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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 15 September 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 PET spunbond originating in the People’s Republic of China.
(2)This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 8 August 2025 by Freudenberg Performance Materials and Johns Manville on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of PET spunbond.
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 certain non-woven needle-punched sheets of polyester filaments, whether or not reinforced by glass fibres, weighing more than 70 g/m2, of a thickness exceeding 0,5 mm but not exceeding 1,8 mm, impregnated with one or more binders, containing less than 30 % of glass fibres by weight, not coated or covered, currently classified under CN codes ex56031390, 56031420 and ex56031480 (TARIC codes 5603139070 and 5603148070) 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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