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, 9 February 2023.

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 ceramic tiles originating in India and Türkiye. OJ C 501, 13.12.2021, p. 25 .

( 3 ) Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017, Viraj Profiles Ltd v Council of the European Union, Case T-67/14, ECLI:EU:T:2017:481, para. 98.

( 4 ) European Communities – definitive anti-dumping measures on certain iron or steel fasteners from China, Report of the Appellate Body (WT/DS397/AB/R), para 418. See also Judgment of 8 September 2015, Philips Lighting , C-511/13 P, ECLI:EU:C:2015:553, paras. 60 - 73.

( 5 ) Notice of initiation, section 5.5.

( 6 ) Notice of initiation, section 5.2.

( 7 ) Mexico - Anti-dumping Duties on Steel Pipes and Tubes from Guatemala - Final Report of the Panel (WT/DS331/R), paras. 7.234-7.236.

( 8 ) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011 of 12 September 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 238, 15.9.2011, p. 1 ) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2179 of 22 November 2017 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 307, 23.11.2017, p. 25 ).

( 9 ) During the proceeding, the three companies informed the Commisison that they merged into a single company Ceramika Netto Sp. z o.o. Sp.K.

( 10 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011 of 12 September.

( 11 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2179.

( 12 ) https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2559

( 13 ) For organisational purposes, the verification visit of some related companies took place at the premises of the manufacturing entity.

( 14 ) Executive summary of the Complaint, p.1.

( 15 ) Annexes 5 and 20 of the Complaint.

( 16 ) The Icon Group referred to C-468/15 P, PT Musim Mas v Council, EU:C:2016:803, para. 39; and C-468/15 P, PT Musim Mas v Council, EU:C:2016:803, para. 42; Case T-716/19, Interpipe Niko Tube and Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant v Commission, ECLI:EU:T:2021:457, para.133.

( 17 ) C-104/90, Matsushita Electric Industrial v Council, EU:C:1993:837, para. 9

( 18 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1395 of 11 August 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in Russia and Türkiye ( OJ L 211, 12.8.2022, p. 127 ), recital (126).

( 19 ) See namely sections D and E of the open versions of the questionnaire replies submitted by the two manufacturers available in t22.001010.

( 20 ) From 1 euro = 7,884 Turkish Lira in July 2020, to 1 euro = 10,382 Turkish Lira in June 2021 (i.e., -32 % overall). Sources: The European Central Bank, DG Budget, Pacific Exchange Rate Service.

( 21 ) Available at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/prodcom/data/database (last viewed 19 September 2022).

( 22 ) Available at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sts_inpr_q/default/table?lang=en (last viewed 19 September 2022).

( 23 ) As one of the sampled exporting producers in India and one of the sampled exporting producers in Türkiye were not dumping, their imports were deducted from the total imports and analysed as non-dumped imports. The Commission used the questionnaire replies of the Lavish Group and the Vitra Group to exclude their volumes and values from total exports. For the Vitra Group, the Commission excluded traded products not produced by the group on the basis of verified information for the investigation period. The regulation uses ranges for some figures because otherwise it would disclose confidential data from these sampled exporting producers, as the import statistics at CN level are publicly available.

( 24 ) See Türkiye: ceramic tile exports continue to grow in 2020. Available at https://ceramicworldweb.com/en/economics-and-markets/Türkiye-ceramic-tile-exports-continue-grow-2020 (last viewed 19 November 2022). See also The Turkish ceramic tile industry pushes on exports. Avalailable at https://ceramicworldweb.com/en/economics-and-markets/turkish-ceramic-tile-industry-pushes-exports (last viewed 19 November 2022).

( 25 ) Corrected regarding volumes for the investigation period for Spain following evidence provided by the complainant upon verification of the macro-indicators questionnaire.

( 26 ) The European construction market to 2024. Available at https://www.ceramicworldweb.com/index.php/en/economics-and-markets/european-construction-market-2024 (last viewed 20 September 2022).

( 27 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 258/2011 of 16 March 2011 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 70, 17.3.2011, p. 5 ).

( 28 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011.

( 29 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2179.

( 30 ) Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ C 442, 22.11.2022, p. 3 ).

( 31 ) Judgment of the Court of 4 February 2021, eurocylinder systems AG v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt, Case C-324/19, ECLI:EU:C:2021:94, paragraphs 49 and 52.

( 32 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 289/2009 of 7 April 2009 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 94, 8.4.2009, p. 48 ).

( 33 ) Corrected regarding volumes for the investigation period for Spain following evidence provided by the complainant upon verification of the macro-indicators questionnaire.

( 34 ) For the original investigation period of the investigation against ceramic tiles from China, see recital (24) of Regulation (EU) No 258/2011. For the target profit of that investigation, see recitals (164) and (197) of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011.

( 35 ) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2179.

( 36 ) Complaint, annex 8.

( 37 ) Since the unrelated importers stopped cooperating after the deficiency stage (they did not agree to a verification / RCC), the Commission’s analysis is based on the information they submitted including the supporting evidence (such as financial statements) and publicly available information (financial statements from a company register, financial data published by https://www.romanian-companies.eu/).

( 38 ) Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC ( OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5 ).

( 39 ) Regulation (EU) No 258/2011, recital (150).

( 40 ) Regulation (EU) No 258/2011, recital (153); Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011, recital (183); and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2179, recital (206).

( 41 ) For example, GANDALF Pawel Gagorowski (Poland) or ILCOM s.r.l (Italy) identified themselves as importers, VEDMAX s.r.l. (Romania) or Orient Ceramic (Romania) identified themselves as users/importers, Ogrodnik Niemirscy Sp.J (Poland) identified itself as a “seller”, while Netto & Cortina (Poland) identified themselves throughout the investigation as “the manufacturers from Białystok”.

( 42 ) Source: macroquestionnaire, section D.2.1. and complaint, ps 49 and 52.

( 43 ) See for example Netto & Cortina’s “Additional statement in the case AD684” pages 8 and 14.

( 44 ) Impacto socioeconómico y fiscal del sector de azulejos y pavimentos cerámicos en España. Available at https://transparencia.ascer.es/media/1039/informe-impacto-socioeco-sector-cer%C3%A1mico_ascer.pdf (last viewed 7 October 2022).

( 45 ) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate G, Wetstraat 170 Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

( 46 ) 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 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/265 of 9 February 2023 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles originating in India and Türkiye ANNEX I ANNEX II