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L 145/20 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2022
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/806
of 23 May 2022
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on
imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of
China and Egypt and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/776 imposing definitive countervailing
duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s
Republic of China and Egypt and imposing the definitive anti-dumping duties and the definitive
countervailing duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in
the People’s Republic of China and Egypt brought to an artificial island, a fixed or floating
installation or any other structure in the continental shelf of a Member State or the exclusive
economic zone declared by a Member State pursuant to UNCLOS
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016on protection
against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union(1)(‘the basic anti-dumping Regulation’), and
in particular Article 9(4) and Article 14a thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016on protection
against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union(2)(‘the basic anti-subsidy Regulation’), and
in particular Article 15(1) and Article 24a thereof,
Whereas:
1. MEASURES IN FORCE AND CONTINENTAL SHELF/EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
1.1. Measures in force
(1) On 16 June 2020, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) imposed definitive anti-dumping duties and
definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics (‘GFF’) originating in
the People’s Republic of China (‘the PRC’) and Egypt by, respectively, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2020/492 (‘GFF AD Regulation’)(3) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/776 (‘GFF AS
Regulation’)(4)(‘the existing measures’).
1.2. Continental Shelf/Exclusive Economic Zone
(2) Regulation (EU) 2018/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5), which entered into force on 8 June
2018 (‘TDI Modernisation package’), introduced the new Articles 14a and 24a into, respectively, the basic anti-
dumping Regulation and the basic anti-subsidy Regulation.
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 55.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 of 1 April 2020 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain
woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt (OJ L 108, 6.4.2020, p. 1).
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/776 of 12 June 2020 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of
certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt and amending Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass
fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt (OJ L 189, 15.6.2020, p. 1).
(5) Regulation (EU) 2018/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on
protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on
protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (OJ L 143, 7.6.2018, p. 1).24.5.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 145/21
(3) According to these Articles, an anti-dumping or countervailing duty may also be imposed on any dumped or
subsidised product brought in significant quantities to an artificial island, a fixed or floating installation or any
other structure in the continental shelf of a Member State or the exclusive economic zone declared by a Member
State pursuant to UNCLOS (‘the CS/EEZ’)(6), where this would cause injury to the Union industry.
(4) The same Articles provided that the Commission should adopt implementing acts laying down the conditions for
the incurrence of such duties, as well as the procedures relating to the notification and declaration of such products
and the payment of such duties, including recovery, repayment and remission (‘customs tool’), and that the
Commission should only impose such duties as of the date the customs tool is operational. The customs tool(7)
became applicable on 2 November 2019.
2. PROCEDURE
2.1. Partial reopening of the investigations
(5) On 27 May 2021, the Commission published a Notice(8)reopening the investigations leading to the anti-dumping
and countervailing measures on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the PRC
and Egypt.
(6) The reopening was limited in scope to the examination of whether the measures should be applied to certain woven
and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in PRC and Egypt (‘the countries concerned’) brought in significant
quantities to the CS/EEZ as the customs tool was not applicable when the investigations that led to the existing
measures were initiated and, thus, the Commission could not conclude on whether the extension of the duties to the
CS/EEZ was appropriate.
(7) The Commission had at its disposal sufficient evidence showing that GFF originating in the PRC and Egypt were
being brought in significant quantities under the inward processing regime in order to be processed into wind
blades that were then exported to offshore wind parks in the CS/EEZ, and that this would cause injury to the Union
industry. Part of this evidence was provided by the EU Industry. A note to the file containing the evidence available to
the Commission was available to interested parties.
2.2. Interested parties
(8) The Commission notified the interested parties that cooperated in the investigations that led to the existing
measures, namely the Mission of the People’s Republic of China, the Mission of Egypt, the exporting producers and
their related companies in the PRC and Egypt, Union producers, unrelated importers in the Union, and users in the
Union about the reopening of the investigations.
(6) The continental shelf comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond the territorial sea throughout the
natural prolongation of the land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the
baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up
to that distance whereas the exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea that shall not extend beyond
200 nautical miles (see notably Article 55 from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (‘UNCLOS’)). Artificial islands are
areas of land, surrounded by water, that are above water that are not naturally formed but are the result of man building activity. These
islands can be used to support the exploration or exploitation of the seabed or they can be used to support the production of energy
from the water, currents or winds. They could be used as the point of delivery of dumped/subsidised products such as tubes to
connect the platforms to the shore or to extract hydrocarbons from the seabed, drilling equipment and rigs or wind turbines. Fixed or
floating installations and any other structures are constructions, including facilities, such as platforms whether fixed to the sea floor or
floating which are intended for the exploration or exploitation of the seabed. They also include the constructions on site for the
production of energy from the water, currents or winds. The product under review could also be delivered for use on those
constructions.
(7) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1131 of 2 July 2019 establishing a customs tool in order to implement Article 14a
of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Article 24a of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the
European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 179, 3.7.2019, p. 12).
(8) Notice concerning a partial reopening of the investigations leading to the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on imports of
certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt (OJ C 199, 27.5.2021, p. 6).L 145/22 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2022
(9) Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing with the
Commission and/or the Hearing officer in trade proceedings within the time-limit set out in the Notice. None of the
interested parties requested a hearing either with the Commission or the Hearing officer in trade proceedings.
2.3. Questionnaire replies
(10) The Commission sent a questionnaire to the interested parties that cooperated in the investigations that led to the
existing measures.
(11) The Commission received questionnaire replies from four Union producers, the Union industry’s association and
one user.
(12) No questionnaire reply was received from the exporting producers. The Commission notified the Missions of the
PRC and Egypt that due to the insufficient cooperation from the exporting producers in the PRC and Egypt, it
intended to apply Article 18 of the basic anti-dumping Regulation and Article 28 of the basic anti-subsidy
Regulation respectively and therefore base its findings on the facts available. No comments were received in
response to this notification.
2.4. Investigation period
(13) The investigation period was the same as during the original investigations, i.e. 1 January 2018 to 31 December
2018(‘original period of investigation’).
2.5. Product under investigation
(14) The product under investigation is the same as in the investigations that led to the imposition of the existing
measures i.e. fabrics of woven and/or stitched continuous filament glass fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without
other elements, excluding products which are impregnated or pre-impregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh
fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1,8 mm in both length and width and weighing more than 35 g/m2,
currently falling under CN codes ex 7019 61 00, ex 7019 62 00, ex 7019 63 00, ex 7019 64 00, ex 7019 65 00,
ex 7019 66 00, ex 7019 69 10, ex 7019 69 90, and ex 7019 90 00 (TARIC codes 7019 61 00 81, 7019 61 00 83,
7019 61 00 84, 7019 62 00 81, 7019 62 00 83, 7019 62 00 84, 7019 63 00 81, 7019 63 00 83, 7019 63 00 84,
7019 64 00 81, 7019 64 00 83, 7019 64 00 84, 7019 65 00 81, 7019 65 00 83, 7019 65 00 84, 7019 66 00 81,
7019 66 00 83, 7019 66 00 84, 7019 69 10 81, 7019 69 10 83, 7019 69 10 84, 7019 69 90 81, 7019 69 90 83,
7019 69 90 84, 7019 90 00 81, 7019 90 00 83 and 7019 90 00 84), and originating in the People’s Republic of
China and Egypt (‘the product under investigation’).
2.6. Comments on initiation
(15) The Mission of Egypt questioned the legality of the new provisions of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy basic
Regulations (Articles 14a and 24a of the respective basic Regulations) under the United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea (‘UNCLOS’) and the Union Customs Rules.
(16) The Commission rejected the claim. Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of
the Council(9)explicitly provides that certain provisions of the customs legislation may apply outside the customs
territory of the Union within the framework of legislation governing specific fields or of international convention.
UNCLOS is part of Union law. The Exclusive Economic Zone is governed by Part V of UNCLOS, whereas the
Continental Shelf is contained in Part VI of UNCLOS. Article 56 of UNCLOS defines ‘Rights, jurisdiction and duties
of the coastal State in the exclusive economic zone’, which include ‘the establishment and use of artificial islands,
(9) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs
Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).24.5.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 145/23
installations and structures’. Article 60(2) of UNCLOS provides that ‘the coastal State shall have exclusive jurisdiction
over such artificial islands, installations and structures, including jurisdiction with regard to customs, fiscal, health,
safety and immigration laws and regulations’. The list of matters enumerated in this provision is not exhaustive.
Article 80 of UNCLOS renders applicable Article 60 also for the Continental Shelf. The International Tribunal for
the Law of the Sea has provided further guidance on the above provision of UNCLOS. It held in its M/V ‘Saiga’
judgment that ‘[i]n the exclusive economic zone, the coastal State has jurisdiction to apply customs laws and
regulations in respect of artificial islands, installations and structures (Article 60, paragraph 2). In the view of the
Tribunal, the Convention does not empower a coastal State to apply its customs laws in respect of any other parts
of the exclusive economic zone not mentioned above’(10). On that basis, under UNCLOS, the Union has the
competence to levy anti-dumping and countervailing duties, which are part of the ‘customs, fiscal laws and
regulations’. Indeed, the rule-making authority of the Union also extends to the areas on which the Member States
have sovereign rights under public international law(11). In sum, the Commission concluded that there is no reason
to grant the request by the Mission of Egypt not to apply Articles 14a and 24a of the respective basic Regulations.
3. ASSESSMENT
3.1. Preliminary remarks
(17) The Commission investigated, among others, the following operations during the original period of investigation:
— The re-export within the meaning of the Union Customs Code(12) of the product under investigation to the
CS/EEZ;
— Direct shipments of the product under investigation from the countries concerned to the CS/EEZ; and
— The export or re-export of finished products incorporating the product under investigation from the EU customs
territory to the CS/EEZ, both where the product under investigation was first released for free circulation into the
EU customs territory then incorporated into the finished product, and where the product under investigation
was incorporated into the finished product under a different customs procedure (for example under the inward
processing procedure as referred to in the Union Customs Code).
(18) Two users originally cooperated in the investigation: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, S.A (‘SGRE’) and Vestas
Wind Systems A/S (‘Vestas’). However, after reopening of the investigations, only SGRE submitted a questionnaire
reply.
(19) As stated in recital (469) of the GFF AD regulation and recital (1079) of the GFF AS regulation, these two users are
among the biggest wind turbine producers in the Union, together consuming above 20 % of the entire Union
demand of GFF. They together import above 30 % of all imports from the countries concerned.
(20) As stated in recital (464) of the GFF AD Regulation and recital (1075) of the GFF AS Regulation, wind turbine
producers are the biggest users of GFF accounting for around 60–70 % of the GFF demand in the Union. The other
users include boat (around 11 %), truck (around 8 %) and sport equipment (around 2 %) producers, as well as pipe
rehabilitation system providers (around 8 %).
(21) The wind turbine producers use GFF for the fabrication of blades for wind tower installations on the continent being
then shipped and installed on shore or off shore on the CS/EEZ.
(22) According to Table 2 of the GFF AD Regulation and GFF AS Regulation, the total consumption of GFF amounted to
168 270tonnes in the investigation period.
(10) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Guinea, 1 July 1999, ITLOS list of Cases, No 2.
(11) Case C-6/04 Commission v UK [2005] ECJ1-9056, paragraph 117.
(12) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.L 145/24 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2022
(23) During the investigation period of the original investigation, approx. 2 600MW of new offshore wind capacities was
added in the EU. One 8 MW offshore wind turbine uses 60 tonnes of GFF for the three wind blades. Accordingly, the
EU28 offshore installations in 2018 required approx. 19 958tonnes of GFF, and EU27 offshore installations approx.
10 118tonnes.
3.2. Egypt
(24) In 2018 there were no imports under the inward processing regime from Egypt. As a Party to the pan-Euro-
Mediterranean convention, Egypt benefits from preferential tariff treatment. Thus, imports of GFF from Egypt are
subject to 0 % preferential tariffs as opposed to 5-7 % MFN tariffs. It follows that in 2018 there was no economic
justification for parties to import GFF under the inward processing regime from Egypt.
(25) In the reply to the questionnaire, SGRE indicated that it did not import any GFF from Egypt destined for use in the
CS/EEZ during the investigation period. Vestas did not provide any questionnaire response shedding light on this
matter. In this respect, the Commission noted that already during the original investigation, Vestas failed to identify
separately imports originating in Egypt. However, based on the information submitted in the original investigation,
and in particular the data provided directly by Egyptian exporters, Vestas imported significant quantities of GFF
from Egypt under the normal regime, amounting to between 5 % and 8 % of EU28 imports and between 2 %
and 5 % of EU28 consumption(13). These shares would be significantly higher as a proportion of EU27 figures.
(26) At the same time, Vestas had significant new EU offshore installations in 2018, accounting for 30-50 % of all such
new installations in the EU28 and EU27. This indicates that significant quantities of Egyptian GFF were brought
into the CS/EEZ during the investigation period of the original investigation. There is no information on file
contradicting this conclusion.
(27) This conclusion is further supported by the fact that imports of GFF originating in Egypt took place immediately
after the imposition of measures under the inward processing regime (more than 230 tonnes in the second half of
2020).
(28) Therefore, on the basis of the evidence available, the Commission concluded that significant quantities were brought
into the CS/EEZ from Egypt, contributing to the injury already established in the original investigation.
3.3. The PRC
(29) In 2018 the volume of GFF imports under inward processing procedure from China amounted to 5 343tonnes. Out
of this, the imports of the Member States with offshore installations amounted to 4 835 tonnes—15 % of which
corresponded to the UK.
(30) In reply to the questionnaire, SGRE reported imports of GFF from the PRC under both inward processing regime and
normal regime for the CS/EEZ in the Union. Inward processing volumes for EU27 alone represented between 1 %
and 3 % of total EU28 GFF consumption and between 4 % and 7 % of total EU28 GFF imports in the investigation
period(14). This implies that the share in EU27 imports and EU27 consumption would be even larger. As these
quantities are above de minimis levels, they are on their own significant enough to cause injury—and thus to
contribute to the injury already established in the original investigation. Moreover, the Commission recalled that the
injury analysis in the original investigation was made by cumulating imports from Egypt and the PRC. Therefore, any
increase in imports channelled to the CS/EEZ can only further contribute to the injury as found in the original
investigation.
4. DISCLOSURE
(31) The parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to extend
the measures to certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the PRC and Egypt to the CS/EEZ.
They were also granted a period within which they could make representations subsequent to this disclosure.
(13) Ranges are provided for confidentiality reasons.
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(32) In their comments to final disclosure, SGRE claimed that the Commission was bound to carry out a full injury
analysis under the basic Regulations before it could conclude any extension of the measures to a new territory,
namely the CS/EEZ. It further argued that the Commission limited its injury analysis to the volume of imports of
GFF from China to the CS/EEZ in 2018 and failed to examine the trend of imports in the CS/EEZ over the period
concerned i.e. 2015 to 2018.
(33) Moreover, SGRE argued that the Commission should have assessed whether it was in the Union interest to impose
measures in relation to these imports. It was argued that the fact that Union interest did not prevent the imposition
of the initial measures does not sine qua non mean that the Union interest would not prevent the extension of the
measures to the CS/EEZ. SGRE claimed that the extension of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on
imports of GFF from China and Egypt to imports of GFF from China and Egypt to CS/EEZ would not be in the
Union’s interest as it would contradict the EU’s renewable energy policy of supporting the attractiveness and the
competitiveness of the EU wind energy which was faced with price pressure and overall profitability issues due to
current market conditions. It further argued that the Union producers do not have enough production capacity to
meet growing demand. It was stated that since the imposition of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures
in 2020, the EU GFF industry has not sufficiently increased its production and production capacity of GFF to cover
the growing EU demand. The Commission noted that no evidence was submitted in this regard, apart from a chart
indicating the forecast of the offshore wind installations in Europe during the period 2020 and 2030.
(34) SGRE also claimed that the extension of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of GFF from
China and Egypt to imports of GFF from China and Egypt to CS/EEZ would force user such as SGRE to expand or
shift their production of offshore wind turbine blades from EU countries to non-EU countries, thus affecting the
Union employment and suppliers.
(35) SGRE further argued that the extension of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of GFF from
China and Egypt to imports of GFF from China and Egypt to CS/EEZ would lead to an increase in costs on the users
of the product concerned.
(36) The Commission noted that the Notice of reopening clearly stated that the reopening of the original investigations
was limited in scope only to the examination of whether the measures should apply to GFF originating in PRC and
Egypt brought in significant quantities to the CS/EEZ. The information contained in the note to the file leading to
the reopening confirmed this limited scope. The scope of this investigation follows directly from the wording of
Article 14a of the basic anti-dumping Regulation and Article 24a of the basic anti-subsidy Regulation and is also
fully in line with Recital (24) of the TDI Modernisation Package(15). The required legal standard in these provisions
is that the dumped and/or subsidised product brought in significant quantities to the CS/EEZ ‘would cause injury to
the Union industry.’
(37) As clearly spelled out in the Notice of reopening, the particularity of the situation leading to this investigation was
the fact that the customs tool provided in Articles 14a and 24a was not applicable at the time of the initiation of
the initial investigation. Pursuant to Articles 14a(2) and 24a(2), the customs tool became then available and led to
the reopening of the investigation. Nevertheless, as also specified in the Notice of reopening, in the original
investigations leading to the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties the Commission already
included in its examination imports of the product concerned under inward processing and concluded that the
Union industry suffered material injury during the period concerned. The injury analysis in the original
investigations covered not only 2018, but the entire period concerned i.e. 2015-2018. The present investigation
relied on those findings and aimed to ascertain whether the extension of the duties to the CS/EEZ was appropriate.
Therefore, whether the dumped/subsidised product brought in significant quantities in the CS/EEZ would cause
injury to the Union was already confirmed in the Regulation imposing the duties. The re-opening of the
investigation confirmed the existence of those quantities and the appropriateness of extending the current measures
to protect the Union industry.
(38) Given this situation and the relevant legal standard, the Commission relied on the data, evidence and findings
concerning injury in the original investigations. The current investigation found that there were dumped and
subsidised imports brought in the CS/EEZ in significant quantities, and that they would cause further injury to the
Union industry, as they could only aggravate its injurious situation. These claims were therefore rejected.
(15) Regulation (EU) 2018/825.L 145/26 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2022
(39) As for the claim that the Union interest was not included in the scope of the reopened investigations, Articles 14a
and 24a of respective basic Regulations do not contain any reference to the need to assess Union interest. In any
event, SGRE did not submit comments on this point further to the initiation of this investigation. The Commission
noted that the Union interest comments of SGRE are either similar to the comments already addressed and rebutted
in the Regulations imposing the original measures, or not substantiated. Therefore, the Commission’s assessment as
to whether it is appropriate to extend the current measures to the CS/EEZ is confirmed and these claims were
rejected.
5. EXTENSION OF MEASURES
(40) On the basis of the above, the existing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of fabrics of woven
and/or stitched continuous filament glass fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without other elements, excluding
products which are impregnated or pre-impregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh fabrics with cells with a
size of more than 1,8 mm in both length and width and weighing more than 35 g/m2 originating in the People’s
Republic of China and Egypt should also be imposed on fabrics of woven and/or stitched continuous filament glass
fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without other elements, excluding products which are impregnated or pre-
impregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1,8 mm in both length
and width and weighing more than 35 g/m2 originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt brought to an
artificial island, a fixed or floating installation or any other structure in the continental shelf of a Member State or
the exclusive economic zone declared by a Member State pursuant to UNCLOS.
(41) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by
Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties are imposed on fabrics of woven and/or stitched continuous
filament glass fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without other elements, excluding products which are impregnated or
pre-impregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1,8 mm in both length
and width and weighing more than 35 g/m2 originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt, currently falling
under CN codes ex 7019 61 00, ex 7019 62 00, ex 7019 63 00, ex 7019 64 00, ex 7019 65 00, ex 7019 66 00,
ex 7019 69 10, ex 7019 69 90, and ex 7019 90 00 (TARIC codes 7019 61 00 81, 7019 61 00 83, 7019 61 00 84,
7019 62 00 81, 7019 62 00 83, 7019 62 00 84, 7019 63 00 81, 7019 63 00 83, 7019 63 00 84, 7019 64 00 81,
7019 64 00 83, 7019 64 00 84, 7019 65 00 81, 7019 65 00 83, 7019 65 00 84, 7019 66 00 81, 7019 66 00 83,
7019 66 00 84, 7019 69 10 81, 7019 69 10 83, 7019 69 10 84, 7019 69 90 81, 7019 69 90 83, 7019 69 90 84,
7019 90 00 81, 7019 90 00 83 and 7019 90 00 84), which are re-exported within the meaning of the Union Customs
Code to an artificial island, a fixed or floating installation or any other structure in the continental shelf of a Member State
or the exclusive economic zone declared by a Member State pursuant to UNCLOS.
2. Definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties are imposed on fabrics of woven and/or stitched continuous
filament glass fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without other elements, excluding products which are impregnated or
pre-impregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1,8 mm in both length
and width and weighing more than 35 g/m2 originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt, currently falling
under CN codes ex 7019 61 00, ex 7019 62 00, ex 7019 63 00, ex 7019 64 00, ex 7019 65 00, ex 7019 66 00,
ex 7019 69 10, ex 7019 69 90, and ex 7019 90 00 (TARIC codes 7019 61 00 81, 7019 61 00 83, 7019 61 00 84,
7019 62 00 81, 7019 62 00 83, 7019 62 00 84, 7019 63 00 81, 7019 63 00 83, 7019 63 00 84, 7019 64 00 81,
7019 64 00 83, 7019 64 00 84, 7019 65 00 81, 7019 65 00 83, 7019 65 00 84, 7019 66 00 81, 7019 66 00 83,
7019 66 00 84, 7019 69 10 81, 7019 69 10 83, 7019 69 10 84, 7019 69 90 81, 7019 69 90 83, 7019 69 90 84,
7019 90 00 81, 7019 90 00 83 and 7019 90 00 84), which are received on an artificial island, a fixed or floating
installation, or any other structure in the continental shelf of a Member State or the Exclusive Economic Zone declared by
a Member State pursuant to UNCLOS, and do not fall within paragraph 1.24.5.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 145/27
3. Specific rules for the imposition and collection of anti-dumping and countervailing duties pursuant to paragraphs 1
and 2 are established in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1131 establishing a customs tool in order to implement
Article 14a of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 and Article 24a of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037.
4. The definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price or, where
applicable, free-at the continental shelf or Exclusive Economic Zone frontier price, before duty, of the product described in
paragraphs 1 and 2 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Definitive
Definitive anti- TARIC additional
Country concerned Company countervailing
dumping duty code
duty
PRC Jushi Group Co. Ltd; 69,0% 30,7% C531
Zhejiang Hengshi Fiberglass Fabrics Co. Ltd;
Taishan Fiberglass Inc.
PGTEX China Co. Ltd; Chongqing Tenways 37,6% 17,0% C532
Material Corp.
Other companies cooperating in both anti- 37,6% 24,8% See Annex I
subsidy and anti-dumping investigation listed
in the Annex I
Other companies cooperating in anti- 34,0% 30,7% See Annex II
dumping investigation but not in anti-subsidy
investigation listed in the Annex II
All other companies 69,0% 30,7% C999
Egypt Jushi Egypt For Fiberglass Industry S.A.E; 20,0% 10,9% C533
Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics S.A.E.
All other companies 20,0% 10,9% C999
5. The application of the individual anti-dumping and countervailing duty rates specified for the companies mentioned
in paragraph 4 or in Annexes I or II shall be conditional upon presentation to the customs authorities of the Member States
of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such
invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product
concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC
additional code) in the (country concerned). I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such
invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to ‘all other companies’ shall apply.
6. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
7. In cases where the countervailing duty has been subtracted from the anti-dumping duty for certain exporting
producers, refund requests under Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 shall also trigger the assessment of the
dumping margin for that exporting producer prevailing during the refund investigation period.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.L 145/28 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2022
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 May 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN24.5.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 145/29
ANNEX I
Other companies cooperating in both anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigation
Name of the Company TARIC additional code
Changshu Dongyu Insulated Compound Materials Co., Ltd B995
Changzhou Pro-Tech Industry Co., Ltd C534
Jiangsu Changhai Composite Materials Holding Co., Ltd C535
Neijiang Huayuan Electronic Materials Co., Ltd C537
NMG Composites Co., Ltd C538
Zhejiang Hongming Fiberglass Fabrics Co., Ltd C539L 145/30 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2022
ANNEX II
Other companies cooperating in anti-dumping investigation but not in anti-subsidy investigation
Name of the Company TARIC additional code
Jiangsu Jiuding New Material Co., Ltd C536