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Anti-dumping duties. Is the tariff classification of goods still important?

Jonas Sakalauskas
Partner, attorney-at-law, Law firm "Averus", Lithuania
Published 09 Dec 2021
Anti-dumping duties. Is the tariff classification of goods still important?
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Case law
In recent case law, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified what determines the application of anti-dumping duties on specific goods, such as tariff classification of goods or other criteria. Although different criteria are preferred in practice, for the first time, a step has been taken to separate the tariff classification from the characteristics of the product subject to trade regulation measures.

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