
Article 1 

1. The Commission shall immediately, and in any event no later than 7 April 2020, give written notice to the WTO Council for Trade in Goods that, absent disapproval by the Council for Trade in Goods, the Union suspends, from 8 May 2020, the application to the trade of the United States of import duty concessions under the GATT 1994 in respect of the products listed in paragraph 2.
2. As a consequence, the Union shall apply additional customs duties on imports into the Union of the products listed below and originating in the United States, as follows:
(a) At the first stage, additional ad valorem duties of 20 % and 7 % shall be applied from 8 May 2020 on imports of the products specified as follows:
CN code Additional ad valorem duty
9613 80 00 20 %
3926 30 00 7 %

(b) At the second stage, an additional ad valorem duty of 4,4 % shall be further applied on imports of the product specified as follows, from:
— 8 February 2023; or
— the fifth day following the date of the adoption by, or notification to, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body of a ruling that the United States' safeguard measures are inconsistent with the relevant provisions of the WTO Agreement, if that is earlier. In the latter event, the Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice indicating the date on which such ruling is adopted or notified:

CN code Additional ad valorem duty
9504 40 00 4,4 %

Article 2 
The Union shall apply the additional customs duties provided for in Article 1 as long as, and to the extent that, the United States applies or re-applies its safeguard measures in a manner that would affect products from the Union. The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice indicating the date on which the United States has ceased to apply its safeguard measures.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 April 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN