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, 11 July 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj .

( 2 ) Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of optical fibre cables originating in India ( OJ C, C/2023/891, 16.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/891/oj ).

( 3 ) Data in the Surveillance database recorded in kg were converted in cable-km in line with the explanations set out in recital (96).

( 4 ) https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5dd1dca7-b5b0-11ee-b164-01aa75ed71a1 .

( 5 ) 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 ( OJ L 410, 18.11.2021, p. 51 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/2011/oj ).

( 6 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1617 of 8 August 2023 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 199, 9.8.2023, p. 34 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1617/oj ).

( 7 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011, recital (617).

( 8 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1617.

( 9 ) Commission Implementing Regulation 2022/72 of 18 January 2022 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 12, 19.1.2022, p. 34 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/72/oj ).

( 10 ) https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2692 .

( 11 ) Reproduced in Annex to the non-confidential version of HFCL’s submission of 2 January 2024 and in Annex 2 to the non-confidential version of Birla’s submission of 2 January 2024.

( 12 ) OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1 .

( 13 ) Recitals (28) and (367) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011.

( 14 ) See Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011, recital (402).

( 15 ) These indicators were based on direct data collected by the complainant on the 8 complaining or supporting Union producers, representing more than 50 % of the Union production in the IP, plus an estimate for the remaining Union producers based on market research and intelligence.

( 16 ) Judgment in Case T-865/19, AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot e.a. v Commission, EU:T:2022:559, paragraphs 238-239, upheld in Case C-725/22 P, AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot e.a. v Commission, EU:C:2024:217.

( 17 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1617.

( 18 ) See open questionnaire reply of Corning and Acome.

( 19 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1617.

( 20 ) Summary of Commission Decision of 2 April 2014 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 53 of the EEA ( OJ C 319, 17.9.2014, p. 10 ), Agreement (Case AT.39610 — Power Cables) (notified under document C(2014) 2139 final).

( 21 ) ‘Cade applies BRL 20,9 million in fines for international cartel of underground and submarine cables’ (1 November 2022), available at https://www.gov.br/cade/en/matters/news/cade-applies-brl-20-9-million-in-fines-for-international-cartel-of-underground-and-submarine-cables .

( 22 ) Comision Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, Case S/DC/0562/15: CABLES BT/MT, Final Resolution; available at https://www.cnmc.es/expedientes/sdc056215 .

( 23 ) Competition Appeal Tribunal, Notice of a Claim under Section 47A of the Competition Act 1998, Case No.1532/5/7/22; available at https://www.catribunal.org.uk/sites/cat/files/2023-03/2023.03.10_1532_RWE%20Renewables%20v%20Prysmian_Summary_of_Claim_Final.pdf .

( 24 ) ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_14_358 .

( 25 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011, recital (489).

( 26 ) https://etno.eu/library/reports/117-state-of-digital-2024.html .

( 27 ) https://etno.eu/library/reports/117-state-of-digital-2024.html .

( 28 ) See Table 2.

( 29 ) Average unit cost of production in the IP (See Table 8) plus a 12,4 % profit margin.

( 30 ) Recital (588) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2011.

( 31 ) Next Generation EU aims to implement 5G and EU-wide ultra-fast broadband to accelerate among other goals the digital transition through greater digitalisation of public services and the wider economy: https://next-generation-eu.europa.eu/index_en#:~:text=With%20NextGenerationEU%3A,become%20smarter%20and%20more%20efficient .

( 32 ) The EU is pursuing a human-centric, sustainable vision for digital society throughout the digital decade to empower citizens and businesses: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/europes-digital-decade .

( 33 ) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1987/2658/oj ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1943 of 11 July 2024 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India ANNEX INDIAN COOPERATING EXPORTING PRODUCERS NOT SAMPLED