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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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

( 2 ) Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ C 316, 24.9.2020, p. 10 ).

( 3 ) Notice of initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ C 442, 21.12.2020, p. 18 ).

( 4 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/548 of 29 March 2021 making imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration ( OJ L 109, 30.3.2021, p. 71 ).

( 5 ) See in this respect, WTO Panel Report, Mexico – Anti-Dumping Investigation of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) from the United States (WT/DS132/R), 28 January 2000, para. 7.73.

( 6 ) Judgement of 15 December 2016, Gul Ahmed Textile Mills v Council , T-199/04 RENV, EU:T:2016:740, paras. 92-93.

( 7 ) Judgment of 11 July 2017, Viraj Profiles v Council , T-67/14, EU:T:2017:481, para. 98.

( 8 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1693 of 9 October 2019 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of steel road wheels originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 259, 10.10.2019, p. 15 ).

( 9 ) https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2479

( 10 ) Notice on the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations (2020/C 86/06) ( OJ C 86, 16.3.2020 p. 6 ).

( 11 ) 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.

( 12 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 6-7.

( 13 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 10.

( 14 ) http://www.gov.cn/guoqing/2018-03/22/content_5276318.htm (last viewed on 17 June 2021).

( 15 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 20-21.

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

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

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

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

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

( 21 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 15-16, Report – Chapter 4, p. 50, p. 84, Report – Chapter 5, p. 108-109.

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

( 23 ) Report – Chapter 5, p. 104-9.

( 24 ) ‘FTT’ hereafter refers to FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co. ‘FTT group’ is defined in recital (42).

( 25 ) See the company’s Annual Report for 2019, p. 42. https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H2_AN202004291379049397_1.pdf, (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 26 ) 23,73 % is held by China Huaxin Post and Telecommunications and 15,82 % by Yangtze Communication Industry Group (YCIG) - both companies being controlled by SASAC (see YCIG’s 2019 Annual Report, p. 64. http://www.sse.com.cn/disclosure/listedinfo/announcement/c/2020-04-30/600345_20200430_2.pdf (last viewed on 7 April 2021)).

( 27 ) ‘ZTT’ hereafter refers to Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co. ‘ZTT group’ is defined in recital (42).

( 28 ) See http://en.tayho.com.cn/about/companyprofile.htm (accessed on 26 March 2021) and https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170925005664/en/Global-and-China-Aramid-Fiber-Industry-Report-2017-2021---Research-and-Markets

( 29 ) See: https://video.ceultimate.com/100009_2012105017/Wanhua_Annual_Report_of_2018.pdf, page 190 and note 1 at page 191 (last viewed on 26 March 2021).

( 30 ) See: https://www.fitchratings.com/research/international-public-finance/yantai-guofeng-investment-holdings-group-co-ltd-23-12-2020

( 31 ) See: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-and-china-aramid-fiber-markets-2021-300532604.html

( 32 ) See: http://www.sinopec.com/listco/en/about_sinopec/our_company/company.shtml (last viewed on 26 March 2021).

( 33 ) See: http://www.sinochemintl.com/13873.html and http://www.sinochem.com/en/1250.html (last viewed on 26 March 2021).

( 34 ) Data for 2015 on the basis of the China Statistical Yearbook 2016, National Bureau of Statistics of China.

( 35 ) See: https://www.radiantinsights.com/research/high-density-polyethylene-hdpe-market-in-china

( 36 ) Report – Chapter 14, p. 358: 51 % private and 49 % SOEs in terms of production and 44 % SOEs and 56 % private companies in terms of capacity.

( 37 ) Source: www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-02/04/content_5039353.htm (last viewed on 12 April 2021), https://policycn.com/policy_ticker/higher-expectations-for-large-scale-steelenterprise/?iframe=1&secret=c8uthafuthefra4e (last viewed on 2 March 2020), and www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/23/c_138001574.htm (last viewed on 12 April 2021).

( 38 ) Available at http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/23/c_138001574.htm (last viewed on 12 April 2021) and http://www.jjckb.cn/2019-04/23/c_137999653.htm (last viewed on 12 April 2021).

( 39 ) As was the case of the merger between the private company Rizhao and the SOE Shandong Iron and Steel in 2009 (See: https://www.steelonthenet.com/kb/history-rizhao.html (last viewed on 12 April 2021)), and the acquired majority stake of China Baowu Steel Group in Magang Steel in June 2019, see https://www.ft.com/content/a7c93fae-85bc-11e9-a028-86cea8523dc2 (last viewed on 2 March 2020).

( 40 ) See China’s Baosteel’s takeover of Wuhan to create world’s No 2 steelmaker Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chinabaosteel-mergers-idUSKCN11Q0U3 (last viewed on 12 April 2021).

( 41 ) Report – Chapter 5, p. 100-101.

( 42 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 26.

( 43 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 31-32.

( 44 ) Available at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies-idUSKCN1B40JU (last viewed on 27 October 2020).

( 45 ) Available at www.gov.cn/zhengce/2020-09/15/content_5543685.htm (last viewed on 10 March 2021)

( 46 ) Financial Times (2020) “Chinese Communist Party asserts greater control over private enterprise”, available at: https://on.ft.com/3mYxP4j

( 47 ) See the company’s website: https://www.cict.com/portal/list/index/cid/8.html#about_1 (last viewed on 31 March 2021).

( 48 ) See http://www.wehdz.gov.cn/ggdj/djdt/202001/t20200116_875063.shtml (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 49 ) https://asiatimes.com/tag/donghu-high-tech-zone/

( 50 ) http://www.fiberhome.com/en/about/61.aspx

( 51 ) See article Revisiting the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech during his visit to Hubei – Employees of the Optics Valley Construction visited Fiberhome Technology Group . Wuhan Optics Valley Construction company website. 17 May 2018. http://ggjstz.cn/lzjs/6372.jhtml (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 52 ) https://www.zttcable.com/leadership.html

( 53 ) See article on ZTT’s website of 31 October 2018: https://www.chinaztt.cn/news/show-48021.html (last viewed on 31 March 2021).

( 54 ) See article on ZTT’s website of 2 July 2019: https://www.chinaztt.cn/news/show-48431.html

( 55 ) See article Advanced Grassroot Party organization in Jiangsu Province: Party Committee of Hengtong Group Co., Ltd . Jiangsu Province CCP website. 3 July 2019. http://www.jszzb.gov.cn/zzjs/info_15.aspx?itemid=27375 (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 56 ) See article on the company’s website, published on 28 June 2018: https://www.yofc.com/view/580.html (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 57 ) See article on the company’s website, published on 29 June 2019 https://www.yofc.com/view/2480.html

( 58 ) https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%96%9B%E6%B5%8E%E8%90%8D (last viewed on 22 January 2021).

( 59 ) https://stock.qianzhan.com/item/geren-43059620fb44.html (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 60 ) http://www.fiberhome.com/invest/default.aspx#glc (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 61 ) http://zmfdz.news.cn/345/index.html (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 62 ) https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%A9%AC%E6%9D%B0/53398702 (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 63 ) Report – Chapters 14.1 to 14.3.

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

( 65 ) See the Guiding Catalogue of key products and services in strategic emerging industries. http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-09/22/5324533/files/dcf470fe4eac413cabb686a51d080eec.pdf and the Made in China 2025 Catalogue of “Four Essentials”. http://www.cm2025.org/show-14-126-1.html and http://www.cm2025.org/uploadfile/2016/1122/20161122053929266.pdf

( 66 ) Report – Chapter 2, p. 17.

( 67 ) See notably Chapter 25 - sections 1 and 4; Chapter 26; and internet penetration targets in Chapter 3 - box 2 of the FYP. https://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease_8232/201612/P020191101481868235378.pdf

( 68 ) In its section 2.1, the 13 th FYP for SEI instructs notably to: ‘ 1) Build the infrastructure of a strong network country. Deeply promote the "Broadband China" strategy. […] Vigorously promote the construction of high-speed optical fiber networks. Develop pilot projects for the large-scale application of new smart network technologies, and promote the upgrade of the national backbone networks towards high-speed transmission, flexible adjustment and smart adaptation. Fully realize the leap to all-optical networks, accelerate the promotion of optical network coverage in urban areas, provide access services of more than 1000 megabits per second (1000Mbps), and realize flexible choices of bandwidths of more than 100Mbps for household users in large and medium-sized cities; multi-party collaboration shall foster the improvement of rural fiber optic broadband coverage. More than 98% of the administrative villages shall have access to optical fiber, eligible areas shall provide access to services of more than 100Mbps, and more than half of rural household users shall have a flexible choice of bandwidths of more than 50Mbps. Promote the development of triple play infrastructure. ’ http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-12/19/content_5150090.htm (last viewed on 6 April 2021).

( 69 ) See notably Section 3.2: ‘ Strengthen the construction of Internet infrastructure. Strengthen the planning and layout of industrial Internet infrastructure construction, and build an industrial Internet with low latency, high reliability and wide coverage. Accelerate the deployment and construction of optical fiber networks, mobile communication networks and wireless local area networks in manufacturing clusters, implement broadband upgrades of information networks, and improve enterprise broadband access capacities .’ http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2015-05/19/content_9784.htm

( 70 ) Report – Chapter 4, p. 56 and the following official information of 4 July 2015: http://english.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2015/07/04/content_281475140165588.htm

( 71 ) See: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2013-08/17/content_2468348.htm (last viewed on 30 March 2021).

( 72 ) http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2015-05/20/content_9789.htm (last viewed on 29 March 2021).

( 73 ) See: http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-01/12/content_5159124.htm and http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-01/12/5159124/files/05242d361d164de587440d7e849f992e.pdf (last viewed on 30 March 2021). Notably the Action Plan instructs in Section 2: ‘ 1) Accelerate the improvement of a new generation of high-speed optical fibre network. […] Support in priority the expansion of the effective coverage of fibre optic broadband networks in rural areas. Goal: By 2018, 90 000 kilometres of trunk optical cables will be added, 200 million fibre-to-home ports will be added, and optical network coverage will be achieved in urban areas, providing access service capacities exceeding 1 000 megabits per second, as well as a flexible choice exceeding 100 megabits per second to home broadband users in large and medium cities; the proportion of optical fibre in administrative villages shall increase from 75% to 90%.’ ; in Section 4: ‘ Strengthen financial support. […] Use central budget investments to continue to support the construction of information infrastructure in rural areas, accelerate the implementation of a pilot program for universal telecommunications service compensation mechanisms focusing on broadband networks, and promote the realization of the rural network related goals set out in the "13th Five-Year Plan" as soon as possible. Strengthen financial support for key projects. […] ’.

( 74 ) Report – Chapter 4, p. 47.

( 75 ) Report – Chapter 4, p. 67.

( 76 ) See In-depth report on optical fibre and cable industry. Analysis of demand for optical fiber and cable in 2019 . Communication World website. 9 April 2018. http://www.cww.net.cn/article?id=429906 (last viewed on 30 March 2021). See in particular the excerpts: ‘ Historically, all sorts of favourable policies such as the "Broadband China" strategy have been the direct driving force of the development of China's optical communications. Driven by the "Broadband China" and "Internet+" strategies, as well as “raise speed and reduce fees” and other policies, China's optical fibre network construction has made considerable progress, and the FTTH penetration rate has increased to exceed 80%. Looking to the future, this kind of policy promotion is expected to continue in the long term. […] In 2017, the state successively issued four new policies to promote the development of the information industry, big data industry, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things, which will all eventually reach the basic optical communications industry. […] The industries concerned by the above four policies are the basis for the development of optical communication networks: promoting the development of these industries effectively provides a good policy and development environment for China's optical communication industry. On the supply side, the policy of protecting the optical communication industry is expected to continue. Since 2015, the anti-dumping policy on optical communication has effectively protected the development of the domestic fiber optic cable industry. As regards the important position of the optical communication industry, in the context of intensifying global trade conflicts, the relevant protection policies are expected to continue. The Ministry of Commerce has applied three anti-dumping measures against imported fiber optic cables in 2017 and will continue to maintain a good supply pattern in the fiber optic cable market. […] Thanks to the downstream industrial policy support on the one hand and the supply-side anti-dumping measures on the other hand, the advantages for China's optical fiber and optical cable industry policy will continue even get stronger. ’

( 77 ) See article China’s government guidance funds explore the way to support SME’s transformation and upgrade . Xinye Capital website. 14 June 2019. http://www.sinye.club/a/changjingsheying/2019/0614/247.html (last viewed on 6 April 2021).

( 78 ) See article about the Zhiguang Communication company on the official Shandong Dazhong website of 7 August 2019: https://sd.dzwww.com/sdnews/201908/t20190807_19032401.htm (last viewed on 7 April 2021).

( 79 ) See the following articles: Tongding Internet subsidiary introduced a RMB 500 million external investment to strengthen the competitiveness of light rods. SINA website. 29 April 2020. https://tech.sina.com.cn/roll/2020-04-29/doc-iircuyvi0538406.shtml (last viewed on 6 April 2021), and Listing and Development Guiding Fund set up by Suzhou Municipality (limited partnership) and related capital participate in the establishment of a specific fund not exceeding RMB 1 billion . Chipingnews. 3 February 2020. http://www.chipingnews.com.cn/system/2020/0203/content_945.html (last viewed on 9 April 2021). See excerpt in the latter: ‘[the fund] shall ease the pressure weighing on operation and business of the controlling shareholder Tongding Group and support the sustainable development of Tongding Interconnection Information; […] The objective of Suzhou Wujiang Distrcit supporting the specific fund for private enterprise development is to reduce pledge ratio of key shareholders holding listed enterprises located in the Suzhou Wujiang district and benefit to the enterprises’ sustainable development. ’

( 80 ) See article Wuhan East Lake: a National High Tech Zone mixing investment and tax benefit policies . Pedata website. 27 February 2013. https://free.pedata.cn/755314.html (last viewed on 6 April 2021). See excerpt: ‘ Ten companies have been listed on the "New Third Board" and received the corresponding government subsidies; […] As regards attracting equity investment institutions to settle in the park or to invest in enterprises located in the park, the relevant departments of Hubei Province, Wuhan Municipality, and the East Lake High-tech Zone have respectively established venture capital guidance funds. Compared with high-tech zones in coastal areas, although the equity investment industry in the inland East Lake High-tech Zone started later, its attractiveness for VC/PE institutions is relatively significant due to its low business registration barrier, strong incentive policy support, and large number of government guidance funds .’

( 81 ) https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H2_AN202004291379049397_1.pdf (last viewed on 7 April 2021), p. 133, 138-139.

( 82 ) https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H2_AN202004291379029468_1.pdf (last viewed on 7 April 2021), p. 205, 215.

( 83 ) http://download.hexun.com/ftp/all_stockdata_2009/all/120/769/1207690337.pdf (last viewed on 7 April 2021), p. 238, 249.

( 84 ) See section 3.3.1 of the Catalogue.

http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-09/22/5324533/files/dcf470fe4eac413cabb686a51d080eec.pdf.

( 85 ) See section 2.3 of the Plan: ‘ High-performance fibre: Accelerate the development of ultra-high-strength film, acid-resistant, alkali-resistant, and corrosion-resistant high-performance fibres, focus on promoting the series production of high-performance fibre product varieties such as carbon fiber, continuous basalt fiber, and aramid, and vigorously develop polyphenylene sulphide fibre and polyimide fibre and PTFE fibre and other products to further improve the performance index of the fibre ’. https://weixin.87188718.com/FourFlat/PeiXun.aspx?id=194161 (last viewed on 6 April 2021).

( 86 ) Report – Chapter 12, p. 294.

( 87 ) See the Notice of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province on Issuing ‘The Zhejiang Province’s Action Plan for Comprehensive Transformation and Upgrade of Traditional Manufacturing Industries (2017-2020)’. http://jxt.zj.gov.cn/art/2017/6/4/art_1657971_35695741.html (last viewed on 6 April 2021).

( 88 ) Report – Chapter 16, p. 419-420.

( 89 ) Report – Chapter 8, p. 177.

( 90 ) Report – Chapter 16, p. 406-424.

( 91 ) Report – Chapter 12, p. 283, 285.

( 92 ) Report – Chapter 10, p. 221-230.

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

( 94 ) Report – Chapter 9, p. 216.

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

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

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

( 98 ) Report – Chapter 13, p. 336.

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

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

( 101 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 119.

( 102 ) Report – Chapter 6, p. 120.

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

( 104 ) See official policy document of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) of 28 August 2020: Three-year action plan for improving corporate governance of the banking and insurance sectors (2020-2022 ). http://www.cbirc.gov.cn/cn/view/pages/ItemDetail.html?docId=925393&itemId=928 (last viewed on 3 April 2021). The Plan instructs to ‘ further implement the spirit embodied in General Secretary Xi Jinping’s keynote speech on advancing the reform of corporate governance of the financial sector ’. Moreover, the Plan’s section II aims at promoting the organic integration of the Party’s leadership into corporate governance: ‘w e shall make the integration of the Party’s leadership into corporate governance more systematic, standardised and procedure-based […] Major operational and management issues must have been discussed by the Party Committee before being decided upon by the Board of Directors or the senior management. ’

( 105 ) See CBIRC’s Notice on the Commercial banks performance evaluation method, issued on 15 December 2020. http://jrs.mof.gov.cn/gongzuotongzhi/202101/t20210104_3638904.htm (last viewed on 12 April 2021).

( 106 ) 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 Yu, and Longmei Zhang, October 2016, WP/16/203.

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

( 108 ) See OECD (2019), OECD Economic Surveys: China 2019, OECD Publishing, Paris. p. 29.

https://doi.org/10.1787/eco_surveys-chn-2019-en

( 109 ) See: http://www.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2020-04/20/c_1125877816.htm (last viewed on 12 April 2021).

( 110 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 of 1 April 2020 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt ( OJ L 108, 6.4.2020, p. 1 ).

( 111 ) Report – Chapter 5, p. 90-92.

( 112 ) See also Report – Chapter 5, p. 100-103.

( 113 ) Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2020) 242 final, 22.10.2020, available at https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2020/october/tradoc_158997.pdf

( 114 ) See Report – Chapter 4.

( 115 ) World Bank Open Data – Upper Middle Income, https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/upper-middle-income

( 116 ) https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/sites/near/files/turkey_report_2020.pdf

( 117 ) See, for example, judgment of 17 December 2008, HEG and Graphite India v Council , T-462/04, EU:T:2008:586, para. 68 and the case-law cited.

( 118 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1267 of 26 July 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten electrodes originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review under Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 ( OJ L 200, 29.7.2019, p. 4 ).

( 119 ) https://www.gtis.com/gta/

( 120 ) 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 ).

( 121 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 368/98 of 16 February 1998 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed ( OJ L 47, 18.2.1998, p. 1 ), recital (15).

( 122 ) Judgment of 22 October 1991, Nölle v Hauptzollamt Bremen-Freihafen , C-16/90, EU:C:1991:402, para. 27.

( 123 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/607 of 14 April 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of citric acid originating in the People’s Republic of China as extended to imports of citric acid consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 129, 15.4.2021, p. 73 ).

( 124 ) https://your.fitch.group/rs/732-CKH-767/images/Fitch_10069753.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpSa1pXWTROREJpWkRVMCIsInQiOiJ1NnhzNGptTmpwaUQrcUNiM2ZERDAycU1UV3dwcEQzaG5ORGNIUVFHTlBLZTduYXhPS1BhaHNaQVdQUzVUTmFkRzRBQk9PQ2pkSFR3V1c0Y24wMEZPdz09In0%3D

( 125 ) https://ar.prysmiangroup.com/en

( 126 ) Guide ‘How to make an anti-dumping complaint’, p. 17.

( 127 ) C-16/90, Nölle v Hauptzollamt Bremen-Freihafen , para. 20.

( 128 ) The legal disclaimer of the Guide reads as follows: “This Guide is not a legally binding document. Its contents are not compulsory. The information provided by complainants may vary depending on the specific circumstances of the case. This Guide is meant only to provide general advice. There may be circumstances where another approach may be reasonable due to the particular nature of the case. It also follows that no conclusions can be drawn from this Guide on what constitutes standards of acceptability in anti-dumping complaints. Equally, using this Guide does not imply the automatic acceptance of the complaint: Each case is analysed on its own merits.”

( 129 ) https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_112295.pdf

( 130 ) Judgment of 22 March 2012, GLS , C-338/10, EU:C:2012:158, para. 34.

( 131 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 368/98 of 16 February 1998 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed ( OJ L 47, 18.2.1998, p. 1 ), recital (15).

( 132 ) Article 2(7) of 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, 30.06.2016, p. 21 ) was replaced by the current text of Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation pursuant to Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2321 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union of 12 December 2017.

( 133 ) https://www.prysmiangroup.com/sites/default/files/business_markets/markets/downloads/datasheets/OPGW-TUBAL_1.pdf

( 134 ) https://www.doingbusiness.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/country/a/argentina/ARG.pdf (page 44); https://www.argentina.gob.ar/trabajo/casasparticulares/empleador/remuneracionesyrecibos/aguinaldo; https://www.mondaq.com/argentina/employee-rights-labour-relations/536000/labor-costs-in-argentina

( 135 ) https://www.indec.gob.ar/indec/web/Nivel4-Tema-4-31-61

( 136 ) https://www.argentina.gob.ar/enre/cuadros_tarifarios

( 137 ) https://globalfinancials.com/index-admin.html

( 138 ) Judgment of 25 June 2015, PT Musim Mas v Council , T-26/12, EU:T:2015:437, para. 53.

( 139 ) Judgment of 26 October 2016, PT Musim Mas v Council , C-468/15 P, EU: C:2016:803, para. 46.

( 140 ) CRU Cable market outlook (August 2020), complemented by complainants’ market intelligence.

( 141 ) These indicators were based on direct data collected by the complainant on the 8 complaining or supporting Union producers (excluding one company for the reasons explained at recital (409)), representing almost 80% of the Union production in the IP, plus an estimate for the remaining Union producers based on market research and intelligence.

( 142 ) CRU cables market outlook report, August 2020, page 29, and CRU Worldwide Cable Market Summary by Application and Region, February 2021.

( 143 ) Estimations based on public sources (CRU article of 10 January 2020 “Further instability on the horizon as tumultuous year ends” and slides from CRU Wire Cable Conference, June 2019), elaborated on by the complainants (Complaint, footnote 36).

( 144 ) Judgment of 5 April 2017, Changshu City Standard Parts Factory and Ningbo Jinding Fastener v. Council , C-376/15 P and C-377/15 P, EU:C:2017:269, paras. 58-60.

( 145 ) OJ L 362, 30.12.1988, p. 59 , recital 7.

( 146 ) Judgment of 17 December 1997, EFMA v Council , T-121/95, EU:T:1997:198, paras. 105 et seq.

( 147 ) These are representative, covering 36 % of EU industry sales in the IP.

( 148 ) OJ L 87, 21.3.1998, p. 24 .

( 149 ) See also judgment of 22 September 2021, T-753/16, PAO Severstal , ECLI:EU:T:2021:612, paras. 260 – 273.

( 150 ) In her 2020 State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated: “The investment boost through NextGenerationEU is a unique chance to drive expansion to every village. This is why we want to focus our investments on secure connectivity, on the expansion of 5G, 6G and fibre. NextGenerationEU is also a unique opportunity to develop a more coherent European approach to connectivity and digital infrastructure deployment.” https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_20_1655

( 151 ) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic And Social Committee and the Committee of The Regions: 2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade, Brussels, 9.3.2021 COM(2021) 118 final.

( 152 ) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate G, Rue de la Loi 170, 1049 Brussels, Belgium.

( 153 ) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 ( OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1 ).

( 154 ) Annex I ‘Combined Nomenclature’ to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2011 of 17 November 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China ANNEX