Notice amending the notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of steel road wheels originating in the People’s Republic of China

(2019/C 111/13)

On 15 February 2019, the Commission published a notice initiating an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of steel road wheels originating in the People’s Republic of China (1) (the ‘Notice of 15 February 2019’). It was subsequently brought to the Commission’s attention that a certain product category which falls within the product concerned definition was unintentionally described in the list of products excluded from the scope.

As a consequence, the Commission is hereby correcting the Notice of 15 February 2019 to reflect the actual scope of the current investigation. Further information can be found in a note to the file for inspection by interested parties.

1. Product under investigation

The list of excluded products in Section 2 of the Notice of 15 February 2019 that stated:

‘The following products are excluded:

— Road wheels of steel: for the industrial assembly of pedestrian-controlled tractors, currently falling under subheading 8701 10; of vehicles, currently falling under heading 8703; of vehicles, currently falling under heading 8704 with either a compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2 500 cm3 or with a spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2 800 cm3; of vehicles, currently falling under heading 8705,

— Wheels for road quad bikes,

— Wheel centres in star form, cast in one piece, of steel,

— Wheels for motor vehicles specifically designed for uses other than on public roads (for example, wheels for agricultural tractors or forestry tractors, for forklifts, for pushback tractors, for dumpers designed for off-highway use)’,

reads as follows:

‘The following products are excluded:

— Road wheels of steel for the industrial assembly of pedestrian-controlled tractors currently falling under subheading 8701 10,

— Wheels for road quad bikes,

— Wheel centres in star form, cast in one piece, of steel,

— Wheels for motor vehicles specifically designed for uses other than on public roads (for example, wheels for agricultural tractors or forestry tractors, for forklifts, for pushback tractors, for dumpers designed for off-highway use).’.

2. Clarification concerning CN codes

The reference to CN and TARIC codes, provided for information only in the first paragraph of Section 3 of the Notice of 15 February 2019, that stated:

‘The product allegedly being dumped is the product under investigation, originating in the People’s Republic of China (“the country concerned”), currently falling under CN codes ex 8708 70 99 and ex 8716 90 90 (TARIC codes 8708709920, 8708709980, 8716909095, 8716909097). The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only.’,

reads as follows:

‘The product allegedly being dumped is the product under investigation, originating in the People’s Republic of China (“the country concerned”), currently falling under CN codes ex 8708 70 10, ex 8708 70 99, ex 8716 90 90 (TARIC codes 8708701080, 8708701085, 8708709920, 8708709980, 8716909095, 8716909097). The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only.’.

3. Procedure

3.1. Submissions

All interested parties, including exporting producers, importers and users and their associations concerned are invited to make known their views in writing, submit information and to provide supporting evidence concerning the inclusion of the product category referred to in Section 1 of this Notice. Comments as to the inclusion of that product category in the anti-dumping investigation initiated by Notice of 15 February 2019 should reach the Commission within 7 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

All interested parties concerned are invited to make themselves known by contacting the Commission or to supplement, if necessary, the information they already submitted after the publication of the Notice of 15 February 2019 immediately but no later than 7 days after the publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

In particular, exporting producers are invited to supplement, if necessary, the information they submitted after the publication of the Notice of 15 February 2019 or to come forward by filling in Annex I and/or Annex III of the Notice of 15 February 2019. A reply to those Annexes should reach the Commission within 7 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Furthermore, unrelated importers are invited to supplement, if necessary, the information they submitted after the publication of the Notice of 15 February 2019 or to come forward by filling in Annex II of the Notice of 15 February 2019. A reply to that Annex should reach the Commission within 7 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Commission may adapt the samples if appropriate.

Any submission of views and information after the above deadlines may be disregarded.

3.2. Hearings

Pursuant to Article 5(10) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), all interested parties may also request a hearing by the Commission within 15 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The timeframe for hearings set out in section 5.7 of the Notice of 15 February 2019 continues to apply in this investigation.

3.3. Other procedural rules

All other procedural rules mentioned in sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the Notice of 15 February 2019 continue to apply to this investigation.

(1) OJ C 60, 15.2.2019, p. 19.

(2) 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 Union (OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, as last amended by OJ L 143, 7.6.2018, p. 1).