Commercial Information Circular

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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

25 March 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 254/2022

European Union (EU)* : Correction to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/72 imposing definitive countervailing duties and amending Implementing Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 83/2022 of 24 January 2022, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/469 on 24 March 2022 to correct recitals (217) and (339) as well as Article 2(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/72, which amends Article (1)2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 on definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the Mainland of China accordingly. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R0469&from=EN.

2.The TARIC additional code with respect to 'all other companies' in Article 1(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 should be C999 instead of C699. The effects of the correction shall enter into force with retroactive effect as from 20 January 2020.

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

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Tracy MAK)
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.