COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 42nd Annual Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the EU’s Anti-Dumping, Anti-Subsidy and Safeguard activities and the Use of Trade Defence Instruments by Third Countries targeting the EU in 2023

Table of Contents

• 1. Overview of the legislation 4
• 1.1. Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy 4
• 1.1.1. The international framework 4
• 1.1.2. The EU legislation 4
• 1.2. Safeguards 5
• 1.2.1. The international framework 5
• 1.2.2. The EU legislation 5
• 2. General overview of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations and measures 6
• 2.1. Measures in place 6
• 2.2. New investigations – recent evolution 6
• 2.3. Review investigations – recent evolution 7
• 3. Overview of activities in 2023 8
• 3.1. New investigations 8
• 3.1.1. Initiations 8
• 3.1.2. Provisional measures 9
• 3.1.3. Definitive measures 9
• 3.1.5. New investigations terminated without measures 19
• 3.2. Review investigations 19
• 3.2.1. Expiry reviews 19
• 3.2.1.1. Initiations 19
• 3.2.1.2. Expiry reviews concluded with confirmation of duties 20
• 3.2.1.4. Expiry reviews concluded by termination 41
• 3.2.2. Interim reviews 42
• 3.2.3. New exporter reviews 43
• 3.2.4. Anti-absorption investigations 44
• 3.2.5. Anti-circumvention investigations 45
• 3.2.6. “Other” reviews (reinvestigations, or re-openings) 48
• 3.3. Safeguard investigations 51
• 4. Enforcement of anti-dumping/countervailing measures 53
• 4.1. Follow-up of measures 53
• 4.2. Monitoring of undertakings 53
• 5. Refunds 54
• 6. Information and Communication activities / Bilateral contacts 54
• 7. Judicial review: decisions given by the Court of Justice and the General Court 55
• 7.1. Overview of the judicial reviews in 2023 55
• 7.2. Cases pending 55
• 7.3. New cases 55
• 7.4. Selection of court decisions 55
• 8. Activities by third countries targeting the EU 62
• 9. Activities in the framework of the WTO 67
• 9.1 Dispute settlement in the field of trade defence 67
• 9.2 Meetings of the WTO Anti-dumping, ASCM and Safeguards Committees. 69