Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2098 of 15 December 2020 initiating a review of Council Implementing Regulations (EU) No 443/2011 and (EU) No 444/2011 extending, respectively, the definitive countervailing and anti-dumping duty on imports of biodiesel consigned from Canada, whether declared as originating in Canada or not, for the purposes of determining the possibility of granting an exemption from those measures to one Canadian exporting producer, repealing the anti-dumping duty with regard to imports from that exporting producer and making imports from that exporting producer subject to registration

A review is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 13(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 and Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 in order to establish whether the imports of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, commonly known as ‘biodiesel’, in pure form or in a blend containing by weight more than 20 % of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, consigned from Canada, whether declared as originating in Canada or not, currently falling under CN codes ex15162098 (TARIC code 1516209821), ex15180091 (TARIC code 1518009121), ex15180099 (TARIC code 1518009921), ex27101943 (TARIC code 2710194321), ex27101946 (TARIC code 2710194621), ex27101947 (TARIC code 2710194721), ex27102011 (TARIC code 2710201121), ex27102016 (TARIC code 2710201621), ex38249992 (TARIC code 3824999210), ex38260010 (TARIC codes 3826001020, 3826001050, 3826001089) and ex38260090 (TARIC code 3826009011), produced by Verbio Diesel Canada Corporation (TARIC additional code C600), should be subject to the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1518 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1519.

The anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1518 is hereby repealed with regard to the imports identified in Article 1 of this Regulation.

The Customs authorities shall take the appropriate steps to register the imports identified in Article 1 of this Regulation, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force 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.