Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/265 of 9 February 2023 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles originating in India and Türkiye

1 A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing; finishing ceramics, currently falling under CN codes 69072100, 69072200, 69072300, 69073000 and 69074000 and originating in India or Türkiye.

2 The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows: CountryCompanyDefinitive anti-dumping dutyTARIC additional codeIndiaConor Granito Pvt Ltd.; Corial Ceramic Pvt Ltd.8,7 %C898IndiaAcecon Vitrified Pvt Ltd.; Avlon Ceramics Pvt Ltd.; Duracon Vitrified Pvt Ltd.; Eracon Vitrified Pvt Ltd.; Evershine Vitrified Pvt Ltd.; Icon Granito Pvt Ltd.; Venice Ceramics Pvt Ltd.6,7 %C899IndiaOther cooperating companies listed in Annex I7,3%IndiaAll other companies8,7%C999TürkiyeHitit Seramik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.20,9 %C900Türkiye Qua Granite ve Hayal Yapi Ürünleri San. Tic. A.Ş.; Bien Yapi Ürünleri San. Tic. A.Ş. 4,8 %C901TürkiyeOther cooperating companies listed in Annex II9,2 %TürkiyeAll other companies20,9 %C999

3 Anti-dumping duties are not applicable to the Indian exporting producer the Lavish Group, consisting of Lavish Granito Pvt Ltd., Lavish Ceramics Pvt Ltd., Lakme Vitrified Pvt Ltd. and Liva Ceramics Pvt Ltd. (TARIC additional code C903), and are not applicable to the Turkish exporting producer Vitra Karo Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (TARIC additional code C902).

4 The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2, as well as the non-application of any anti-dumping duty rate for the companies mentioned in paragraph 3, shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the [volume] of [product concerned] sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by [company name and address] (TARIC additional code) in [country concerned]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.

5 Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from India or Türkiye and make them subject to the appropriate weighted average anti-dumping duty rate for cooperating companies not included in the sample. A new exporting producer shall provide evidence that: (a) it did not export the goods described in Article 1(1) originating in India or Türkiye during the period of investigation (1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021); (b) it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation, and which could have cooperated in the original investigation; and (c) it has either actually exported the product concerned or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of investigation.

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