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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

18 February 2016

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 188/2016

European Union (EU)* : Public online consultation concerning a possible change in the methodology to establish dumping in trade defence investigations concerning the Mainland of China

The European Commission (the Commission) has launched an online public consultation concerning a possible change in the methodology to establish dumping in trade defence investigations concerning the Mainland of China.

2.Under its Protocol of Accession to the World Trade Organization of 2001 (the Protocol), the Mainland of China is not considered a market economy in anti-dumping proceedings. As a result, the EU anti-dumping rules generally use prices or costs from an "analogue country" to calculate the level of alleged dumping of products originating in the Mainland of China. Certain provisions of the Protocol on "Price Comparability in determining Subsidies and Dumping" will expire on 11 December 2016. The Commission is analysing possible impact of this impending expiry on the EU anti-dumping legislation.

3.The consultation, which is part of the Commission's impact assessment, aims to ensure that all relevant stakeholders have an opportunity to give their opinion on the options under consideration. The online consultation can be accessed through the following link:
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/consultations/index.cfm?consul_id=191.

4.Relevant news releases and further details from the Commission can be accessed through the following links:
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1450
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1455

5.The online consultation will be closed on 20 April 2016.

ENQUIRIES

6.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684..

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Jessica MAK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.