Commercial Information Circular

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

19 January 2021

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 52/2021

European Union (EU)* : Application of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force in the EU following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) and the possibility of a review

The European Commission (the Commission) published a notice 2021/C 18/11 on 18 January 2021 regarding the application of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force in the EU and the possibility of a review of the measures following the withdrawal of the UK. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2021_018_R_0011&from=EN.

2.The UK withdrew from the EU with effect from 31 January 2020 and the transition period during which the UK remained subject to EU law ended on 31 December 2020. Since 1 January 2021, all anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force and pending for investigations apply only to imports into the twenty-seven Member States of the EU.

3.For possible review of the measures, interested party may request and submit evidence that the measures would have been significantly different if they had been based on information excluding the UK. For further information, please visit the Commission's website on trade defence at: https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/accessing-markets/trade-defence/.

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Serena YUEN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU comprises of 27 member countries, namely, 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 and Sweden.