Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2581 of 18 December 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2144 making imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China 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) and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,

After informing the Member States,

Whereas:

(1) On 29 August 2025, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) published a notice initiating an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China (2) (the ‘Notice of 29 August 2025’).

(2) On 21 October 2025, by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2144 (3), the Commission made imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration.

(3) During the investigation, a number of Member States and interested parties brought to the Commission’s attention the fact that the product under investigation can be classified under certain Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’) codes that were not mentioned in the notice of 29 August 2025. The Commission amended the Notice of 29 August 2025 to add those CN codes and the corresponding TARIC codes.

(4) Imports under those CN and TARIC codes should also be subject to registration. Therefore, Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2144 should be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2144 shall be replaced as follows:

‘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 high protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not, currently falling within CN codes:

— ex 3504 00 90 (TARIC code 3504 00 90 91),

— ex 2106 10 20 (TARIC code 2106 10 20 40),

— ex 2106 90 92 (TARIC codes 2106 90 92 75),

— ex 2303 10 90 (TARIC code 2303 10 90 10),

— ex 2309 10 11 ,

— ex 2309 10 13 ,

— ex 2309 10 15 ,

— ex 2309 10 19 ,

— ex 2309 10 31 ,

— ex 2309 10 33 ,

— ex 2309 10 39 ,

— ex 2309 10 51 ,

— ex 2309 10 53 ,

— ex 2309 10 59 ,

— ex 2309 10 70 ,

— ex 2309 10 90 ,

— ex 2309 90 10 ,

— ex 2309 90 20 (TARIC additional code 8G60),

— ex 2309 90 33 ,

— ex 2309 90 35 ,

— ex 2309 90 39 ,

— ex 2309 90 41 ,

— ex 2309 90 43 ,

— ex 2309 90 49 ,

— ex 2309 90 51 ,

— ex 2309 90 53 ,

— ex 2309 90 59 ,

— ex 2309 90 70 ,

— ex 2309 90 91(TARIC additional code 8G60),

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, 18 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/2025/4850, 29.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4850/oj.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2144 of 21 October 2025 making imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration (OJ L, 2025/2144, 22.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2144/oj).