Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/701 of 23 March 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China

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(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 16 February 2022, the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘China’) by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 (2) (‘the original Regulation’).

(2) In the investigation leading to the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties (‘original investigation’), sampling was applied for investigating the exporting producers in China in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

(3) The Commission imposed individual anti-dumping duty rates ranging from 22,1 % to 48,4 % on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners (‘fasteners’ or ‘the product concerned’) for the sampled exporting producers from China. The Chinese cooperating exporting producers that were not included in the sample were made subject to a duty rate of 39,6 %, which is the weighted average duty rate of the sampled Chinese exporting producers found to be dumping. The names of the Chinese cooperating exporting producers not included in the sample are listed in the Annex of the original Regulation. A country-wide duty of 86,5 % was imposed on fasteners from companies in China which did not cooperate with the investigation.

(4) The company Anhui Newshengda Precision Technology Co., Ltd. (‘the applicant’) submitted a request to the Commission to receive the anti-dumping duty for non-sampled cooperating exporting producers due to its relationship to Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd., which was included as a non-sampled cooperating exporting producer in the original Regulation.

(5) The applicant provided information showing that Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd. is its main shareholder.

(6) The applicant also provided its business licence, confirming its establishment in June 2022, i.e. after the original investigation period which was from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Therefore, the Commission confirmed that the applicant could not have been reported by Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd. as a related company when the sampling exercise was carried out in the original investigation.

(7) Moreover, the applicant provided information that it had entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity of the product concerned to the Union.

(8) Since the duty applicable to the entity Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd. was based on the weighted average of the sampled exporting producers, the inclusion of the applicant does not alter the Commission’s findings in this respect. Thus, the Commission finds it appropriate that the anti-dumping duty on exports by Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd. becomes applicable also to exports by applicant.

(9) In light of the above, the Commission considered it appropriate to amend the Annex of the original Regulation by adding Anhui Newshengda Precision Technology Co., Ltd. as a related exporting producer to Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd., listed under TARIC additional code C853.

(10) The applicant, the Union industry, and other interested parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations based on which it was considered appropriate to amend the Annex of the original Regulation by adding Anhui Newshengda Precision Technology Co., Ltd. as a related exporting producer to Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd., listed under TARIC additional code C853.

(11) TARIC additional code C853, previously only attributed to Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd., should also apply to Anhui Newshengda Precision Technology Co., Ltd.

(12) The parties were granted the possibility to submit comments. No comments were received.

(13) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 is amended as follows:

is replaced by

Article 2

The TARIC additional code C853 previously attributed only to Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd. shall apply to Zhejiang New Shengda Fastener Co., Ltd. and Anhui Newshengda Precision Technology Co., Ltd.

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.

Done at Brussels, 23 March 2026.

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) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 of 16 February 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 36, 17.2.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/191/oj).