Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2719 of 24 October 2024 making imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel, originating in Egypt, India, Japan and Vietnam subject to registration

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union ¹ (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,

After informing the Member States,

Whereas:

• (1) On 8 August 2024, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union ², the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Egypt, India, Japan and Vietnam.

• (2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 24 June 2024 by EUROFER on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel.

1. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION

• (3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated.

• (4) The following products are excluded:

• — products of stainless steel and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel,

• — products of tool steel and high-speed steel,

• — products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 600 mm or more, and

• — products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 2 050 mm or more.

• (5) The product concerned is currently classified under CN code(s) 7208 10 00 , 7208 25 00 , 7208 26 00 , 7208 27 00 , 7208 36 00 , 7208 37 00 , 7208 38 00 , 7208 39 00 , 7208 40 00 , 7208 52 10 , 7208 52 99 , 7208 53 10 , 7208 53 90 , 7208 54 00 , 7211 13 00 , 7211 14 00 , 7211 19 00 , ex 7225 19 10 (TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 7225 30 90 , ex 7225 40 60 (TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 7225 40 90 , ex 7226 19 10 (TARIC codes 7226 19 10 91, 7226 19 10 95), 7226 91 91 and 7226 91 99 . The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.

2. REGISTRATION

• (6) Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration for the purpose of ensuring that, if the investigation results in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively on the registered imports in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

• (7) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation. The conditions for retroactive collection of duties will be assessed in the regulation imposing definitive duties if any.

• (8) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the investigation.

• (9) For imports of the product concerned from Egypt and Japan during the period from January to December 2023, the allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins from 30 % to 40 % and from 10 % to 20 %, respectively, and an average injury elimination level of 26 % and 29,3 %, respectively. The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation.

• (10) For imports of the product concerned from India and Vietnam during the period from January to December 2023, the allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins around 10 % and from 5 % to 15 %, respectively, and an average injury elimination level of 27,3 % and 34,7 %, respectively. The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation. If, during the investigation, the Commission finds evidence of raw material distortions pursuant to Article 7(2a) of the basic Regulation, the amount of possible future liability would be set at the level of the dumping margin as provided for in Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation if it is concluded that a duty lower than the margin of dumping would not be sufficient to remove the injury suffered by the Union industry.

3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

• (11) Any personal data collected in the context of this registration will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council ³ on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

• — products of stainless steel and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel,

• — products of tool steel and high-speed steel,

• — products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 600 mm or more, and

• — products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 2 050 mm or more.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 October 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2719/oj

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