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- Dossier
- 2025/0261(COD)
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- on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America
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- on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America
AI: What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Changes the application period to a fixed end date of 31 March 2028 and adds a start date determined by delegated act.1819 Expands suspension conditions to include economic coercion, security interests, and tariff increases beyond the 15% ceiling.891011 Rewrites safeguard mechanism to require monitoring and examination, with 10% import increase as prima facie evidence.14 Adds specific provisions for steel and aluminium, including suspension after six months and conditions for deferral.15 Other changes are formal or wording: updated cross-references, added budgetary assessment, and rephrased recitals.1234
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Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.
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ChangedRecital 1 a (new): (1a) In Executive Order 14257 of 2 April 2025 entitled "Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits", the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, declared a national emergency arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual United States goods trade deficits and that the United States aimed to rebalance global trade flows by imposing an additional ad valorem duty on all imports from all trading partners, with the possibility of exceptions. Those United States tariff measures included a baseline 10 % tariff on all imports, with additional country-specific tariffs calculated based on bilateral trade balances. For the Union, this meant a 20 % tariff on most products, with effect from 9 April 2025, on top of previously-previously reinstated 25 % tariffs on steel and aluminium implemented on 12 March 2025. On 9 April 2025, President Trump announced a 90-day pause on the full implementation of those tariffs, reducing the Union’s tariff rate from 20 % to the baseline of 10 %. The 25 % tariffs on steel, aluminium, and automobiles remained in place. However, following escalating tensions,place Presidentand Trumpwere subsequently raised steel and aluminium tariffs from 25 % to 50 %, with effect from 4 June 2025. Moreover, on 12 July 2025, President Trump announced new 30 % tariffs on Union goods, with effect from 1 August 2025. These developments underscored the importance of establishing a stable framework ultimately leading to the Joint Statement o…
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Updates the description of US tariffs, noting the 50% steel and aluminium tariffs and new 30% tariffs, and adds a reference to a Joint Statement.
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ChangedRecital 1 c (new): (1c) Moreover, the Union is facing an acute and growing threat, as underscored in the Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness 2030, linked to the return of full-scale conflict in Europe. In response to that escalating challenge, it is imperative for the Union to take decisive action to ensure its defence capacities, including by consolidating its deep and comprehensive relationshiptransatlantic partnership in the fields of security, resilience and industrial cooperation while simultaneously strengthening its own technological and industrial base, including in sectors relevant to the Union’s security and defence industries. Such enhanced capabilities require stability and predictability in cooperation with key partners, particularly the United States,States. Only through a reliable and adaptingadaptable thispartnership relationshipcan the Union ensure its collective preparedness and respond effectively to the exceptionalcurrent situationgeopolitical challenges in full respect of emergencyits essential security interests. Moreover, reducing tariffs on the import of industrial and technologically advanced products from the Union to the United States would significantly strengthen the transatlantic industrial base and enhance cooperation in internationaldeveloping relations.innovative and interoperable capabilities. Such a step would help to ensure a more balanced and mutually beneficial trade relationship in this strategic sector, while contributing to Union’s overall economic competitiveness and security resilience. Lowering those tariffs would also provide the s…
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Rewrites the recital to emphasize transatlantic partnership and defence cooperation, adding references to security and industrial base.
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RemovedRecital 1 d (new): (1d) In accordance with the Treaties, the Union remains fully committed to the aim of upholding and promoting its values and interests in its relations with the wider world and, in particular, to free and fair trade, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including World Trade Organisation (WTO) law.
AddedRecital 1 d (new): (1d) The Union reiterates its unwavering commitment to a transparent, fair and rules-based multilateral trading system grounded in the principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In line with the Treaties, the Union remains devoted to advancing its values and interests on the global stage, particularly through the promotion of open and equitable trade and the reinforcement of international law. The WTO remains the cornerstone of the global trading order and the primary forum for developing, implementing, and enforcing international trade rules. Close cooperation with like-minded partners, in particular the United States, is essential to uphold and strengthen that system, to safeguard a predictable and rules-based global trading environment, to advance necessary WTO reform and to achieve a well-functioning dispute settlement mechanism.
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Replaces the commitment to WTO law with a stronger statement on the rules-based trading system and WTO reform.
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ChangedRecital 3: (3) The Union and the United States intend the Joint Statement to be a first step in a process that can1 bee further(new): expanded(1e) overWhile timecertain tocommercial covertensions additionalpersist, areasthey andare continuenow tobeing improvemanaged marketwithin accessnewly andestablished increaseframework theirof tradedialogue and investment relationship.coordination. The Union remains committed to ensuring that thisthe deepenedUnion-United States trade and investment relationship will evolve in the longer term in line with the principles of free and fair trade between the parties, and in line with the WTO rules-based trading system without undermining other trade policy measures including in the areas of trade defence. The objective is to encompass additional sectors of strategic significance for the Union and conclude an agreement anchored in a multilateral framework and consistent with the WTO’s rules-based trading system.
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Rewrites the recital to state that trade tensions are managed within a new framework, aiming for broader agreement.
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RemovedRecital 6: (6) The adjusted customs duties and the tariff quotas should apply for as long as the United States is effectively implementing the Joint Statement. Any new tariff as a result of any ongoing or future US Section 232 investigation or based on any other legal basis, entering into force after the signature of the Joint Statement, and that exceeds the all-inclusive 15 % tariff ceiling, would undermine the spirit of the Joint Statement and the goal of stability and would therefore seen as a breach thereof, and should lead to the suspension of the application of this Regulation.
AddedRecital 1 f (new): (1f) In view of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as other conflicts in the Union’s neighbourhood that undermine the security of the Union and its citizens, it is imperative for the Union to maintain and further strengthen its partnership with a key ally at a time when such relations are of critical importance. In that exceptional context, the Union is required to adopt extraordinary and temporary measures, duly justified under Article XXI of the GATT (Security Exceptions). However, such unilateral measures should not set a precedent and should remain strictly exceptional, proportionate and time-limited, reflecting their specific nature as actions justified on security grounds.
RemovedRecital 6 a (new): (6a) Given that the Union’s sovereign and democratic right to regulate, and the acquis communautaire, cannot form part of negotiations with any third country, the application of this Regulation should be suspended in the event of any attempts by the United States to influence, through the threat of additional tariffs or of other restrictive commercial measures, Union legislative processes or the enforcement of Union legislation.
AddedRecital 3: (3) The Union and the United States intend the Joint Statement to be a first step in a process that can be further expanded over time to cover additional areas and continue to improve market access and increase their trade and investment relationship. The Union remains committed to continue engaging in negotiations with the United States with a view to reaching a mutually beneficial agreement for other important sectors of its economy, such as agri-food products, as well as industrial goods, during the period of full or partial suspension of tariff preferences or tariff quotas granted to the United States.
RemovedRecital 6 b (new): (6b) This Regulation grants the United States broad and exceptional tariff preferences and tariff quotas, potentially leading to increases in imports of the goods covered by those preferences and quotas, which could have a significant impact on Union industry. Furthermore, this Regulation has been adopted without an accompanying impact assessment, so its potential economic impact is difficult to estimate at the time of its adoption. For that reason, it is necessary to introduce a safeguard mechanism, the aim of which is to protect Union industry, in the event that the tariff preferences and tariff quotas granted by this Regulation would lead to such increases of imports of certain goods as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to Union industry. An increase in volume of more than 10 % of the imports of a given product should be deemed to be evidence of serious injury, or of the threat of serious injury, to Union industry.
AddedRecital 5 a (new): (5a) The adoption of this Regulation should be without prejudice to the right of the Union to apply countermeasures in response to unjustifiable measures adopted by the United States.
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RemovedRecital 6 c (new): (6c) As regards steel, aluminium and their derivative products, the Union and the United States have expressed their intention, in 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 quota solutions. On the other hand, on 19 August 2025, the US Department of Commerce announced the addition of 407 product categories to the list of “derivative” steel and aluminium products covered by Section 232 sectoral tariffs. As a result, the steel and aluminium content of those products is subject to a duty rate of 50 %. The imposition of those tariffs and of the cumbersome administrative and customs requirements, after the signature of the Joint Statement, has increased the level of instability in trade between the Union and the United States and has led to serious economic consequences for the Union companies concerned and for their workers. In that context, the tariffs on imports of those products can only be eliminated by the Union once sustainable and mutually acceptable solutions on the trade of steel, aluminium and their derivative products are found in cooperation with the United States. Moreover, in the context of the proposed Union instrument addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market, the elimination of tariffs on steel products will have to be consistent with that new i…
AddedRecital 6: (6) As the Joint Statement's main objective is to establish a clear framework for transatlantic trade that brings much - needed stability and predictability for Union exporters, any actions by the United States that threaten to undermine that stability and predictability, whether by threatening to diverge or diverging from its commitments under the Joint Statement, or any other action that goes against the spirit of the Joint Statement or with the interference in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State, should lead to a suspension of the Union's commitments under the Joint Statement. Hence, the adjusted customs duties and the tariff quotas should apply only if and for as long as the United States is effectively implementing the Joint Statement. Any new tariff as a result of any ongoing or future US Section 232 investigation or based on any other similar legal basis, entering into force after the signature of the Joint Statement, and that exceeds the all-inclusive 15 % tariff ceiling, would undermine the spirit of the Joint Statement and the goal of stability and would therefore be seen as a breach of the Joint Statement, and should lead to the suspension of the application of this Regulation.
RemovedRecital 7: (7) In order to suspend in whole or in part the tariff preferences or the tariff quotas granted to the United States by this Regulation and in order to amend the list of goods for which the tariff preferences have been granted, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending this Regulation in order to suspend temporarily in whole or in part the application of Article 1 or Article 2 of this Regulation, amending Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation by modifying the applicable tariff rates, the tariff quotas or the scope of the goods covered and amending Annex I by adding in that Annex iron, steel, aluminium and their derivative products. 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-Making3. 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. / 3 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj…
AddedRecital 6 a (new): (6a) Given that the Union’s sovereign and democratic right to regulate, and the acquis communautaire, cannot form part of negotiations with any third country, the application of Article 1 or Article 2 of this Regulation should be suspended in the event of any attempt by the United States to use economic coercion, within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a , for example through the application or the threat of the application of additional tariffs or of any other measure affecting trade or investment in order to prevent or obtain the cessation, modification or adoption of a particular act by the Union or a Member State, to then interfere in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State. In addition to the suspension of the application of Article 1 or Article 2 of this Regulation, the Union should determine and examine these threats or measures used by the United States in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 and, where relevant, adopt response measures in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries (OJ L, 2023/2675, 7.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2675/oj).
RemovedRecital 8 a (new): (8a) This Regulation constitutes an urgent response to an exceptional and volatile situation and may have far-reaching consequences. Its application should therefore be limited to 18 months. A first evaluation report on the impact of the Regulation on Union industry and on seafood and agricultural goods producers, as well as on consumers, should be published by six months from its date of entry in force. By 12 months from its date of entry into force, the Commission should, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal, accompanied by a comprehensive impact assessment, to extend the duration of application of the Regulation. That impact assessment should determine, inter alia, whether the Regulation has created injuries and imbalances in specific sectors including with respect to prices, how Union trade patterns have changed as a consequence of Union-United States trade as well as the impact of and forecasts relating to this Regulation on the Union’s and national budgets, given the reduction in tariff revenues collected.
AddedRecital 6 b (new): (6b) The measures laid down in this Regulation should be conditional on the continued alignment of the United States with the security interests of the Union. Should the United States take action in a manner that directly undermines the essential security interests of the Union or its Member States, including their territorial integrity and their economic dimension, and their foreign and defence policies, the suspension mechanisms under this Regulation should be available to ensure that the Union’s trade policy remains consistent with its external policy and security objectives.
RemovedRecital 8 b (new): (8b) It is important to ensure that the European Parliament and the Council are informed regularly and in a timely manner of relevant developments in the application of this Regulation and, where appropriate, have opportunities to exchange views with the Commission.
AddedRecital 6 c (new): (6c) This Regulation grants the United States broad and exceptional tariff preferences and tariff quotas, which could potentially lead to increases in imports of the goods covered by those preferences and quotas, which could have a significant impact on Union industry. Furthermore, this Regulation has been adopted without an accompanying impact assessment, so its potential economic impact is difficult to estimate at the time of its adoption. For that reason, a safeguard mechanism should be established, the aim of which should be to protect Union industry and the agricultural sector, in the event that the tariff preferences and tariff quotas granted by this Regulation would lead to such increases of imports of certain goods as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to Union industry. Where an increase in volume of more than 10 % of the imports of a certain good is recorded, the Commission should conduct an examination to determine whether that increase causes or threatens to cause serious injury to Union industry.
AddedRecital 6 d (new): (6d) The Joint Statement does not provide for the application of the 15 % tariff ceiling to steel and aluminium, therefore the 50 % duty rates previously introduced by the United States remain in place. The Union and the United States have expressed their intention, in the Joint Statement, to consider the possibility to cooperate on ring-fencing their respective domestic markets from steel and aluminium overcapacity, while ensuring secure supply chains between each other, including through tariff quota solutions.
AddedRecital 6 e (new): (6e) On 19 August 2025, the United States Department of Commerce announced the addition of 407 product categories to the list of “derivative” steel and aluminium products covered by Section 232 sectoral tariffs. As a result, the steel and aluminium content of those products is subject to a duty rate of 50 %. The imposition of those tariffs and of the cumbersome administrative and customs requirements, after the signature of the Joint Statement, has increased the level of instability in trade between the Union and the United States and has led to serious economic consequences for the Union companies concerned and for their workers. Those tariffs also disproportionately affect the Union’s small and medium-sized enterprises and downstream industries, undermining their competitiveness in the United States market and leading to potential long-term loss of market share and to lasting damage to transatlantic industrial supply chains. The Union and the United States should reach a swift and mutually beneficial conclusion to the ongoing negotiations aimed at resolving these tariff disputes and restoring stable transatlantic trade relations. In this context, the suspension of customs duties on imports of those products should cease to apply six months from the start date of application as referred to in Article 6, third paragraph unless before the end of that date sustainable and mutually acceptable solutions on the trade of steel, aluminium and their derivative products are found in c…
AddedRecital 6 f (new): (6f) The Joint Statement does not cover heavy-duty vehicles and their parts. In the context of the ongoing implementation of the Joint Statement, the Union and the United States should treat heavy-duty vehicles and their parts in the same manner as passenger cars and its parts, with the goal to include them under the 15 % flat tariff, and for all relevant measures to ensure fair and proportionate treatment in line with the objectives of the Joint Statement.
AddedRecital 7: (7) In order to determine the start date of application of the tariff preferences or the tariff quotas granted to the United States by this Regulation, suspend in whole or in part the tariff preferences or the tariff quotas and amend the list of goods for which the tariff preferences have been granted, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. 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-Making3. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council3a 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. / (deleted) / 3a OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj
AddedRecital 8 a (new): (8a) Access to the Union market is and should remain conditional on compliance with any applicable Union law, including with the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive and Anti-deforestation rules, regardless from which jurisdiction products originate.
AddedRecital 8 b (new): (8b) The Commission should assess, on a regular basis, the effects of this Regulation on trade flows, production levels, and price dynamics, resulting from the implementation of Articles 1 and 2. The Commission should work in close coordination with Member States and relevant sectors of Union industry, ensuring systematic data collection and regular information exchange to enable timely identification of any market distortions or imbalances.
AddedRecital 8 c (new): (8c) This Regulation constitutes an urgent response to an exceptional and volatile situation and may have far-reaching consequences. Its application should therefore be limited. A first evaluation report on the impact of this Regulation on Union industry and on seafood and agricultural goods producers, as well as on consumers, should be published by ... [six months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. By ... [six months before the date of the end of application of this Regulation], the Commission should present an additional comprehensive impact assessment, where appropriate, accompanied by a legislative proposal to extend the application of this Regulation. That impact assessment should determine, inter alia, whether this Regulation has created injuries and imbalances in specific sectors including with respect to prices and market stability, how Union trade patterns have changed as a consequence of Union-United States trade as well as the impact of and forecasts relating to this Regulation on the Union’s and national budgets, given the reduction in tariff revenues collected.
AddedRecital 8 d (new): (8d) The European Parliament and the Council should be kept fully, regularly and in a timely manner informed of relevant developments in the application of this Regulation and should be duly consulted throughout the process.
AddedRecital 9: (9) In view of the importance of avoiding disruption of the trade and investment relationship between the Union and the United States, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication. However, in the aftermath of the ruling of the US Supreme Court on the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for the imposition of baseline tariffs on United States trading partners and the changes to tariff levels on some Union products exceeding the ceilings agreed in the Joint Statement, and after the launching of new Section 301 and ongoing Section 232 investigations and potential use of any other legal basis, together with the ongoing trade uncertainty, it is necessary to provide that the tariff preferences and the tariff quotas granted by the Union to the products originating in the United States covered by this Regulation are to start to apply only from the date determined by a delegated act, when the conditions laid down in this Regulation have been fulfilled.
AddedRecital 9 a (new): (9a) The implications of this Regulation for the Union budget have been assessed+ pursuant to Article 310(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Sufficient financial and human resources should be provided for its implementation, while considering the impact of the financing on other Union programmes or policies and ensuring its compatibility with the multiannual financial framework, the system of own resources and the corresponding interinstitutional agreement, as well as with the budgetary principles laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council[1]. / + Pro memoria: Budgetary assessment of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets of 11 December 2025 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America (COM(2025)0471). / [1] Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj).
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Adds and removes multiple recitals, changing conditions for suspension, safeguard mechanisms, and application period.
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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Without prejudice to Article 4b, the suspension of customs duties referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall cease to apply from the date of the end of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 6, second paragraph.
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Adds a paragraph stating that suspension of customs duties ceases at the end of the Regulation's application.
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: The Commission shallis empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 4c, delegated acts amending Annex I, Annex II or Annex III to this Regulation in order to suspend temporarily in whole or in part the application of Article 1 or Article 2, after an examination based on substantiated information gathered on its own initiative or received from any reliable source, including a Member State, the European Parliament or Union producers in the following circumstances:
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Changes wording from 'shall adopt' to 'is empowered to adopt' and adds reference to amending annexes.
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) where the United States fails to implement the Joint Statement or otherwise undermines the objectives of improving the trade and investment relationship between the Union and the United States and the objectives pursued by the Joint Statement,Statement to promote reciprocal, fair and balanced trade, or undermines access of Union economic operators to the United States market, discriminates against or targets Union economic operators aiming to operate, or already operating, in the United States or otherwise disrupts the trade and investment relationship between the Union and the United States;
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Expands the condition for suspension to include discrimination or targeting of Union operators.
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) where the United States imposes additional tariffs on goods imported from the Union that exceed the 15 % tariff ceiling, or in any other way raises or imposes new customs duties or other duties, taxes or fees on Union goods while the terms of the Joint Statement remain applicable, or modifies the product classification with the effect of raising the tariff level;
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Adds a condition for suspension when the US imposes tariffs exceeding the 15% ceiling or raises duties.
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d: (d) where a change of objective circumstances has occurred with regard to those existing at the time the Joint Statement was issued, in particular regarding serious breaches of human rights, fundamental principles of democracy and the rule of law, as well as threats to the essential security interests of the Union or of its Member States.States, including their territorial integrity and their economic dimension, and to their foreign and defence policies.
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Expands the essential security interests condition to include human rights, democracy, and rule of law.
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Rewrites the paragraph to require examination before suspension for economic coercion, aligning with Regulation 2023/2675.
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 b (new): 1b. Where, in the case of a sudden change of circumstances with regard to those existing at the time the Joint Statement was issued, seriously affecting the essential security interests of the Union or of its Member StatesStates, orincluding Union’stheir territorial integrity and their economic interests,dimension, imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 4d shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article.
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Adds urgency procedure for delegated acts when essential security interests are seriously affected.
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ChangedArticle 3 – paragraph 2: 2. The delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 1,1a1, 1a and 1b of this Article shall apply for as long as the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 1,1a1, 1a and 1b of this Article, respectively, persist and in any event no longer than until the date of the end of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 6, second paragraph. Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a suspension no longer apply, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 4c, to amend Annex I, Annex II or Annex III to this Regulation in order to reinstate the application of Article 1 or Article 2, or, in the case referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, of this Article, toreinstate amendthe original applicable tariff rates, the tariff quotas or the scope of the goods listed in Annex I, Annex II or Annex IIIIII, respectively.
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Updates cross-references and adds 'Annex I, Annex II or Annex III' to reinstatement provisions.
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ChangedArticle 4 a (new): Article 4a / Safeguard mechanism / 1. The Commission shall regularly monitor the impact of this Regulation on Union markets. The Commission is empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 4c, delegated acts amending Annex I, Annex II or Annex III to this Regulation in order to suspend temporarily in whole or in part the application of Article 1 or Article 2, after an examination based on substantiated information gathered on its own initiative or received from any reliable source, including a Member State, the European Parliament or Union producers where the suspensionapplication of the customs duties referred to in Article 1,1 or the opening of tariff quotas referred to in Article 2,2 results in the import of a good originating in the United States in such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to domestic production, and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to Union industry. / 2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, when the volume ofCommission importsshall, ofas a goodrule, coveredtreat, byin Annexthe I,absence Annexof IIcontrary orindications, Annexan IIIincrease hasin increasedvolume byof more than 10 % in comparison to thatyear-on-year of the calendar yearimports precedingof thea dategood ofcovered entryby intoAnnex forceI, ofAnnex thisII Regulation,or theAnnex CommissionIII, shall,as withinprima onefacie monthevidence of such increases,serious adoptinjury aor delegatedthe act,threat inof accordanceserious withinjury Articleto 4c,Union amendingindustry. thisWhere Regulationsuch inan orderincrease to:in /import (a)volumes asis regardsrecorded, the goods covered by Annexes I andCommission II:shall suspendwithout thedelay tariffinitiate preferencesan referredexamination to in Article 1 for importsdetermine ofwhether the goods concerned and amendincrease Annexin Ithe orvolume Annexof IIimports accordingly;causes or /threatens (b)to ascause regardsserious theinjury goodsto coveredUnion byindustry. AnnexThe III:examination suspendshall thebe applicationconcluded ofwithin thethree tariffmonths quotaafter openedits forinitiation. theWhere go…th…
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Rewrites safeguard mechanism to require monitoring and examination, with 10% increase as prima facie evidence.
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Adds specific provisions for steel and aluminium, including suspension after six months and conditions for deferral.
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RemovedArticle 4 c (new): Article 4c / Exercise of the delegation / 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. / 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1), (1a) and (2), Article 4a and Article 4b shall be conferred on the Commission from ... [the date of entry into force of this Regulation] until ... [the date of the end of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 6, second paragraph]. / 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(1), (1a) and (2), Article 4a and Article 4b may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. / 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. / 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. / 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(1), (1a) and (2), Article 4a and Article 4b shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed by eith…
AddedArticle 4 ba (new): Article 4ba / Determination of the start date of application / 1. The Commission shall adopt, in accordance with Article 4c, a delegated act amending Article 6, third paragraph, in order to determine the date from which Articles 1, 2, 3, 4a and 4b shall be applicable. It shall adopt such a delegated act when, and only if, all of the following conditions have been fulfilled: / (a) the United States applies a tariff rate not higher than either the US Most Favored Nation (MFN) tariff rate or a tariff rate of a maximum of 15 %, including the US MFN tariff, on goods originating from the Union; / (b) the United States applies only the US MFN tariff to the following products of the Union: unavailable natural resources, including cork, all aircraft and aircraft parts, generic pharmaceuticals and their ingredients, and chemical precursors; / (c) the United States applies a tariff rate of a maximum of 15 %, including the US MFN tariff, on the following goods originating from the Union: pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber, automobiles and automobile parts; / (d) the United States applies a tariff rate of a maximum of 15 % on products with a content of steel and aluminium below 50 %; / Furthermore, when adopting the delegated act referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall assess whether the United States has provided formal, clear and precise assurances that the conditions referred to in points (a) to (d) of that subparagraph have been fulfilled and that those condit…
AddedArticle 4 c (new): Article 4c / Exercise of the delegation / 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. / 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1), (1a) and (2), Article 4a, Article 4b and Article 4ba shall be conferred on the Commission from ... [the date of entry into force of this Regulation] until ... [the date of the end of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 6, second paragraph]. / 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(1), (1a) and (2), Article 4a, Article 4b and Article 4ba may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. / 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. / 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. / 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(1), (1a) and (2), Article 4a, Article 4b and Article 4ba shall enter into force only if …
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Adds new article on start date determination and updates delegation to include it.
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ChangedArticle 5 a (new): Article 5a / Evaluation and reporting / 1. The Commission shall byBy …... [six months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation]Regulation], publishthe anCommission interimshall evaluationcarry reportout an impact assessment on the economic and security impacts of this Regulation. The impact assessment shall examine: / (a) the impact of the application of this Regulation on Unionall industry,imports includingand onexports between the Union producersand ofthe seafoodUnited States; and agricultural/ goods,(b) astrade-flow wellchanges asand ondistributional consumers.effects across Member States and sectors. / 2. By six... [six months before the date of the end of application of this RegulationRegulation], referredthe toCommission inshall Articlepresent 6,an secondadditional paragraph,comprehensive theimpact Commissionassessment. That impact assessment shall presentexamine, ainter comprehensivealia: report/ assessing(a) the impact of the application of this Regulation on all imports and exports between the Union and the United States, and the impactStates; on/ Union’s(b) economytrade-flow inchanges general.and /distributional Theeffects reportacross shallMember alsoStates assessand thesectors; development/ of(c) theany tradeidentified andnon-tariff investmentimpacts relationshiprelevant betweento the Union andinternal themarket Unitedand Statesto sinceconsumers; …/ [the(d) dateeffects ofon entrycompetitiveness, intoUnion forceproducers, ofincluding thison Regulation],Union includingproducers theof effectsagri-food ofproducts, theand tariffsSMEs; applied/ on(e) the transatlanticpolitical trade,developments whetherof the Regulation has created injuriestrade and imbalances in specific sectors including with respectinvestment torelationship prices,between howthe Union tradeand patternsthe haveUnited changedStates assince athe consequenceentry ofinto Union-Unitedforce Statesof tradethis asRegulation; well/ as(f) the impact and forecastslevel of thisprogress Regulationin onnegotiations between the Union and national budgets, given the reduction in tariff revenues collected.United /States Wheretowards appropriateachieving the report referredcommitments tooutlined in the first subparagraph shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal forJoint extensionStatement, ofincluding the applicationimplementation of this Regulation. In that case, the reportthose shallcommitments; assess/ all(g) ofwhether the reasons for suchRegulation anhas exte…cre…
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Rewrites evaluation and reporting to require impact assessments at six months and before end of application.
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ChangedArticle 6 – paragraph 1 a2 (new): This RegulationIt shall apply from … [the date of entry into force of this Regulation] until … [18 months from the date of the entry into force of31 thisMarch Regulation].2028.
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Changes application period from 18 months to a fixed end date of 31 March 2028.
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AddedArticle 6 – paragraph 3 (new): However, Articles 1, 2, 3, 4a and 4b shall apply only from the date determined by a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 4ba.
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Adds paragraph stating that Articles 1, 2, 3, 4a and 4b apply only from a date set by delegated act.
Change 20 under “EXPLANATORY STATEMENT”
AddedBUDGETARY ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS
Addedfor the Committee on International Trade
Addedon the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America
AddedRapporteur for budgetary assessment: Danuše Nerudová
AddedThe Committee on Budgets has carried out a budgetary assessment of the proposal under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure and has reached the following conclusions:
AddedThe Committee on Budgets,
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AddedA. whereas the proposal aims to apply a 0 % customs duty rate on certain goods originating in the United States and open autonomous tariff quotas for certain goods originating in the United States, in line with the commitments set out in the Joint Statement on a United States–European Union framework on an agreement on reciprocal, fair, and balanced trade (the Joint Statement);
AddedB. whereas Article 3 of the proposal provides for the possibility to suspend the tariff concessions granted under this Regulation, in whole or in part, in the event that the United States does not comply with its commitments under the Joint Statement;
AddedC. whereas customs duties represent a well-established source of revenue deriving from the EU’s trade policy and constitute the largest component of the EU budget’s traditional own resources; whereas traditional own resources account for around 10-15 % of total own resources revenue, corresponding to EUR 22.2 billion in 2025;
AddedD. whereas the forecast method for customs duties is approved each year by the Advisory Committee on Own Resources and takes into account trade patterns and volumes and general economic trends;
AddedE. whereas in 2025, three amending budgets have already revised customs revenue; whereas exact estimates of traditional own resources cannot be fully assessed ex ante;
AddedF. whereas a lower tariff of customs duties can increase trade volumes and thus yield similar amounts of revenue;
AddedG. whereas the own resources system is designed to absorb fluctuations of income through the adjustment of the call rate of gross national income-based contributions – operating as the balancing item – offsetting any reduction in the share of revenue, in line with Article 2(1)(d) of Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom;
AddedH. whereas the EU and the United States have the largest and deepest bilateral trade and investment relationship in the world; whereas the proposal is designed to foster stable transatlantic trade relations; whereas any trade facilitation measure towards a third country should always contribute to strengthening the EU’s position in that country’s market, rather than result in one-sided concessions;
AddedI. whereas the political agreement to stabilise trade relations has been achieved against the potential backdrop of significant macroeconomic risk, with economic analysis pointing to possible contraction of the EU’s GDP in the short run, a shock that should be mitigated by reinforcing European resilience and market safeguards;
Added1. Notes that the estimated annual budgetary impact of the forgone customs duty revenues amounts to approximately EUR 1.2 billion in 2025 and EUR 3.9 billion annually until 2030, calculated by multiplying current imports from the United States subject to tariffs by a trade-weighted average duty rate; notes that the proposal does not have any impact on expenditure but a non-negligible impact on revenue;
Added2. Emphasises, in this regard, that the EU budget is already under significant strain, exacerbated by the payment of debt and associated interest stemming from NextGenerationEU funds, and therefore emphasises the need to conduct a careful assessment of the budget to bolster efficiency and simplification, as well as to reduce duplication, administrative barriers and unnecessary spending, and to comply with the 2020 Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) on own resources;
Added3. Urges the Commission, therefore, to maximise the pressure on the Member States to find a swift agreement on the new own resources package and calls on the Council to adopt this proposal as a matter of urgency without further delay; calls on the Commission to continue exploring additional own resources and new revenue sources for the EU budget beyond the IIA, such as the revenue potential of an EU-wide digital services levy, should other proposed own resources not gain support among Member States;
Added4. Supports the Commission’s latest proposal for a reform of the EU Customs Union; stresses the importance of a swift agreement on the legislative proposals of the new EU Customs Reform package, in particular both the abolition of the de minimis exemption from customs duties and the establishment of the e-commerce fee for small shipments; encourages the Commission to explore further means in customs policy with the aim of strengthening the revenue side and supporting the EU’s political objectives;
Added5. Recalls the distinction between the total duties foregone and the effective loss of revenue to the EU budget, given that Member States retain 25 % of the duties collected as collection costs; recalls in this context the recent Commission proposal to lower the share of collection costs to 10 % and Parliament’s long-standing call for an increase in the share of traditional, genuine own resources, particularly customs duties;
Added6. Acknowledges that the volume of customs duties due under the regulation may vary depending on a variety of parameters and future economic trends; stresses that the resulting impact on EU budget revenues remains uncertain;
Added7. Calls on the Commission to ensure full transparency in the estimation and monitoring of forgone customs revenues, and to keep the budgetary authority regularly informed of any deviations from the initial forecast, so as to preserve the predictability and stability of the EU’s finances;
Added8. Recalls also that aggressive trade policies by the United States against other countries, notably China, could negatively affect certain EU sectors and regions exposed to increased import and price competition, which could in turn have implications for the EU budget, including through increased reliance on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund; notes that, according to Eurostat, the imports of Chinese machinery and vehicles increased by 16.4 % in June 2025;
Added9. Notes that a potential expansion of bilateral trade may have second-round effects on other own resources bases, such as VAT and gross national income;
Added10. Determines that the proposal is compatible with the current multiannual financial framework, the system of own resources and the corresponding IIA; determines its overall compatibility with the budgetary principles established in the Financial Regulation;
Added11. Expects the Commission to take the proposal into account in the upcoming annual budgetary procedures and in their post-2028 own resources’ projections.
AddedAs part of its budgetary assessment, the Committee on Budgets also submits the following amendments to the draft proposal:
AddedRecital 10 a (new): (10a) The implications of this Regulation for the Union budget have been assessed+ pursuant to Article 310(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Sufficient financial and human resources should be provided for its implementation, while considering the impact of the financing on other Union programmes or policies and ensuring its compatibility with the multiannual financial framework, the system of own resources and the corresponding interinstitutional agreement, as well as with the budgetary principles laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council[1]. / + Pro memoria: Budgetary assessment of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets of 11 December 2025 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America (COM(2025)0471). / [1] Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj).
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Adds a budgetary assessment from the Committee on Budgets, including amendments and recitals.
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@misc{epw-text-2026-03-19,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between INTA-PR-779297 and A-10-2026-0069}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-03-19},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/INTA-PR-779297/compare/A-10-2026-0069}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/INTA-PR-779297/compare/A-10-2026-0069},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from INTA-PR-779297, to A-10-2026-0069, reference 2025/0261(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}