Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2731of 24 October 2024making imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with tin originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2731 of 24 October 2024 making imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with tin 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 OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj. (the basic Regulation) and in particular Article 14(5) thereof, After informing the Member States, Whereas: (1) On 16 May 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C, C/2024/3112, 16.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3112/oj. , the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with tin. (2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 2 April 2024 by EUROFER on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production.

1. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION (3) The product subject to registration (the product concerned) are tin mill flat-rolled products, of iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated with tin, whether or not coated with a plastic material and/or varnished. (4) The product concerned is currently classified under CN codes 72101100, 721012, ex721070, 72109040, ex72109080, 721210, and ex721240 (TARIC codes 7210701015, 7210708020, 7210708092, 7210908020, 7212402010, 7212408012, 7212408030, 7212408080, and 7212408085). The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.
2. REGISTRATION (5) Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration for the purpose of ensuring that, if the investigation results in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively on the registered imports in accordance with the applicable legal provisions. (6) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative 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. (7) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the investigation. (8) The allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins of between 25 % and 35 % from October 2022 to September 2023 and an average injury elimination level of 15,6 % for the product concerned. (9) The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation. 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(2b) 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.

1. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA (10) 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 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). , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 tin mill flat-rolled products, of iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated with tin, whether or not coated with a plastic material and/or varnished, currently classified under CN codes 72101100, 721012, ex721070, 72109040, ex72109080, 721210, and ex721240 (TARIC codes 7210701015, 7210708020, 7210708092, 7210908020, 7212402010, 7212408012, 7212408030, 7212408080, and 7212408085) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.
2. 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, 24 October 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen