Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1711 of 4 August 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders originating in the People’s Republic of China

A provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of high-pressure seamless cylinders for compressed or liquefied gas, of steel, of all diameters and volume capacities, whether or not threaded, regardless of internal coating or plating, regardless of external finishing and shape, whether or not with a gas bladder inserted, regardless of the cylinders’ fitting with a valve, neck ring, foot ring or piping, whether or not fastened together to form a bundle, currently classified under CN codes ex 7311 00 11 , ex 7311 00 13 , ex 7311 00 19 , ex 7311 00 30 and ex 8424 10 00 (TARIC codes 7311 00 11 15 , 7311 00 11 80 , 7311 00 13 15 , 7311 00 13 80 , 7311 00 19 15 , 7311 00 19 80 , 7311 00 30 15 , 7311 00 30 80 , 8424 10 00 11 and 8424 10 00 21 ) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

The rates of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume in unit we are using) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in country concerned. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ Until such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China shall apply.

The release for free circulation in the Union of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.

Where a declaration for release for free circulation is presented in respect of the product referred to in paragraph 1, irrespective of its origin, the pieces of the products imported shall be entered in the relevant field of that declaration if another supplementary unit is not already defined for a specific CN code and accordingly for TARIC codes by the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff.

Member States shall, on a monthly basis, inform the Commission of the number of pieces imported under CN/TARIC codes as in Article 1.1 of this Regulation.

Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Interested parties shall submit their written comments on this regulation to the Commission within 15 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Interested parties wishing to request a hearing with the Commission shall do so within 5 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Interested parties wishing to request a hearing with the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings are invited to do so within 5 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Hearing Officer may examine requests submitted outside this time limit and may decide whether to accept to such requests if appropriate.

Customs authorities are hereby directed to discontinue the registration of imports established in accordance with Article 1(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/531 of 24 March 2025.

Data collected regarding products which entered the EU for consumption not more than 90 days prior to the date of the entry into force of this regulation shall be kept until the entry into force of possible definitive measures, or the termination of this proceeding.