Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/130 of 21 January 2026 making imports of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 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) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (1) (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 24(5) thereof,

After informing the Member States,

Whereas:

(1) On 6 November 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-subsidy proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 (‘passenger car and light lorry tyres’) originating in the People’s Republic of China.

(2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 22 September 2025 by the Coalition Against Unfair Tyre Imports (‘the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of passenger car and light lorry tyres.

(3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used: on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) and on buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China, currently classified under CN codes 4011 10 00 and 4011 20 10 .

(4) Under Article 24(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration.

(5) The purpose of registration is to ensure that countervailing 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.

(6) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative under Article 24(5) of the basic Regulation. The conditions for retroactive collection of duties will be assessed in the regulation imposing definitive duties if any.

(7) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the anti-subsidy investigation.

(8) At this stage of the investigation it is not yet possible to estimate the amount of subsidisation. The complaint does not provide for an accurate estimation of the amount of subsidisation, which should normally be used as the basis to establish the countervailing duties. The calculations provided in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation estimate the injury elimination level between 70 % and 165 % for the product concerned for the period from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024. The amount of possible future liability would be set at the level of the amount of countervailable subsidies established in the course of the investigation. In accordance with Article 15(1), fourth paragraph, of the basic Regulation, the injury elimination level would only be relevant in case a duty based on the amount of countervailable subsidies would be higher and the Commission clearly concludes that it is not in the Union’s interest to impose this higher duty. However, 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.

(9) 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

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, 21 January 2026.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 55, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1037/oj.

(2) OJ C, C/2025/5924, 6.11.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5924/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).