Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2325 of 11 December 2015 making imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation subject to registration

1 The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), but not including: flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, not further worked than cold-rolled, whether or not in coils, of all thickness, electrical, flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, in coils, of a thickness of less than 0,35 mm, annealed (known as ‘black plates’), flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all width, of silicon-electrical steel, and flat-rolled products of alloy steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of high-speed steel, originating in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation (‘the countries concerned’), currently falling within CN code(s) ex72091500 (TARIC code 7209150090), 72091690, 72091790, 72091891, ex72091899 (TARIC code 7209189990), ex72092500 (TARIC code 7209250090), 72092690, 72092790, 72092890, 72112330, ex72112380 (TARIC codes 7211238019, 7211238095 and 7211238099), ex72112900 (TARIC codes 7211290019 and 7211290099), 72255080 and 72269200. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

2 All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 20 days from the date of publication of this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.