Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1135 of 10 June 2025 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3014 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India
Article 1
The following products are excluded
— cables below 500 metres in length in which all the optical fibres are individually fitted with operational connectors at one or both extremities, and
— cables for submarine use, plastic insulated, containing a copper or aluminium conductor, in which fibres are contained in metal module(s).
The rates of the definitive countervailing duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
| Company | Definitive countervailing duty | TARIC additional code |
|---|---|---|
| Birla Cable Ltd; Universal Cables Ltd; Vindhya Telelinks Ltd | 5,4 % | 89CF |
| Sterlite Technologies Limited; Sterlite Tech Cables Solutions Limited | 3,7 % | 89CG |
| HFCL Limited; HTL Limited | 8,1 % | 89CH |
| Other companies cooperating in both the anti-subsidy and the anti-dumping investigations listed in the Annex I | 5,8 % | See Annex I |
| All other imports originating in India | 8,1 % | C999 |
Article 2
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3014 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 1(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Company Definitive anti-dumping duty TARIC additional code Birla Cable Ltd; Universal Cables Ltd; Vindhya Telelinks Ltd 2,9 % 89CF Sterlite Technologies Limited; Sterlite Tech Cables Solutions Limited 8,8 % 89CG Other companies cooperating in both the anti-subsidy and the anti-dumping investigations listed in the Annex I 4,4 % See Annex I Other companies cooperating in the anti-dumping investigation but not in the anti-subsidy investigation listed in the Annex II 2,1 % See Annex II All other imports originating in India 4,5 % C999’
(2) a new Article 1(7) is inserted: ‘7. Should the definitive countervailing duties imposed by Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1135 (*1) be modified or removed, the duties specified in paragraph 2 or in the Annexes shall be increased by the same proportion limited to the actual dumping margin found or the injury margin found as appropriate per company and from the entry into force of this Regulation.
(3) a new Article 1(8) is inserted: ‘8. In cases where the countervailing duty has been subtracted from the anti-dumping duty for certain exporting producers, refund requests under Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 shall also trigger the assessment of the dumping margin for that exporting producer prevailing during the refund investigation period.’ ;
(4) The Annex is replaced by Annex I and Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
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.
ANNEX I
| Country | Name | TARIC additional code |
| --- | --- | --- | | India | Apar Industries Limited | 89CK | | India | UM Cables Limited | 89CM | | India | ZTT India Private Limited | 89CN |
ANNEX II
| Country | Name | TARIC additional code |
|---|---|---|
| India | Aksh Optifibre Limited | 89CJ |
| India | Finolex Cables Limited | 89IC |
| India | Polycab India Limited | 89CL |
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