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 6 months.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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

( 2 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community ( OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51 ).

( 3 ) Notice of Initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain concrete reinforcement bars and rods originating in the Republic of Belarus ( OJ C 114, 31.3.2016, p. 3 ).

( 4 ) ‘An investigation shall not be initiated pursuant to paragraph 1 unless it has been determined, on the basis of an examination as to the degree of support for, or opposition to, the complaint expressed by Union producers of the like product, that the complaint has been made by, or on behalf of, the Union industry. The complaint shall be considered to have been made by, or on behalf of, the Union industry if it is supported by those Union producers whose collective output constitutes more than 50 % of the total production of the like product produced by that portion of the Union industry expressing either support for or opposition to the complaint. However, no investigation shall be initiated where Union producers expressly supporting the complaint account for less than 25 % of total production of the like product produced by the Union industry’.

( 5 ) Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2015, Case C-511/13 P, Philips Lighting Poland S.A., Philips Lighting BV v Council of the European Union, Hangzhou Duralamp Electronics Co., Ltd, GE Hungary Ipari és Kereskedelmi Zrt. (GE Hungary Zrt.), Osram GmbH, European Commission.

( 6 ) Anti-dumping duties are in force against Belarus (115 %), China (133 %), Indonesia (60,4 %), Latvia (17 %), Mexico (20 % to 67 %), Moldova (232 %), Poland (47 % to 52 %) Turkey (3,64 %) and Ukraine (42 %). For more details please refer to the following investigations:

‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine. Investigations Nos 731-TA-873-875, 878-880, and 882 (Second Review). Publication 4409, July 2013. U.S. International Trade Commission.’ and ‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico and Turkey. Investigations Nos 701-TA-502 and 731-TA-1227 (Final). Publication 4496. October 2014. U.S. International Trade Commission.’

( 7 ) Please refer also to Judgement in case C-687/13, point 67, request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht München — Germany, Fliesen-Zentrum Deutschland GmbH v Hauptzollamt Regensburg Fliesen-Zentrum, Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2015.

( 8 ) Based on the information available, it appears that for April 2015, the price of the raw material imported by the Belarusian exporting producer was around 9 % more expensive compared to the US price.

( 9 ) Provvedimento n. 25674 del 21/10/2015;

Provvedimento n. 26085 del 21/06/2016;

Provvedimento n. 2671 del 14/09/2016.

( 10 ) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate H, CHAR 04/039, 1049 Brussels, Belgium.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2303 of 19 December 2016 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain concrete reinforcement bars and rods originating in the Republic of Belarus