Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2490 of 10 December 2025 making imports of urea originating in Russia subject to registration with a view to allowing the levy of anti-dumping duties on the imports subject to registration
Date: 2025-12-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: Russia, anti-dumping measure, chemical fertiliser, import (EU), originating product, surveillance concerning imports




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2025/2490


11.12.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/2490
of 10 December 2025
         
making imports of urea originating in Russia subject to registration with a view to allowing the levy of anti-dumping duties on the imports subject to registration


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


After informing the Member States,

Whereas:







(1)


On 25 September 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 urea originating in Russia.












(2)


This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 11 August 2025 by Fertilizers Europe on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of urea.





1.   PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION







(3)


The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is urea originating in Russia, whether or not in an aqueous solution, whether or not with additives and with varying concentrations of nitrogen depending on the dilution of the aqueous solution, currently classified under CN codes 3102 10 12 , 3102 10 15 , 3102 10 19  and 3102 10 90 . The CN codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.




2.   REGISTRATION







(4)


Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration.










(5)


The purpose of registration is to ensure that anti-dumping duties, if any, can be levied retroactively on the imports subject to registration in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, if the necessary conditions are met.










(6)


The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative 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 the anti-dumping investigation.










(8)


The calculations provided in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins between 34,5 % and 78,9 % and an injury elimination level between 86 % and 120 % for the product concerned for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of the dumping or injury level according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation.










(9)


If, during the investigation, the Commission finds evidence of raw material distortions pursuant to Article 7(2a) of the basic Regulation, the amount of possible future liability would be set at the level of the dumping margin as provided for in Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation if it is concluded that a duty lower than the margin of dumping would not be sufficient to remove the injury suffered by the Union industry.










(10)


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 regarding the actual level of liability which will be established as a result of the investigation.




3.   PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA







(11)


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 urea, whether or not in an aqueous solution, whether or not with additives and with varying concentrations of nitrogen depending on the dilution of the aqueous solution, currently classified under CN codes 3102 10 12 , 3102 10 15 , 3102 10 19  and 3102 10 90  and originating in Russia.


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, 10 December 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/2025/5240, 25.9.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5240/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/2025/2490/oj
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