New EU Rules reinforce steel safeguards on rebars and merchant bars

The European Commission has published today an Implementing Regulation providing further clarification on the classification of rebars and merchant bars within the EU steel safeguard regime.

This clarification is intended to ensure that these products are consistently classified and imported under the correct tariff rate quota categories, thereby reinforcing the effectiveness of the existing measures.

The Regulation enters into force immediately and will also apply under the new steel import regime from 1 July 2026.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026:846