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, 16 June 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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

( 2 ) OJ C 442, 21.12.2020, p. 6 .

( 3 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 of 26 January 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 29, 31.1.2009, p. 1 ) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/519 of 26 March 2015 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China, as extended to imports of certain iron or steel fasteners consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 ( OJ L 82, 27.3.2015, p. 78 ).

( 4 ) Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ C 442, 21.12.2020, p. 6 ).

( 5 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 of 26 January 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China ( OJ L 29, 31.1.2009, p. 1 ).

( 6 ) WTO dispute settlement body: Report of the Panel, WT/DS397/RW, 7 August 2015 and Report of the Appellate Body, AB-2015-7, WT/DS397/AB/RW, 18 January 2016.

( 7 ) https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/global-steel-price-rally-will-be-short-lived-02-02-2021 ; https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/steel ;https://ihsmarkit.com/solutions/steel-forecast.html

( 8 ) https://www.investing.com/commodities/shfe-hot-rolled-coil-futures-historical-data

( 9 ) https://www.ft.com/content/ad5e1a80-cecf-4b18-9035-ee50be9adfc6

( 10 ) Judgment in Stemcor London and Samac Steel Supplies v Commission, T-749/16, ECLI:EU:T:2019:310, para. 83.

( 11 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/970 of 16 June 2021 making imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration