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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
9 February 2026
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 974/2025 of 7 November 2025, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/313 on 9 February 2026 to make imports of lightweight thermal paper originating in Chinese Mainland currently under the anti-subsidy investigation subject to registration. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202600313.
2.The product concerned is lightweight thermal paper, defined as thermal paper having a basis weight of 65g/m2 or less, which is sold on rolls of a width of 20cm or more, weighing 50kg or more (including paper) and with a diameter of 40cm or more; with or without base coat on one or both sides; with a physical or chemical thermo-sensitive layer (i.e. a layer that reveals an image when heat is applied) on one or both sides; and with or without top coat, currently classified under CN codes ex 4809 90 00, ex 4811 90 00, ex 4816 90 00 and ex 4823 90 85 (primarily, albeit not exclusively, TARIC codes 4809 90 00 10, 4811 90 00 10, 4816 90 00 10 and 4823 90 85 20).
3.The Implementing Regulation will enter into force on 10 February 2026. For further details, please refer to the above Implementing Regulation.
4.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact ZHENG Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 9797. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Jenny MOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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