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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 December 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 high-pressure seamless steel cylinders originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the PRC’).
(2)This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 24 October 2024 by five companies, Cylinders Holding a.s., Dalmine S.p.A. (Tenaris), Eurocylinder Systems AG (ECS), Faber Industrie S.p.A., and Worthington Cylinders GmbH representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders.
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 high-pressure seamless cylinders for compressed or liquefied gas, of steel, of all diameters and volume capacities, whether or not threaded, regardless of internal coating or plating, regardless of external finishing and shape, whether or not with a gas bladder inserted, regardless of the cylinders’ fitting with a valve, neck ring, foot ring or piping, whether or not fastened together to form a bundle, currently classified under CN codes ex73110011, ex73110013, ex73110019, ex73110030 and ex84241000 (TARIC codes 7311001115, 7311001180, 7311001315, 7311001380, 7311001915, 7311001980, 7311003015, 7311003080, 8424100011 and 8424100021) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.Non-refillable cylinders of capacities up to and including 120 ml, covered by European standard EN 16509:2014 and/or UN-number 2037 assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, are excluded from the product scope.
2.Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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