Date: 2025-12-11Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2490 of 10 December 2025 making imports of urea originating in Russia subject to registration with a view to allowing the levy of anti-dumping duties on the imports subject to registration
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security
**Executive Summary**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2490, dated 10 December 2025, mandates the registration of imports of urea originating in Russia. This registration is initiated to potentially levy anti-dumping duties retroactively, should the necessary conditions be met following an anti-dumping investigation. The regulation enters into force the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and registration will expire nine months after that day.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Product Subject to Registration:**
* Urea originating in Russia, whether or not in an aqueous solution, with or without additives and varying nitrogen concentrations, is subject to registration.
* Currently classified under CN codes 3102 10 12, 3102 10 15, 3102 10 19 and 3102 10 90.
* **Registration Mandate:**
* Imports of urea from Russia are made subject to registration under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.
* The purpose is to allow for retroactive application of anti-dumping duties if warranted.
* **Anti-Dumping Investigation:**
* The European Commission initiated an anti-dumping proceeding on 25 September 2025, following a complaint by Fertilizers Europe.
* Any future liability will be based on the findings of the anti-dumping investigation.
* **Duty Calculation & Enforcement:**
* Dumping margins are estimated between 34.5% and 78.9% and an injury elimination level between 86% and 120%.
* The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of the dumping or injury level.
* Customs authorities are directed to register the specified imports.
* **Data Processing:**
* Any personal data collected during this registration process will comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
* **Timeline:**
* Registration expires nine months after the regulation comes into force.
* The Regulation comes into force the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**EU Customs Authorities**
* **Impact:** Required to take appropriate steps to register imports of urea originating in Russia as specified in Article 1.
* **Action Required:** Implement procedures to register the specified imports under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.
**Importers of Urea from Russia**
* **Impact:** Imports of urea originating in Russia are now subject to registration, potentially leading to retroactive anti-dumping duties.
* **Action Required:** Be aware that imports of urea from Russia are being tracked and may be subject to anti-dumping duties.
**European Commission**
* **Impact:** Responsible for assessing the conditions for retroactive collection of duties.
* **Action Required:** Conduct anti-dumping investigation.
**Fertilizers Europe**
* **Impact:** Awaits decision on retroactive anti-dumping duties.
* **Action Required:** None.
Key Entities Referenced
Russia: Country of origin of the urea imports subject to registration and potential anti-dumping duties.
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036: The basic Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection against dumped imports, particularly Article 14(5) regarding registration of imports.
European Commission: The regulator responsible for initiating the anti-dumping investigation and implementing the registration of urea imports.
Fertilizers Europe: The organization that lodged the complaint leading to the anti-dumping investigation and the registration of imports.
urea: The specific product (currently classified under CN codes 3102 10 12, 3102 10 15, 3102 10 19 and 3102 10 90) that this regulation concerns, making imports of it originating in Russia subject to registration.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2490 11.12.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2490
of 10 December 2025
making imports of urea originating in Russia subject to registration with a view to allowing the levy
of anti-dumping duties on the imports 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 25 September 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 urea originating in Russia.
(2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 11 August 2025 by Fertilizers Europe on behalf of producers
representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of urea.
1. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION
(3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is urea originating in Russia, whether or not in an
aqueous solution, whether or not with additives and with varying concentrations of nitrogen depending on the
dilution of the aqueous solution, currently classified under CN codes 3102 10 12, 3102 10 15, 3102 10 19 and
3102 10 90. The CN codes are 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.
(5) The purpose of registration is to ensure that anti-dumping duties, if any, can be levied retroactively on the imports
subject to registration in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, if the necessary conditions are met.
(6) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative
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.
(7) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the anti-dumping investigation.
(8) The calculations provided in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate
dumping margins between 34,5 % and 78,9 % and an injury elimination level between 86 % and 120 % for the
product concerned for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The amount of possible future liability
would normally be set at the lower of the dumping or injury level 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/2025/5240, 25.9.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5240/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2490/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 11.12.2025
(9) 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.
(10) 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
regarding the actual level of liability which will be established as a result of the investigation.
3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
(11) 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 urea, whether or not in an aqueous solution, whether or not with
additives and with varying concentrations of nitrogen depending on the dilution of the aqueous solution, currently
classified under CN codes 3102 10 12, 3102 10 15, 3102 10 19 and 3102 10 90 and originating in Russia.
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, 10 December 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/2025/2490/oj