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

27 March 2024

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 235/2024

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of mobile access equipment (MAE) originating in the Mainland of China

The European Commission (the Commission) published notice C/2024/2362 on 27 March 2024 announcing the initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of MAE originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202402362. Salient points of the notice are set out below.

2.The product under investigation is MAE designed for the lifting of persons, self-propelled, with a maximum working height of 6 meters or more, and pre-assembled or ready-to-assemble sections thereof, excluding individual components when presented separately, and excluding person lifting equipment mounted on vehicles of Chapter 86 and Chapter 87 of the Harmonised System, currently classified, for the MAE, under CN codes ex 8427 10 10, ex 8427 20 19, ex 8428 90 90 and, for the pre-assembled or ready-to-assemble sections of MAE, under ex 8431 20 00 and ex 8431 39 00 (TARIC codes: 8427 10 10 10, 8427 20 19 10, 8428 90 90 20, 8431 20 00 60 and 8431 39 00 10). All interested parties wishing to submit information on the product scope must do so within 10 days from 27 March 2024.

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 27 March 2024. The information must be provided via TRON.tdi at: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi/form/AS704_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 complaint, including matters pertaining to injury and causality, or any aspects regarding the initiation of the investigation must do so within 37 days from 27 March 2024. Any request for a hearing with regard to the initiation of the investigation must be submitted within 15 days from 27 March 2024.

5.The investigation will be concluded within 12 months and in any event no later than 13 months from 27 March 2024. 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 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.