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, 20 May 2022.

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 electrolytic chromium coated steel (ECCS) products originating in the People’s Republic of China and Brazil ( OJ C 387, 24.9.2021, p. 2 ).

( 3 ) Available at https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2549

( 4 ) OJ C 86, 16.3.2020, p. 6 .

( 5 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 of 16 February 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China; Commission Implementing 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; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 of 16 April 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain welded pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloyed steel originating in Belarus, the People’s Republic of China and Russia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 of 7 April 2020 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils originating in Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.

( 6 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recitals 206-208, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recital 135, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 149-150, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 158-159.

( 7 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recital 192, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recitals 58-61, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 115-118 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 122-127.

( 8 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recitals 193-194, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recitals 62-66, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 119-122 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 128-132: While the right to appoint and to remove key management personnel in SOEs by the relevant State authorities, as provided for in the Chinese legislation, can be considered to reflect the corresponding ownership rights, CCP cells in enterprises, state-owned and private alike, represent another important channel through which the State can interfere with business decisions. According to the PRC’s company law, a CCP organisation is to be established in every company (with at least three CCP members as specified in the CCP Constitution) and the company shall provide the necessary conditions for the activities of the party organisation. In the past, this requirement appears not to have always been followed or strictly enforced. However, since at least 2016 the CCP has reinforced its claims to control business decisions in SOEs as a matter of political principle. The CCP is also reported to exercise pressure on private companies to put ‘patriotism’ first and to follow party discipline. In 2017, it was reported that party cells existed in 70 % of some 1,86 million privately owned companies, with growing pressure for the CCP organisations to have a final say over the business decisions within their respective companies. These rules are of general application throughout the Chinese economy, across all sectors, including to the producers of wire rod producers and the suppliers of their inputs.

( 9 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recital 195-201, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recitals 67-74, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 123-129 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 133-138.

( 10 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recital 202, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recital 75, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 130-133 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 139-142.

( 11 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recital 203, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recital 76, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 134-135 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 143-144.

( 12 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 recital 203, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 recital 76, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635 recitals 136-145 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508 recitals 145-154.

( 13 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/969 of 8 June 2017 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of China and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/649 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 146, 9.6.2017, p. 17 ).

( 14 ) Baowu, ‘Company profile’, http://www.baowugroup.com/en/contents/5273/102759.html (last viewed 6 May 2021).

( 15 ) See 202041312652.pdf (sohu.com), last viewed accessed 7 April 2022.

( 16 ) 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.

( 17 ) Available at:

www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-02/04/content_5039353.htm (last viewed 6 May 2021);

https://policycn.com/policy_ticker/higher-expectations-for-large-scale-steel-enterprise/?iframe=1&secret=c8uthafuthefra4e (last viewed 6 May 2021), and

www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/23/c_138001574.htm (last viewed 6 May 2021).

( 18 ) Available at http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/23/c_138001574.htm (last viewed 6 May 2021) and http://www.jjckb.cn/2019-04/23/c_137999653.htm (last viewed 6 May 2021).

( 19 ) As was the case of the merger between the private company Rizhao and the SOE Shandong Iron and Steel in 2009. See Beijing steel report, p. 58, 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 6 May 2021).

( 20 ) TISCO, ‘Company profile’, http://en.tisco.com.cn/CompanyProfile/20151027095855836705.html (last viewed 2 March 2020).

( 21 ) See the group’s web, available at: http://www.baowugroup.com/about/board_of_directors (accessed on 28 March 2022).

( 22 ) See the company’s web, available at: https://www.baosteel.com/about/manager (accessed on 28 March 2022).

( 23 ) http://www.baowugroup.com/party_building/overview

( 24 ) Ibidem .

( 25 ) See Articles of Association of Baosteel, Article 133.4:

http://static.sse.com.cn//disclosure/listedinfo/announcement/c/2021-01-08/600019_20210108_8.pdf (last viewed 6 May 2021).

( 26 ) Report, Part III, Chapter 14, p. 346 ff.

( 27 ) Introduction to The Plan for Adjusting and Upgrading the Steel Industry.

( 28 ) Report, Chapter 14, p. 347.

( 29 ) The 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China (2016-2020), available at

https://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease_8232/201612/P020191101481868235378.pdf (last viewed 2 March 2020).

( 30 ) Report – Chapter 14, p. 349.

( 31 ) Report – Chapter 14, p. 352.

( 32 ) ‘Guiding Catalogue for Industry Restructuring (2019 Version)’ approved by Decree of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China No. 29 of 27 August 2019 http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2019-11/06/5449193/files/26c9d25f713f4ed5b8dc51ae40ef37af.pdf, last accessed on 11 April 2022.

( 33 ) Report – Chapter 14, pp. 375 – 376.

( 34 ) See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/635, recitals 134-135 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/508, recitals 143-144.

( 35 ) The full list available under the following link:

https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fkjt.hebei.gov.cn%2Fwww%2Fxwzx15%2Ftzgg35%2Fsttz15%2F227382%2F2020102009523655218.doc&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

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

( 37 ) https://ilostat.ilo.org/

( 38 ) http://www.edp.com.br/distribuicao-es/saiba-mais/informativos/tarifas-aplicadas-a-clientes-atendidos-em-alta-e-media-tensao-(grupo-a)

( 39 ) https://www.comgas.com.br/tarifas/historico-de-tarifas/

( 40 ) http://site.sabesp.com.br/site/interna/Default.aspx?secaoId=183

( 41 ) 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.

( 42 ) Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/58 of 14 January 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel originating in the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America following an expiry review ( OJ L 10, 17.1.2022, p. 17 ).

( 43 ) https://ilostat.ilo.org/

( 44 ) Available at https://establishbrazil.com/articles/whats-real-cost-employee (last viewed 8 April 2022).

( 45 ) https://www.csn.com.br/wp-content/uploads/sites/452/2021/07/Relato-Integrado-2020-EN.pdf

( 46 ) Commission Decision in Case M.8713 – Tata steel/ThyssenKrupp/JV, 11 June 2019, recitals 384, 388 and 390.

( 47 ) The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

( 48 ) Anti-dumping Complaint of 12 August 2021, par. 32.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/802 of 20 May 2022 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of electrolytic chromium coated steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China and Brazil