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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 August 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 terephthalic acid originating in in the Republic of Korea and Mexico.
(2)This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 30 June 2025 by INEOS Aromatics on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of terephthalic acid.
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 terephthalic acid of a purity by weight of 99,5 % or more, usually falling under Chemical Abstracts Service (‘CAS’) number 100-21-0 and usually corresponding to the Customs and Statistics (‘CUS’) number 0023865-3, currently classified under CN code ex29173600 (TARIC code 2917360011) and originating in Republic of Korea and Mexico.
2.Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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