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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 6 June 2025, 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 1,4-Butanediol originating in the People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and the United States of America
(2)This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 24 April 2025 by INEOS Solvents SA on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of 1,4-Butanediol.
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 into the Union of 1,4-Butanediol, usually falling under the Chemical Abstracts Service’s registration (CAS) number 110-63-4 and usually classified in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) under EC-number 203-786-5, currently classified under CN codes 29053926 and 29053928, and originating in People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and the United States of America.
2.Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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