What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Imports of products for which the steel was melted and poured in the Russian Federation or in Belarus shall be strictly prohibited from entering the Union market and shall under no circumstances benefit from any tariff quota. All such products shall be subject to an automatic prohibition at the external borders of the Union.

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new): 2b. The country of “melt and pour” shall apply to the determination of the country of allocation of the tariff rate quotas pursuant to Article 4.

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 c (new): 2c. The Commission may adopt guidelines on how to provide the appropriate evidence with the aim of limiting administrative burden and to facilitate the compliance of SMEs.

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: a) tariff quota levels equal to the import market share that prevailed in the Union steel market in 2013 prior to the impact of global overcapacity on the Union market;

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new): (ca) the level of tariffs applied by a third country on Union steel products;

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new): (cb) whether a third country is compliant with its commitments under free trade agreements concluded with the Union, in respect of ILO Conventions and Multilateral Environmental Agreements;

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1 – point h (new): (h) the existence of Union unilateral measures suspending the application of safeguards for the benefit of a third country, in relation to products falling within the scope of this Regulation

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2). The first of those implementing acts shall be adopted and shall apply by 30 June 2026.

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The Commission shall immediately and fully inform the European Parliament about negotiations with third countries under Article XXVIII GATT and shall ensure that it provides the European Parliament with access to the relevant documents. The Commission shall regularly issue publicly available information about those negotiations.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new): (ca) the decarbonisation path of the steel sector in the Union;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) potential issues of availability of supply in certain product categories and their impact on downstream value chains

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new): (ea) the essential interests of the Union, in particular the Union's common security and defence policy;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 2: 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7 to supplement this Regulation by laying down the detailed rules and modalities for the application of Article 3, and in particular:

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (new): (a) detailed rules and modalities on the appropriate evidence referred to in Article 3(2) proving the country of “melt and pour” of the steel used in the production of the product;

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b (new): (b) detailed rules to ensure the authenticity and traceability of mill certificates, referred to in Article 3(2), including, where appropriate, the use of digital verification systems, unique identification numbers, or other control mechanisms to prevent falsification or misuse, while taking into account the specific situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and avoiding disproportionate administrative burdens.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): The first of the delegated acts referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted by 1 October 2026.

Removed:Article 7 – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 6 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [Publications Office: insert the entry into force of this Regulation]. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

Removed:Article 9 – paragraph 1: 1. By ... [six months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall determine the necessity of amending the product scope of this Regulation, in particular whether it should comprise additional products that are made of, or contain, a significant amount of steel including with priority, downstream iron and steel products not covered by Annex I, which are at risk of trade diversion and may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation. This assessment shall be carried out periodically every two years after the first review. Where significant market disruptions or sudden changes in global trade patterns occur, the Commission shall conduct an even earlier assessment. Such review shall take into account the wider situation of Union competitiveness and the Union steel industry, both upstream and downstream actors, in particular the situation for SMEs, as well as the Union’s common security and defence policy.

Removed:Article 9 – paragraph 2: 2. By 31 December 2028, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness and impact of this Regulation. Such evaluation shall have regard to the persistence of the circumstances that justified the adoption of this Regulation and the situation of the Union steel industry, including price levels and capacity utilisation, as well as the downstream value chains and the impact on Union industries using steel as manufacturing input and the decarbonisation path of the steel sector in the Union. For the purpose of that evaluation, the Commission shall carry out broad consultations with the relevant stakeholders throughout the steel value chain. Based on that evaluation, the Commission may submit a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation.

Removed:Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The Commission shall provide an annual report on the implementation of this Regulation to the European Parliament and to the Council. That report shall be made public.

Removed:Article 10 – paragraph 1: 1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Removed:Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new): It shall apply from 1 July 2026.

Removed:Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new): Article 3(2) shall apply from 1 October 2026.

Removed:Article 10 – paragraph 1 c (new): Article 3(2b) shall apply from ... [24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

Removed:Annex 1 – row 21a (new): 21a

Removed:Annex 1 – row 28: Non Alloy Wire

Removed:Annex 1 – row 29 a (new): 29a

Removed:Annex 1 – row 30 a (new): 30a

Removed:Annex 2 – row 21 a (new): 21a