C 467/36
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
8.12.2022
PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Notice of reopening the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China (2022/C 467/06)
The European Commission has received a request pursuant to Article 12 of 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 (‘the basic Regulation’) (1).
That request is to investigate whether the anti-dumping measures imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 (2) on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the country concerned’), have had an effect on export prices, resale prices or subsequent selling prices in the Union.
Such investigations are referred to as ‘absorption reinvestigations’.
1.
Request for an absorption reinvestigation The request was lodged on 28 October 2022 by Europacable, (‘the applicant’) on behalf of the Union industry of optical fibre cables in the sense of Article 5(4) of the basic Regulation.
An open version of the request and the analysis of the degree of support by Union producers for the request are available in the file for inspection by interested parties.
Section 5.4 of this Notice provides information about access to the file for interested parties.
2.
Product concerned The product concerned is single mode optical fibre cables, made up of one or more individually sheathed fibres, with protective casing, whether or not containing electric conductors and originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the product concerned’).
The product concerned does not include: (i) cables in which all the optical fibres are individually fitted with operational connectors at one or both extremities; and (ii) cables for submarine use.
Cables for submarine use are plastic insulated optical fibre cables, containing a copper or aluminium conductor, in which fibres are contained in metal module(s).
The product concerned is currently falling under CN code ex 8544 70 00 (TARIC code 8544 70 00 10).
The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only.
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 of 17 November 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 410, 18.11.2021, p. 51).