Contents
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 Unionnote (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,After informing the Member States,Whereas:
(1)On 21 December 2020, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Unionnote (‘the notice of initiation’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the anti-dumping proceeding’), following a complaint lodged on 6 November 2020 by the European Industrial Fasteners Institute (‘EIFI’ or ‘the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of iron or steel fasteners.
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 of certain fasteners of iron or steel, other than of stainless steel, i.e. wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material), and washers. These products are currently falling under CN codes 73181290, 73181491, 73181499, 73181558, 73181568, 73181582, 73181588, ex73181595 (TARIC codes 7318159519 and 7318159589), ex73182100 (TARIC codes 7318210031, 7318210039, 7318210095 and 7318210098) and ex73182200 (TARIC codes 7318220031, 7318220039, 7318220095 and 7318220098) and are originating in the People’s Republic of China.
2.Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
3.All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 21 days from the date of publication of this Regulation.
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.