Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2718 of 24 October 2024 making imports of decor paper originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration

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 decor paper, currently classified under CN codes ex48025400, ex480255, ex48059100 and ex48116000 (TARIC codes 4802540010, 4802551510, 4802552510, 4802553010, 4802559010, 4805910010, and 4811600010), with the folllowing characteristics: weighing 30-150 g/m2; having an ash content between 5 % and 50 %; having a Klemm absorbency of at least 12 millimetres per 10 minutes or a resin pick-up of 20 % to 200 %; having a wet tensile strength of 6 to 12 Newton (N) per 15 millimetres; having a Gurley porosity of 3 to 80 seconds per 100 millilitres; having a smoothness of 20 to 300 according to the Bekk method; in reels with a width up to 300 centimetres; whether or not pre-impregnated with a combination of latices or natural binders (like starch); excluding wallpaper and similar wallcoverings; excluding papers saturated with water-based melamine, urea, phenol or any thermosetting, thermoplastic resin solutions, and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2 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.