Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1775 of 14 September 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/330 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2023-09-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, piping, steel, tube




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15.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 228/197








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1775
of 14 September 2023
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/330 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council


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 Union (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties, imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/330 (2).












(2)


Zhejiang Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui, with TARIC (3) additional code B 263, a company subject to the duty rate for cooperating non-sampled producers of 56,9 %, informed the Commission on 10 January 2023 that it had changed its name to Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui.












(3)


The company requested the Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to benefit from the anti-dumping duty rate applied to it under its previous name.












(4)


The Commission examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name was properly registered with the relevant authorities and did not result in any new relationship with other groups of companies which were not investigated by the Commission.












(5)


Accordingly, this change of name does not affect the findings of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/330 and in particular the anti-dumping duty rate applicable to it. The evidence on the file also confirmed that the change of the name was applicable as of 21 September 2022, the day when the Qingtian County Administration for Market Regulation approved the Business Registration Change.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

1.   Annex I of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/330 is amended as follows:







‘Zhejiang Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui


B 263’





is replaced by







‘Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui


B 263’







2.   The TARIC additional code B 263 previously attributed to Zhejiang Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui shall apply to Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui, as of 21 September 2022. Any definitive duty paid on imports of products manufactured by Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui in excess of the anti-dumping duty established in Article 1(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/330 as regards Zhejiang Tsingshan Steel Pipe, Co. Ltd, Lishui, shall be repaid or remitted in accordance with the applicable customs legislation.



Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 September 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  
            OJ L 63, 6.3.2018, p. 15.

(3)  The Integrated Tariff of the European Union.