Brussels, 22/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - As confirmed in the EU Official Journal of 19 June, the European Commission has opened an antidumping inquiry into EU imports of ceramic tiling originating in China. The investigation comes in the wake of a complaint filed in May by the European Ceramic Tile Manufacturers' Federation (FEPF), on behalf of producers representing at least 30% of total ceramic tile production in the EU. Products being probed are “glazed and unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles” and “glazed and unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes”. The Commission explains that first examination of the elements provided by the complainant shows that volumes and prices of the imported product under inquiry have had a negative effect on quantities sold and the market share held by EU industry, and this has seriously affected EU industry's results. (E.H./transl.jl)