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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 9 October 2026, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Unionnote, the initiation of the reopening of an investigation concerning the implementation of the judgment of 3 September 2026 in Case C-319/24 P in relation to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1336note.
(2)In its judgment of 21 February 2024, in Case T-762/20 Sinopec Chongqing SVW and Others v Commissionnote the General Court of the European Union (‘the General Court’) partially annulled the Regulation at issue to the extent that it concerned the rate of the anti-dumping duty affecting imports into the European Union of certain PVA manufactured and sold by the Sinopec Group.
(3)The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) in Case C-319/24 P Commission v Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemicals and others of 3 September 2026note confirmed the findings of the judgment of the General Court only in so far as it concerned the downward adjustments to the export price under Article 2(10)(i) of the basic anti-dumping Regulation. As a result, the Regulation at issue was partially annulled with respect to the calculation of the anti-dumping duty rate affecting imports into the European Union of certain PVA manufactured and sold by the Sinopec Group.
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 polyvinyl alcohols currently falling under CN code ex39053000 (TARIC code 3905300091) manufactured by the Sinopec Group (Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical Co. Ltd and Sinopec Great Wall Energy & Chemical Ningxia Co.) 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.
3.The national customs authorities shall not decide on any application for repayment or remission of anti-dumping duties on imports of products manufactured by the Sinopec Group before the entry into force of the Commission Implementing Regulation concluding the re-examination.
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