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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 14 June 2024, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Unionnote, the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of decor paper originating in the People’s Republic of China.
(2)This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 2 May 2024 by four Union producers of decor paper representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of decor paper.
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 decor paper, currently classified under CN codes ex48025400, ex480255, ex48059100 and ex48116000 (TARIC codes 4802540010, 4802551510, 4802552510, 4802553010, 4802559010, 4805910010, and 4811600010), with the folllowing characteristics:
—weighing 30-150 g/m2; having an ash content between 5 % and 50 %;
—having a Klemm absorbency of at least 12 millimetres per 10 minutes or a resin pick-up of 20 % to 200 %;
—having a wet tensile strength of 6 to 12 Newton (N) per 15 millimetres;
—having a Gurley porosity of 3 to 80 seconds per 100 millilitres;
—having a smoothness of 20 to 300 according to the Bekk method;
—in reels with a width up to 300 centimetres;
—whether or not pre-impregnated with a combination of latices or natural binders (like starch);
—excluding wallpaper and similar wallcoverings;
—excluding papers saturated with water-based melamine, urea, phenol or any thermosetting, thermoplastic resin solutions,
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.
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