Commercial Information Circular

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

4 October 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 727/2023

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of new battery electric vehicles designed for the transport of persons originating in the Mainland of China

The European Commission (the Commission) published a notice C/2023/160 on 4 October 2023 announcing the initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of new battery electric vehicles designed for the transport of persons originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202300160. Salient points of the notice are set out below.

2.The product under investigation is new battery electric vehicles, principally designed for the transport of nine or fewer persons, including the driver, propelled solely by one or more electric motors. Motorcycles are excluded from the present investigation. All interested parties wishing to submit information on the product scope must do so within 10 days from 4 October 2023.

3.The Commission may limit the exporting producers to be investigated by selecting a sample. To enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary, and if so, to select a sample, all exporting producers in the Mainland of China, or representatives acting on their behalf, are requested to provide the Commission with information on their company(ies) within 7 days from 4 October 2023. The information must be provided via TRON.tdi at: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi/form/AS689_SAMPLING_FORM_FOR_EXPORTING_PRODUCER. All exporting producers selected to be in the sample will have to submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of notification of their inclusion in the sample, unless otherwise specified. Non-sampled cooperating exporting producers may request the Commission to establish their individual subsidy amount. Exporting producers wishing to claim an individual amount of countervailable subsidisation must fill in the questionnaire and return it duly completed by the same deadline.

4.All interested parties wishing to comment on the file, including matters pertaining to injury and causality, or any aspects regarding the initiation of the investigation must do so within 37 days from 4 October 2023. Any request for a hearing with regard to the initiation of the investigation must be submitted within 15 days from 4 October 2023.

5.The investigation will be concluded within 12 months and in any event no later than 13 months from 4 October 2023. Provisional measures may be imposed no later than 9 months from the same date.

6.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.

7.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.