EU Safeguard Investigation on Certain New Hybrid Vehicles
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On 30 October 2026 the European Union notified the WTO Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of certain new hybrid vehicles, under notification G/SG/N/6/EU/4. The European Commission will collect questionnaire replies from producers, associations of producers, importers and dealers in the Union; completed questionnaires are due within 21 days of publication of the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The reports do not state the product scope in tariff terms, the rate of any measure, or the outcome of the investigation; the investigation is at the initiation stage and no measure applies.
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- WTO · Latest NewsEU initiates WTO safeguard investigation on certain new hybrid vehicles
The European Union notified the WTO Committee on Safeguards that it initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of certain new hybrid vehicles on 30 October 2026, under notification G/SG/N/6/EU/4. The European Commission will collect questionnaire replies from producers, associations of producers, importers and dealers in the Union, with completed questionnaires due within 21 days of publication of the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. Written submissions and requests to be heard are also due within 21 days of that publication date.
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