Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/671

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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^note, and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of 10 January 1997 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 on bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People’s Republic of China, and levying the extended duty on such imports registered under Regulation (EC) No 703/96^note and in particular Article 3 thereof,Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2146 of 22 October 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China as extended to imports of bicycles consigned from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Cambodia, Pakistan and the Philippines, whether declared as originating in these countries or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note,Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of 20 January 1997 on the authorisation of the exemption of imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People’s Republic of China from the extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93^note, and in particular Articles 4 to 7 thereof,After informing the Member States,Whereas:

(1)An anti-dumping duty applies on imports of essential bicycle parts originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘China’) (‘the extended duty’) as a result of the extension of the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of bicycles originating in China by Regulation (EC) No 71/97.

(2)Under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 71/97, the Commission is empowered to adopt the necessary measures to authorise the exemption of imports of essential bicycle parts which do not circumvent the anti-dumping duty.

(3)Those implementing measures are set forth in Regulation (EC) No 88/97 (‘the exemption Regulation’), as amended, establishing the specific exemption system.

(4)On that basis the Commission has exempted a number of bicycle assemblers from the extended duty (‘the exempted parties’).

(5)By Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/611^note of 17 March 2023, the Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Union the list of the parties under examination and the updated list of the exempted parties.

(6)As provided for in Article 16(2) of the exemption Regulation, the Commission has published in the Official Journal of the European Union subsequent lists of the exempted parties. The most recent Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/110^note concerning exemptions under the exemption Regulation was adopted on 23 January 2025.

(7)For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions set out in Article 1 of the exemption Regulation apply.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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The parties listed in the table in this Article are hereby exempted from the extension by Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the definitive anti-dumping duty on bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93^note to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People’s Republic of China.In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97, the exemption shall take effect as from the date of receipt of the parties’ respective request for exemption. Those dates are provided for in the table column headed ‘Date of effect’.The exemption shall apply only to the parties specifically referred to in the table in this Article.The exempted parties shall notify the Commission without delay of any change to their name and address, providing all relevant information, in particular on any modification in the parties’ activities linked to assembly operations with regard to the conditions of exemption.Exempted partiesTARIC additional code | Name | Address | Date of effect89AZ | New Cycle GmbH | An der Schmiede 4, 26135 Oldenburg – Germany | 5.4.20248031 | PROWEN BIKES S.L. | Poligono Industrial La Viñuela, 55 (14900-Lucena) Córdoba, Spain | 23.8.2024

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The parties listed in the table in this Article are under examination in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 88/97.The suspensions of payment of the extended anti-dumping duty in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 shall be effective as from the dates of receipt of the parties’ respective requests. Those dates are provided for in the table column headed ‘Date of effect’.Those suspensions of payments shall apply only to the parties under examination specifically referred to in the table in this Article.The parties under examination shall notify the Commission without delay of any changes in their assembly operations linked to the conditions of suspension and provide the Commission with all relevant information as evidence. These changes include, but are not limited to, any changes of the parties’ names, activities, legal forms, and addresses.Parties under examinationTARIC additional code | Name | Address | Date of effect89MG | Pon Bike Lithuania UAB | Pramonės pr. 13A, Kėdainiai, LT-57242, Lithuania | 6.2.202588AX | CORRATEC S.R.L. | Ovidiu Cotrus str., Nr. 28, Cladirea C2, Județ Timiş, 300514 Timisoara, Romania | 22.12.202588AY | SPORT LIFESTYLE S.L. | Calle Travesía de la Industria No 20, 33401 Avilés (Asturias), Spain | 23.1.2026

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Updated references to the exempted parties listed in the table in this Article are provided for in the column headed ‘New reference’. Those updates shall take effect as from the dates provided for in the table column headed ‘Date of effect’.The corresponding TARIC additional codes previously attributed to those exempted parties as provided for in the table column headed ‘TARIC additional code’ remain unchanged.Exempted parties for which the reference shall be updatedTARIC additional code | Former reference | New reference | Date of effectA664 | Maxbike, s.r.o.Svatoplukova 2771/1, CZ-700 30Vitkovice, Ostrava – Czechia | Maxbike, s.r.o.Navrátilova 1241/3, 721 00, Ostrava –Czechia | 14.9.20168065 | Arcade Cycles78 Impasse Philippe Gozola, ZA Acti Est Parc Eco, 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France | Arcade Cycles41 rue Pierre Allut, Parc Eco 85-2, 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France | 4.1.2024C007 | Cycleurope Industries,161 Rue Gabriel Péri, FR – 10100Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Re-Cycles France,161 Rue Gabriel Péri, FR – 10100Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 25.11.2024

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States and to the parties listed in Articles 1 to 4 and published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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