Notice amending the notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China
Date: 2025-12-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping legislation, import (EU), leguminous vegetable, originating product, vegetable protein








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C/2025/6699


19.12.2025






Notice amending the notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China
(C/2025/6699)

On 29 August 2025, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) published a notice initiating an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of pea protein originating in the People’s Republic of China (1) (the ‘Notice of 29 August 2025
         ’). During the investigation, a number of Member States and interested parties brought to the Commission’s attention the fact that the product under investigation can be classified under certain Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’) codes that were not mentioned in the notice of 29 August 2025.
As a consequence, the Commission is hereby correcting the notice of 29 August 2025 to add those CN codes and the corresponding TARIC codes.
1.   Clarification concerning CN codes

The reference to CN and TARIC codes, provided in the first paragraph of Section 3 of the Notice of 29 August 2025, that stated:

               ‘The product allegedly being dumped is the product under investigation, originating in the People’s Republic of China (“the country concerned”), currently classified under CN codes:






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                     ex 3504 00 90  (TARIC code 3504 00 90 91),










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                     ex 2106 10 20  (TARIC code 2106 10 20 40),










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                     ex 2106 10 80  (TARIC codes 2106 10 80 31, 2106 10 80 39 and 2106 10 80 71) and










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                     ex 2303 10 90  (TARIC code 2303 10 90 10).




The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification. The scope of this investigation is subject to the definition of the product under investigation as contained in section 2.’,
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 classified under CN codes:






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                     ex 3504 00 90  (TARIC code 3504 00 90 91),










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                     ex 2106 10 20  (TARIC code 2106 10 20 40),










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                     ex 2106 10 80 
                  
(TARIC codes






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                              2106 10 80 31,










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                              2106 10 80 39 and










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                              2106 10 80 71),














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                     ex 2106 90 92  (TARIC codes 2106 90 92 75),










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                     ex 2303 10 90  (TARIC code 2303 10 90 10),










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                     ex 2309 10 11 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 13 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 15 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 19 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 31 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 33 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 39 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 51 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 53 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 59 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 70 ,










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                     ex 2309 10 90 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 10 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 20  (TARIC additional code 8G60),










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                     ex 2309 90 31 
                  
(TARIC code






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                              2309 90 31 12,










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                              2309 90 31 14,










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                              2309 90 31 17,










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                              2309 90 31 19,










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                              2309 90 31 30,










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                              2309 90 31 51,










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                              2309 90 31 59,










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                              2309 90 31 61,










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                              2309 90 31 69,










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                              2309 90 31 81 and










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                              2309 90 31 91),














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                     ex 2309 90 33 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 35 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 39 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 41 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 43 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 49 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 51 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 53 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 59 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 70 ,










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                     ex 2309 90 91  (TARIC additional code 8G60),










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                     ex 2309 90 96 
                  
(TARIC code






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                              2309 90 96 31,










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                              2309 90 96 39,










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                              2309 90 96 51,










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                              2309 90 96 59,










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                              2309 90 96 61,










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                              2309 90 96 69,










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                              2309 90 96 91 and










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                              2309 90 96 95).








The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification. The scope of this investigation is subject to the definition of the product under investigation as contained in section 2.’.
2.   Procedure

2.1.   Submissions

All interested parties are invited to make known their views in writing, submit information and to provide supporting evidence concerning the inclusion of the CN codes referred to in Section 1 of this Notice. Comments as to the inclusion of those codes in the anti-dumping investigation initiated by Notice of 29 August 2025 should reach the Commission within 7 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Any submission of views and information after the above deadline may be disregarded.
2.2.   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 29 August 2025 continues to apply in this investigation.
2.3.   Other procedural rules

All other procedural rules mentioned in sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the Notice of 29 August 2025 continue to apply to this investigation.


(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/4850, 29.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4850/oj.

(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6699/oj
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