Date: 2025-07-18Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1427 of 17 July 2025 making imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) originating in Vietnam subject to registration
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1427 initiates the registration of imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) originating in Vietnam, following an anti-dumping complaint. The regulation, effective from July 18, 2025, directs customs authorities to register these imports for a period of nine months, potentially leading to retroactive anti-dumping duties. Personal data collected during registration will be treated according to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Subject of Registration:**
* Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with a viscosity of 78 ml/g or higher (ISO Standard 16285), currently classified under CN code 3907 61 00, originating in Vietnam.
* **Registration Requirements:**
* Customs authorities are directed to register imports of the product.
* Registration period expires nine months after the regulation's entry into force.
* **Anti-Dumping Context:**
* The registration is linked to an anti-dumping proceeding initiated on May 22, 2025, following a complaint by PET Europe.
* Possible future liability would emanate from the findings of the anti-dumping investigation.
* The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of the dumping margin between 11 and 19 and an injury elimination level between 19 and 28
* **Data Protection:**
* Personal data collected during registration will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
Impact Analysis:
Stakeholders: European Union Customs Authorities
* Impact: Required to register imports of PET from Vietnam as specified in the regulation.
* Action Required: Implement procedures for registering imports of the specified PET and maintain records for nine months from the regulation's entry into force.
Stakeholders: Importers of PET from Vietnam
* Impact: Imports of PET from Vietnam are subject to registration, potentially leading to retroactive anti-dumping duties if the investigation finds evidence of dumping.
* Action Required: Be aware that imports are being registered and potential anti-dumping duties may apply retroactively; monitor the outcome of the anti-dumping investigation.
Stakeholders: European Commission
* Impact: Oversees the registration process and the anti-dumping investigation.
* Action Required: Continue the anti-dumping investigation and assess the conditions for retroactive collection of duties, if any.
Stakeholders: PET Europe
* Impact: As the complainant, they have an interest in the outcome of the anti-dumping investigation and the potential imposition of anti-dumping duties.
* Action Required: Monitor the progress of the investigation.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Vietnam: Country of origin of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) imports subject to registration.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing the EU's day-to-day affairs.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining the scope of the EU's powers and the procedures for exercising them.
Regulation EU 2016/1036: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (the basic Regulation).
PET Europe: The complainant representing producers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) within the European Union.
polyethylene terephthalate PET: The product subject to registration, a type of thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family.
Brussels: The city where the Commission Implementing Regulation was done.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1427 18.7.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1427
of 17 July 2025
making imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (‘PET’) originating in Vietnam subject to
registration
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 2016 on protection
against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union(1)(‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular
Article 14(5) thereof,
After informing the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 May 2025, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official
Journal of the European Union(2), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union
of PET originating in Vietnam.
(2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 9 April 2025 by PET Europe on behalf of producers representing more
than 25 % of the total Union production of PET.
1. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION
(3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is polyethylene terephthalate (‘PET’), having a viscosity of
78 ml/g or higher, according to ISO Standard 1628-5 currently classified under CN code 3907 61 00. The CN code is
given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.
2. REGISTRATION
(4) Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration
for the purpose of ensuring that, if the investigation results in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping
duties, those duties can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively on the registered imports in
accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
(5) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initative
under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation. The conditions for retroactive collection of duties will be assessed in the
regulation imposing definitive duties if any.
(6) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the anti-dumping investigation.
(7) The calculations provided in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate a
dumping margin between 11 % and 19 % and an injury elimination level between 19 % and 28 % for the product
concerned for the period from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024. The amount of possible future liability
would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation.
(8) However, at this stage the Commission is not in a position to estimate the amount of possible future liability. Thus,
the amounts mentioned in the complaint are only for information purposes and cannot create any expectations as to
the actual level of liability which will be established as a result of the investigation.
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj.
(2) OJ C, C/2025/2787, 22.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2787/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1427/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 18.7.2025
3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
(9) Any personal data collected in the context of this registration will be treated in accordance with Regulation
(EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The customs authorities are hereby directed, under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, to take the
appropriate steps to register imports into the Union of polyethylene terephthalate (‘PET’), having a viscosity of 78 ml/g or
higher, according to ISO Standard 1628-5 currently classified under CN code 3907 61 00 and originating in Vietnam.
2. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 July 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(3) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons
with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of
such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39, ELI: http://data.
europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj).
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1427/oj