Date: 2025-07-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1538 of 25 July 2025 making imports of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1538 initiates the registration of imports into the Union of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, used on motor cars, buses, or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 originating in the People's Republic of China. This action follows the initiation of an antidumping proceeding. Registration expires nine months after the regulation's entry into force, which is the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Subject of Registration:**
* New pneumatic tyres of rubber for motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) and buses/lorries with a load index not exceeding 121, originating in the People's Republic of China are subject to registration.
* These tyres are currently classified under CN codes 4011 10 11 and 4011 20 10.
* **Purpose of Registration:**
* Registration is mandated under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 to allow for potential retroactive imposition of antidumping duties if the investigation warrants it.
* The decision to impose retroactive duties will depend on the findings of the antidumping investigation and the fulfillment of necessary conditions.
* **Liability Considerations:**
* Potential future liability would stem from the antidumping investigation's findings.
* Calculations in the complaint estimate dumping margins between 41% and 104% and an injury elimination level between 70% and 165%.
* The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels.
* The Commission is currently unable to estimate the amount of possible future liability.
* **Data Protection:**
* Personal data collected during registration will be processed according to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
* **Implementation and Duration:**
* Customs authorities are directed to register the specified imports.
* Registration expires nine months after the regulation's entry into force.
Impact Analysis:
* **Importers of new pneumatic tyres from the People's Republic of China:**
* Impact: Imports of the specified tyres are now subject to registration, potentially leading to retroactive antidumping duties.
* Action Required: Comply with registration requirements for affected imports.
* **European Union Customs Authorities:**
* Impact: Required to implement and manage the registration process for the specified tyre imports.
* Action Required: Take appropriate steps to register imports as per Article 1 of the Regulation.
* **European Commission:**
* Impact: Oversees the registration process and antidumping investigation.
* Action Required: Continue the antidumping investigation and assess conditions for potential retroactive duties.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Peoples Republic of China: The country of origin of the pneumatic tyres subject to registration.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for initiating the antidumping proceeding and implementing regulations.
Regulation EU 2016/1036: 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).
Coalition Against Unfair Tyre Imports: The entity that lodged the complaint leading to the antidumping proceeding.
Regulation EU 2018/1725: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.
Brussels: The city where the regulation was adopted.
Ursula VON DER LEYEN: The President of the European Commission.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1538 28.7.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1538
of 25 July 2025
making imports of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries
with a load index not exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China 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 21 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 new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding
121 (‘passenger car and light lorry tyres’) originating in the People’s Republic of China.
(2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 7 April 2025 by the Coalition Against Unfair Tyre Imports on behalf
of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of passenger car and light lorry tyres.
1. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION
(3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used: on
motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) and on buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121
originating in the People’s Republic of China, currently classified under CN codes 4011 10 11 and 4011 20 10.
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
dumping margins between 41 % and 104 % and an injury elimination level between 70 % and 165 % 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.
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj.
(2) OJ C, C/2025/2778, 21.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2778/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1538/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 28.7.2025
(8) If, during the investigation, the Commission finds evidence of raw material distortions pursuant to Article 7(2a) of
the basic Regulation, the amount of possible future liability would be set at the level of the dumping margin as
provided for in Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation if it is concluded that a duty lower than the margin of dumping
would not be sufficient to remove the injury suffered by the Union industry.
(9) 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.
3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
(10) 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 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(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 new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used: on motor cars
(including station wagons and racing cars) and on buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 originating in the
People’s Republic of China, currently classified under CN codes 4011 10 11 and 4011 20 10.
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, 25 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/2025/1538/oj