Answer given by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis on behalf of the European Commission
20.1.2022
The Commission has met the mandatory procedural deadlines established by the basic anti-dumping Regulation[1] (the basic Regulation) and imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on steel wind towers from China by means of Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 of 15 December 2021[2].
This regulation includes a comprehensive analysis, explaining why it is in the Union’s interest to impose the measures. This analysis takes into account employment data to the extent these were made available by interested parties.
The level of duties is in accordance with the applicable rules under the basic Regulation. Those rules ensure that the measures are sufficient to remove the injury suffered by the Union industry. The objective of measures is to re-establish a level playing field, in which all players can compete under fair conditions.
- [1] Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union, OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.
- [2] Regulation(EU) 2021/2239 of 15 December 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain utility scale steel wind towers originating in the People’s Republic of China, OJ L 450, 15.12.2021, p. 59.