Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1717 of 5 August 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of decor paper originating in the People’s Republic of China

1 A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of decor paper, currently falling under CN codes ex48025400, ex480255, ex48059100 and ex48116000 (TARIC codes 4802540010, 4802551510, 4802552510, 4802553010, 4802559010, 4805910010, and 4811600010), with the following 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 The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows: CompanyDefinitive anti-dumping dutyTARIC additional codeHangzhou Huawang New Material Technology Co., Ltd26,4%89LJKingdecor (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.26,9%89LKOther cooperating companies listed in Annex I26,6%All other imports originating in the PRC26,9%8999

3 The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 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 name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume in unit we are using) 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.’ Until such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other imports originating in People’s Republic of China shall apply.

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

The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/291 shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released.

Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from the People’s Republic of China 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) during the period of investigation (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024); (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.