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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 Unionnote (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,After informing the Member States,Whereas:
(1)On 13 November 2023, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (‘the notice of initiation’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding (‘the anti-dumping proceeding’) with regard to imports into the Union of titanium dioxide (‘TiO2’), originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the PRC’), following a complaint lodged on 29 September 2023 by the European Titanium Dioxide Ad Hoc Coalition (‘ETDC’ or ‘the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of TiO2.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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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 titanium dioxide, having the chemical formula TiO2, in all forms, as titanium oxides or in pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing a minimum of 80 % by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter, having all types of particle sizes, classified under the Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (CAS RN) 12065-65-5 and 13463-67-7, currently falling under CN codes ex28230000 and 32061100 (TARIC codes 2823000010 and 2823000030) 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.
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.
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