1. The customs authorities are hereby directed, under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, to take the appropriate steps to register imports into the Union of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Resins, a thermoplastic copolymer consisting of acrylonitrile, butadiene, and styrene in different proportions, regardless of colour or any other physical or mechanical properties, whether or not further processed or treated to confer specific additional physical properties, with the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number 9003-56-9, currently classified under CN code 3903 30 00 and originating in the Republic of Korea and Taiwan.
2. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.