European Non-Integrated Wire Rod Processors Association
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2025 | Maria Elena Scoppio Director | Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM) | — |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Maria Elena Scoppio Director | Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM) | SRC |
Mission & Goals
EUNIRPA is an association that represents 15 members covering 12 Member States and defends the interests of EU non-integrated wire rod processors and other long steel products in all EU matters, including but not limited to trade, customs and anti-trust matters, affecting their business activities, whether at national level or at EU level. EUNIRPA members are active in the steel transforming business. EUNIRPA members do not produce their own steel out of iron ore or scrap. Instead, they buy wire rod from steel mills and transform the purchased wire rod (high and low carbon) into bright wires, galvanized wires, rebar on coil, bars, spacers, lattice girders, mesh, steel cords, steel ropes and other wires for different applications which are vital to EU sectors such as construction, mobility, agriculture, mobility and energy transition. EUNIRPA is, by far, the largest importers and non-integrated industrial users users of wire rod into the EU (~3.8M tons).
EU Legislative Interests
- EU Carbon Border Adjustment (CBAM) regulation - Commission proposal for a Regulation which addresses ‘the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market’ (i.e. the Action Steel Plan)
Communication Activities
EUNIRPA has been involved in campaigns and publications in relation to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment (CBAM) regulation. See the feedback made by EUNIRPA in the context of the Commission’s public consultation on CBAM, published on EUNIRPA’s website (here). While there was no public communication about this, EUNIRPA was involved in the Commission’s review of the safeguard measures on certain steel products in which EUNIRPA provided comments to the Commission on 26 February 2024. EUNIRPA also provided comments in the context of the functioning review of these safeguard measures on 13 January 2025. These comments were uploaded on the Commission’s platform, Tron.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
None
Organisation Members
A. Bianchini Ingeniero S.A. (https://abianchini.es/) Bekaert (https://www.bekaert.com/) Codimetal Industries, SA (www.codimetal.pt) Exefil (http://exelfil.com/en/) Fapricela (https://www.fapricela.pt/fr/) Filigran (https://filigran.pl/en/) Gabarro (https://gabarro.eu/fr/) Gallega de Mallas (https://www.gallegamallas.es/index.php/en/) Gpacero (http://gpacero.es/?lang=en) HY-TEN Group, LTD (http://www.hy-ten.co.uk) Procema (https://www.procema.ro/) Rodexwires Sider Sipe (https://www.sidersipe.it/eng/) Socitrel (https://www.socitrel.pt/fr/) Van Merksteijn Fences (https://www.vmfencingsystems.nl/)
Additional Information
EUNIRPA is an "Association de fait" which was created in 2016. It does not issue any financial statements. Thus, we left blank the entry "Most recent closed financial year". Since we are prevented by the system to enter a figure in the box "Estimate of annual costs related to activities covered by the Register", we would nevertheless wish to declare that EUNIRPA estimates that its annual costs related to activities covered by the Registry about EUR 50,000.
Connected Legislation
Canary Islands: Application of Reg.(EEC) No 1911/91
EU-New Zealand Agreement: Bulgaria & Romania concession modifications
All the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union
All the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union
Behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Union and Norway relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (ITA)
Rule of origin marking (made in)
All the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Customs Code modernisation & non-preferential rules of origin
Amendment: Generalised tariff preferences (Reg 978/2012)
Tariffs and Trade 1994)
Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Union and Cuba relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
All the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Generalised tariff preferences (2009-2011)
Amendment: Tariff quotas for Argentina (Reg 2020/760)
EU-Colombia-Peru: Banana safeguard clause & stabilisation mechanism
All the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Amendment: Regulation (EU) 2019/287 (Annex replacement)
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/196 on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Suspension of Regulation (EU) 2015/478: Ukrainian imports
Common rules for imports (codification)
Regulation on the establishement of a monitoring and evaluation framework
USA: Use of traditional wine designations
Imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
UK Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/196 on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Goods originating in Ukraine
Certain Poultry Meat Products
EU-China: Modification of Croatia's accession concessions
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union
Tunisia: Emergency autonomous trade measures
EU-Norway: Additional trade preferences for agricultural products
Customs security measures
Import of agricultural products from Turkey (codification)
Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan
Customs duties modification: imports from Russia and Belarus
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Amendment: Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287
Certain products
Cooperation on
Safeguard clauses for temporary withdrawal of EU trade preferences
The import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America
Tariff treatment for goods from Ecuador
The Windsor Framework
Reinstatement of Myanmar's generalized tariff preferences
Customs cooperation with respect to matters related to supply chain security
Trade conditions: Northern Cyprus (non-government controlled areas)