(3)

The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is terephthalic acid of a purity by weight of 99,5 % or more, usually falling under Chemical Abstracts Service (‘CAS’) number 100-21-0 and usually corresponding to the Customs and Statistics (‘CUS’) number 0023865-3. The product concerned is currently classified under CN code ex 2917 36 00 (TARIC code 2917 36 00 11).

(4)

Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration for the purpose of ensuring that, if the investigation results in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively on the registered imports in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

(5)

The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation. The conditions for retroactive collection of duties will be assessed in the regulation imposing definitive duties, if any.

(6)

Any future liability would emanate from the findings of investigation.

(7)

The calculations provided in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate dumping margins of 49 % for imports from the Republic of Korea, and 54 % for imports from Mexico. Calculations from the complaint also estimate an injury elimination level between 8 % and 18 % for imports from the Republic of Korea, and between 5 % and 15 % for imports from Mexico of the product concerned for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation.

(8)

However, at this stage the Commission is not in a position to estimate the amount of possible future liability. Thus, the amounts mentioned in the complaint are only for information purposes and cannot create any expectations as to the actual level of liability which will be established as a result of the investigation.

(9)

Any personal data collected in the context of this registration will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) 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,