Report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/196

Summary:

Report presented on 5 March 2019 by the European Commission on the adoption of delegated acts under Regulation (EU) 2018/196.

Further information:

Regulation (EU) 2018/196 on additional custom duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America entered into force on 8 March 2018. This Regulation is a codification of Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 which sets out the procedure for adjusting the annual level of retaliation applied in the WTO dispute on the United States’ Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA), known as the Byrd Amendment.

The power to adopt delegated acts was conferred upon the Commission for a period of five years from 20 February 2014. Also, the Commission is obliged to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five year period.

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