 40, 3105 51, 3105 59 and 3105 90:

(i)6.5% ad valorem + 45 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2025 until 30 June 2026;

(ii)6.5% ad valorem + 70 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2026 until 30 June 2027;

(iii)6.5% ad valorem + 95 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2027 until 30 June 2028;

(iv)6.5% ad valorem + 430 EUR/tonne from 1 July 2028.

(c)Notwithstanding points (a) and (b), if cumulative import volumes of goods listed in points (a) and (b) reach the thresholds set below, the Commission shall, within 21 days, impose a duty at the level defined under point (a)(iv) or (b)(iv) respectively, for the remaining imports of these goods in the given period:

(i)2.7 million tonnes from 1 July 2025 until 30 June 2026;

(ii)1.8 million tonnes from 1 July 2026 until 30 June 2027;

(iii)0.9 million tonnes from 1 July 2027 until 30 June 2028.

(d)The Commission may adopt an implementing act laying down the arrangements for monitoring the import volumes referred to in paragraph 2. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Article 2

1. The Commission shall monitor prices applicable in the Union of the goods listed in Annex II during four years from the application of this Regulation.

2. Should the price levels of the goods listed in Annex II substantially exceed the levels of 2024 in the period referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the situation and take all appropriate actions to remedy such surge. This may include, if appropriate, proposing the temporary suspension of tariffs for concerned goods imported from origins other than the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from four weeks after its entry into force in respect of the goods listed in Annex I.

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