Article 1
1. The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), but not including: — flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, not further worked than cold-rolled, whether or not in coils, of all thickness, electrical, — flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, in coils, of a thickness of less than 0,35 mm, annealed (known as ‘black plates’), — flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all width, of silicon-electrical steel, and — flat-rolled products of alloy steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of high-speed steel, originating in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation (‘the countries concerned’), currently falling within CN code(s) ex 7209 15 00 (TARIC code 7209 15 00 90), 7209 16 90 , 7209 17 90 , 7209 18 91 , ex 7209 18 99 (TARIC code 7209 18 99 90), ex 7209 25 00 (TARIC code 7209 25 00 90), 7209 26 90 , 7209 27 90 , 7209 28 90 , 7211 23 30 , ex 7211 23 80 (TARIC codes 7211 23 80 19, 7211 23 80 95 and 7211 23 80 99), ex 7211 29 00 (TARIC codes 7211 29 00 19 and 7211 29 00 99), 7225 50 80 and 7226 92 00 . Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 2. All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 20 days from the date of publication of this Regulation.