Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2144 of 21 October 2025 making imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration
Date: 2025-10-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping measure, import (EU), leguminous vegetable, originating product, surveillance concerning imports, vegetable protein




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2025/2144


22.10.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/2144
of 21 October 2025
         
making imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to the 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) (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,


After informing the Member States,

Whereas:







(1)


On 29 August 2025, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China.












(2)


This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 15 July 2025 by the Ad Hoc Coalition of Union Pea Protein Producers on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of pea protein.





1.   PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION







(3)


The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is high protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not, originating in the People’s Republic of China.










(4)


The product is currently classified under CN codes ex 3504 00 90  (TARIC code 3504 00 90 91), ex 2106 10 20  (TARIC code 2106 10 20 40), ex 2106 10 80  (TARIC codes 2106 10 80 31, 2106 10 80 39 and 2106 10 80 71) and ex 2303 10 90  (TARIC code 2303 10 90 10). These CN and TARIC codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.




2.   REGISTRATION







(5)


Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration for the purpose of ensuring that, if the investigation results in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively on the registered imports in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.










(6)


The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initative under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation. The conditions for retroactive collection of duties will be assessed in the regulation imposing definitive duties if any.










(7)


Any future liability would emanate from the findings of investigation.










(8)


The calculations provided in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins between 41 % and 123 % and an injury elimination level between 60 % and 118 % for the product concerned for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation.










(9)


However, at this stage the Commission is not in a position to estimate the amount of possible future liability. Thus, the amounts mentioned in the complaint are only for information purposes and cannot create any expectations as to the actual level of liability which will be established as a result of the investigation.




3.   PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA







(10)


Any personal data collected in the context of this registration will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3),




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 protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not, currently falling within CN codes ex 3504 00 90  (TARIC code 3504 00 90 91), ex 2106 10 20  (TARIC code 2106 10 20 40), ex 2106 10 80  (TARIC codes 2106 10 80 31, 2106 10 80 39 and 2106 10 80 71) and ex 2303 10 90  (TARIC code 2303 10 90 10), originating in the People’s Republic of China.


2.   Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.



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, 21 October 2025.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, ELI:http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj.

(2)  
            OJ C, C/2025/4850, 29.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4850/oj.

(3)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2144/oj
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