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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Unionnote (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 24(5) thereof,After informing the Member States,Whereas:
(1)On 4 October 2023, the Commission announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Unionnote (‘the notice of initiation’), the initiation on its own initiative of an anti-subsidy investigation (‘the anti-subsidy investigation’) with regard to imports into the Union of new battery electric vehicles designed for the transport of persons, originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the PRC’).
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
1.The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 24(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037, to take the appropriate steps to register imports into the Union of new battery electric vehicles, principally designed for the transport of nine or less persons, including the driver, propelled (regardless of the number of wheels set in motion) solely by one or more electric motors, currently classified under CN code 87038010 and originating in the People’s Republic of China. Motorcycles are excluded from the present investigation.
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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