Article 1
1. The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 24(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037, to take the appropriate steps to register imports into the Union of new battery electric vehicles, principally designed for the transport of nine or less persons, including the driver, propelled (regardless of the number of wheels set in motion) solely by one or more electric motors, currently classified under CN code 8703 80 10 and originating in the People’s Republic of China. Motorcycles are excluded from the present investigation. 2. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 3. All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 21 days from the date of publication of this Regulation.