On Tuesday 5 March, the European Commission published an implementing regulation requiring new battery electric vehicles imported from China to be registered in the EU from 6 March. This measure is being taken as part of the anti-subsidy investigation into these vehicles launched in October 2023 (see EUROPE 13264/21).
This registration will enable the EU to impose countervailing duties on these imports, retroactively on registered vehicles, should the current investigation lead to the imposition of such duties.
For the time being, the Commission considers that “the available evidence at this stage tends to show that the exports of the product concerned are benefiting from countervailable subsidies”. However, it specifies that any future duties “would emanate from the findings of the investigation”. The investigation must be concluded by November 2024 at the latest, and the Commission could impose a provisional duty from July.
See the implementing regulation: https://aeur.eu/f/b5y (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)