Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2432 of 3 December 2025 making imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in India, Japan, Taiwan, Türkiye and Vietnam subject to registration with a view to allowing the levy of anti-dumping duties on the imports 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 18 September 2025, 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 cold-rolled flat steel products (‘CRF’) originating in in India, Japan, Taiwan, Türkiye and Vietnam (‘the countries concerned’).

(2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 4 August 2025 by Eurofer, the European Steel Association, on behalf of Union producers representing more than 25 % of EU production of CRF.

(3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), but not including:

(4) flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, not further worked than cold-rolled, whether or not in coils, of all thickness, electrical,

(5) flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, in coils, of a thickness of less than 0,35 mm, annealed (known as ‘black plates’),

(6) flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all width, of silicon-electrical steel, and

(7) flat-rolled products of alloy steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of high-speed steel, originating in India, Japan, Taiwan, Türkiye and Vietnam.

(8) The product concerned currently classified under CN codes ex 7209 15 00 , 7209 16 90 , 7209 17 90 , 7209 18 91 , ex 7209 18 99 , ex 7209 25 00 , 7209 26 90 , 7209 27 90 , 7209 28 90 , 7211 23 30 , ex 7211 23 80 , ex 7211 29 00 , 7225 50 80 , 7226 92 00 (TARIC codes 7209 15 00 90, 7209 18 99 90, 7209 25 00 90, 7211 23 80 19, 7211 23 80 95, 7211 23 80 99, 7211 29 00 19, 7211 29 00 99). The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.

(9) Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration.

(10) The purpose of registration is to ensure thatanti-dumping duties, if any, can be levied retroactively on the imports subject to registration in accordance with the applicable legal provisions if the necessary conditions are met.

(11) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initative 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.

(12) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the anti-dumping investigation.

(13) The allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins between 3,2 % and 31,3 % and an injury elimination level between 22 % and 35 % for the product concerned for the year 2024. Furthermore, the dumping margins estimated were higher under the allegation that a particular market situation (‘PMS’) exists pursuant to Article 2(3) of the basic regulation. The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of the dumping or injury level according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation.

(14) 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(2a) 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..

(15) At this stage the Commission is not in a position to estimate the amount of possible future liability. Thus, the amounts mentioned in the complaint are only for information purposes and cannot create any expectations as to the actual level of liability which will be established as a result of the investigation.

(16) 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),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The customs authorities are hereby directed, under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, to take the appropriate steps to register imports into the Union of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), but not including:

flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, not further worked than cold-rolled, whether or not in coils, of all thickness, electrical,

flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, in coils, of a thickness of less than 0,35 mm, annealed (known as ‘black plates’),

flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all width, of silicon-electrical steel, and

flat-rolled products of alloy steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of high-speed steel,

currently classified under CN codes ex 7209 15 00 , 7209 16 90 , 7209 17 90 , 7209 18 91 , ex 7209 18 99 , ex 7209 25 00 , 7209 26 90 , 7209 27 90 , 7209 28 90 , 7211 23 30 , ex 7211 23 80 , ex 7211 29 00 , 7225 50 80 , 7226 92 00 (TARIC codes 7209 15 00 90, 7209 18 99 90, 7209 25 00 90, 7211 23 80 19, 7211 23 80 95, 7211 23 80 99, 7211 29 00 19, 7211 29 00 99) and originating in India, Japan, Taiwan, Türkiye and Vietnam.

Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

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, 3 December 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj.

(2) OJ C, C/2025/5025, 18.9.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5025/oj.

(3) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 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, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj).