Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/531 of 24 March 2025 making imports of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders 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 high-pressure seamless cylinders for compressed or liquefied gas, of steel, of all diameters and volume capacities, whether or not threaded, regardless of internal coating or plating, regardless of external finishing and shape, whether or not with a gas bladder inserted, regardless of the cylinders’ fitting with a valve, neck ring, foot ring or piping, whether or not fastened together to form a bundle, currently classified under CN codes ex73110011, ex73110013, ex73110019, ex73110030 and ex84241000 (TARIC codes 7311001115, 7311001180, 7311001315, 7311001380, 7311001915, 7311001980, 7311003015, 7311003080, 8424100011 and 8424100021) and originating in the People’s Republic of China. Non-refillable cylinders of capacities up to and including 120 ml, covered by European standard EN 16509:2014 and/or UN-number 2037 assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, are excluded from the product scope.

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.