European Commission Revises Anti-dumping Duty Exemption Regulations For Bicycle Parts Imported From China

On September 17, 2020, the "European Gazette" published EC Regulation 2020/1296, which revised the EC Regulation 88/97 on the exemption of certain parts of bicycles imported from China.

In 1993, the European Community issued EEC Regulation 2474/93 to impose anti-dumping duties on bicycles imported from China. In 1997, it issued EC Regulation 71/97, expanding the scope of taxation to bicycle parts imported from China. Art.13(4) of the regulations stipulates an exemption system for certain bicycle parts imported from China. In the same year, EC Regulation 88/97 stipulated the operating specifications of the exemption system.

EC Regulation 88/97 has undergone two amendments, the first is the amendment of EC Regulation 512/2013, and the second is the amendment of EC Regulation 2020/1296.

The European Commission believes that the existing provisions of "end-use control" in Art.14 in EC Regulation 88/97 should be expanded, that is, the scope of exemption from taxation should be expanded, and the parts for the assembly of electrical bicycles should be expanded. bicycles), the parts intended for the assembly of other products using bicycle parts (the parts intended for the assembly of other products using bicycle parts) are included in the scope of exemption. The other products here refer to electric and non-electric bicycles (cycles) and vehicles other than bicycles (vehicles). At the same time, bicycle parts assemblers must abide by the same rules as bicycle assemblers, especially the exemption obligations of Art.8 of EC Regulation 88/97. In addition, exempted bicycle manufacturers can provide customers with bicycle parts necessary for after-sales service and warranty claims without paying anti-dumping duties. In this regard, the upper limit of Article 14(c) of EC Regulation 88/97 does not apply to such parts supplied by exempted parties. Therefore, the European Commission revised EC Regulation No. 88/97, Arts. 1, 4(1)(a), 8(1)(b) and 14(d).