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

Article 1 shall apply for a period of six months.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21 .

( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1215 of 21 August 2020 making imports of aluminium extrusions originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration ( OJ L 275, 24.8.2020, p. 16 ).

( 3 ) OJ C 51, 14.2.2020, p. 26 .

( 4 ) The respective questionnaires, as well as the users’ questionnaire, were available online on the day of initiation at https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2449

( 5 ) ‘Questionnaire on the existence of significant distortions within the meaning of Article 2(6a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 for the Government of the People’s Republic of China’ and ‘Questionnaire on the existence of raw material distortions within the meaning of Article 7(2a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 for the Government of the People’s Republic of China’.

( 6 ) Commission Staff Working Document on Significant Distortions in the Economy of the People’s Republic of China for the purposes of Trade Defence Investigations, 20 December 2017, SWD(2017) 483 final/2 (hereafter ‘Report’).

( 7 ) OECD (2019), ‘Measuring distortions in international markets: the aluminium value chain’, OECD Trade Policy Papers, No. 218, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/c82911ab-en (last accessed on 3.9.2020)

( 8 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/915 of 4 June 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil in rolls originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review under Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 146, 5.6.2019, p. 63 ).

( 9 ) See https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies-idUSKCN1B40JU, accessed on 11 July 2019.

( 10 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 6-7.

( 11 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 10.

( 12 ) Available at http://www.fdi.gov.cn/1800000121_39_4866_0_7.html (last viewed 8 September 2020).

( 13 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 20-21.

( 14 ) Report – Chapter 3, p. 41, 73-74.

( 15 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 120-121.

( 16 ) Report – Chapter 6. p. 122 -135.

( 17 ) Report – Chapter 7, p. 167-168.

( 18 ) Report – Chapter 8, p. 169-170, 200-201.

( 19 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 15-16, Report – Chapter 4, p. 50, p. 84, Report – Chapter 5, p. 108-9.

( 20 ) Report – Chapter 3, p. 22-24 and Chapter 5, p. 97-108.

( 21 ) Report – Chapter 5, p. 104-9.

( 22 ) OECD Study, p. 29.

( 23 ) Australian Anti-Dumping Commission, Aluminium Extrusions from China , REP 248, p. 79 (13 July 2015).

( 24 ) Taube, M. (2017). Analysis of Market Distortions in the Chinese Non-Ferrous Metals Industry , Think!Desk, 24 April 2017, p. 51.

( 25 ) See for example a report concerning Shandong provincial government’s failure to curb aluminium capacity expansion: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI2OTUyMzA0Nw==&mid=2247494318&idx=1&sn=9690ca50845c19f38eafff659516817a&chksm=eaddaba6ddaa22b071a5e2588aa787ed6f6a1a964ccae55c4d85c6f7ccbfcb5cedd3cdceac9d&scene=0&pass_ticket=JFplYZoDqNTFmOPYUGJbMwF0XlC1N3hAJ3EYPpsKx6rkt4fSeZ4TwIvB5BffX4du#rd (accessed on 7 September 2020).

( 26 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 387-388.

( 27 ) Lin Yaming Gong Chunhui, Malaysian well known Chinese businessman Tan Sri Guang Baoqiang: our investment in Guangdong is correct , Nanfang Daily (Nanfang+ service), 1 February 2019, https://static.nfapp.southcn.com/content/201902/01/c1898086.html (accessed 20 July 2020).

( 28 ) Initial Public Offering prospectus of Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co. Ltd, p. 1.1.45 and 46

http://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H2_AN201904121318887721_1.pdf (accessed on 11 July 2020).

( 29 ) Report – Chapter 5, p. 100-1.

( 30 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 26

( 31 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 31-2.

( 32 ) Available at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies-idUSKCN1B40JU (last viewed 9 September 2020).

( 33 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/915.

( 34 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 388.

( 35 ) http://www.chalco.com.cn/chalcoen/rootfiles/2018/04/19/1524095189602052-1524095189604257.pdf (accessed on 8 March 2019).

( 36 ) Xinfa Group website (Company Introduction) http://www.xinfagroup.com.cn/AboutXinfa/GongSiJianJie.aspx (accessed on 17 July 2020).

( 37 ) https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BC%A0%E5%AD%A6%E4%BF%A1/19405?fr=aladdin (accessed on 17 July 2020).

( 38 ) Company’s website: http://en.hongqiaochina.com/details/108.html (accessed on 17 July 2020).

( 39 ) Company’s website: http://en.hongqiaochina.com/details/111.html (accessed on 17 July 2020)

( 40 ) Xie Qian, Huang Jin, Liaoning Zhongwang Group: Party building leads development , People.com.cn (CPCnews.cn), 4 January 2019, http://dangjian.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0104/c117092-30503923.html

( 41 ) Report – Chapters 14.1 to 14.3.

( 42 ) Report – Chapter 4, p. 41-42, 83.

( 43 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/915.

( 44 ) The 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China (2016-2020), http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease/201612/P020161207645765233498.pdf

( 45 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 377.

( 46 ) The Report – Chapter 12, p. 275-282 and Chapter 15, p. 378-382.

( 47 ) The Report – Chapter 12, p. 275-282

( 48 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 378-382, 390.

( 49 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 384-385.

( 50 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 382-383.

( 51 ) See http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-06/16/content_5082726.htm (accessed on 20 July 2020).

( 52 ) Ibid, Section 3.

( 53 ) Ibid, Section 4

( 54 ) See: http://gxt.shandong.gov.cn/art/2018/11/6/art_15681_3450015.html (accessed on 20 July 2020), Section 13

( 55 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 386.

( 56 ) See http://miit.gov.cn/n1146285/n1146352/n3054355/n3057569/n3057572/c6566256/content.html (accessed on 20 July 2020).

( 57 ) Ibid, Section I.

( 58 ) Ibid, Section II.

( 59 ) Ibid, Section VII.

( 60 ) See: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-06/16/content_5082726.htm, Section 10.

( 61 ) See: https://finance.sina.com.cn/money/future/indu/2019-11-26/doc-iihnzahi3508583.shtml (accessed on 20 July 2020).

( 62 ) See: http://gxt.shandong.gov.cn/art/2018/11/6/art_15681_3450015.html, section 6.

( 63 ) See http://www.chinania.org.cn/html/introduce/xiehuizhangcheng/ (accessed on 21 July 2020).

( 64 ) See: http://www.cnfa.net.cn/about/1546.aspx (accessed on 21 July 2020).

( 65 ) The Report – Chapter 15, pp. 377-387.

( 66 ) The Report – Chapter 15, p. 378 and 389; OECD Study, p. 25-26.

( 67 ) The Report – Chapter 15, pp. 390-391. Provision of discounted electricity is reported also by other sources. See for example: Economic Information Daily: Worrying over growth downturns, western region releasing preferential policies to support high energy consumption industries http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/2012-07/24/content_389459.htm (accessed on 4 September 2020), reporting on how western Chinese provinces like Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai and Gansu have continued to provide cheap electricity to attract more investments.

( 68 ) The Report – Chapter 15, pp. 392-393.

( 69 ) The Report – Chapter 15, pp. 393-394.

( 70 ) The Report – Chapter 15, pp. 395-396.

( 71 ) Ibid, p. 16, p. 30. However, the Chinese authorities interfere with respect to other inputs, too. A typical example is coal where the government retains the power to subdue coal price rises. See: https://policycn.com/policy_ticker/coal-price-unlikely-to-jump-during-heating-season/?iframe=1&secret=c8uthafuthefra4e (accessed on 4 September 2020).

( 72 ) Ibid. p. 16-18.

( 73 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 138-149.

( 74 ) Report – Chapter 9, p. 216.

( 75 ) Report – Chapter 9, p. 213-215.

( 76 ) Report – Chapter 9, p. 209-211.

( 77 ) Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Determination: Countervailing Duty Investigation of certain Aluminium Foil from The People’s Republic of China, published by the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, on 7 August 2017, IX.E. p. 30, available at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/summary/prc/2017-17113-1.pdf (last accessed on 11 March 2019).

( 78 ) Report – Chapter 13, p. 332-337.

( 79 ) Report – Chapter 13, p. 336.

( 80 ) Report – Chapter 13, p. 337-341.

( 81 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 114-117.

( 82 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 119.

( 83 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 120.

( 84 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 121-122, 126-128, 133-135.

( 85 ) See IMF Working Paper ‘Resolving China's Corporate Debt Problem’, by Wojciech Maliszewski, Serkan Arslanalp, John Caparusso, José Garrido, Si Guo, Joong Shik Kang, W. Raphael Lam, T. Daniel Law, Wei Liao, Nadia Rendak, Philippe Wingender, Jiangyan, October 2016, WP/16/203.

( 86 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 121-122, 126-128, 133-135.

( 87 ) OECD Study, p. 21.

( 88 ) ‘ Second note on the sources for the determination of the normal value ’ of 25 June 2020, save number t20.004361.

( 89 ) Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries ( OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 33 ). Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation considers that domestic prices in those countries cannot be used for the purpose of determining normal value and, in any event, such import data was negligible.

( 90 ) The category ‘basic metals’ includes aluminium under code C24.4.2.

( 91 ) The NACE codes can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/index/nace_all.html

( 92 ) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States.

( 93 ) The labour costs are available at http://www.turkstat.gov.tr/PreIstatistikTablo.do?istab_id=2088

( 94 ) www.turkstat.gov.tr

( 95 ) The press release publishing electricity and gas prices in Turkey for December 2019 can be found at: http://www.turkstat.gov.tr/PreHaberBultenleri.do?id=33646

( 96 ) https://stats.oecd.org/BrandedView.aspx?oecd_bv_id=eneprice-data-en&doi=data-00442-en#

( 97 ) Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2220 of 19 December 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products ( OJ L 333, 27.12.2019, p. 33 ).

( 98 ) Source : ACEA – Automobile Industry Pocket Guide 2020/2021.

( 99 ) Source : Eurostat.

( 100 ) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate H, Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

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