Commercial Information Circular

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

14 February 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 180/2018

European Union (EU)* : Registration of imports of new and retreaded tyres for buses or lorries originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 702/2017 of 15 August 2017 and No. 929/2017 of 27 October 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation making the imports of new and retreaded tyres for buses or lorries originating in the Mainland of China subject to registration for nine months from 3 February 2018. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0163&from=EN.

2.The Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence to justify making the imports of the product subject to registration, so that measures may subsequently be applied against those imports from the date of such registration.

3.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5350.

Yours faithfully,

(Y K So)
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.