Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002587/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Virginie Joron (PfE)
In 2016, the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of 4 % on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron originating in India. On 22 November 2023, Ursula von der Leyen and her administration decided to impose anti-dumping duties of 16 % on Electrosteel. According to the Commission, this Indian company has a 30 % share of the water pipe market in France and benefits from export subsidies of 6 % at home[1].
The Commission found evidence that the weight of the goods had been misreported. Despite the fact that correct reporting of weights is essential to ensure that dumping margins are accurately calculated, the Commission has refused to check the previous imports for possible fraud and recover any duties not collected since 2016.
- 1.By underreporting the weight of its pipes, the company evaded the duties it should have paid. Why has the Commission refused to carry out an investigation and recover the cost of this fraud?
- 2.One project in Isère – funded by Brussels and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, and valued at EUR 8 million – has purchased pipes from this non-EU company[2]. Why is the Commission financing a non-EU company that has committed subsidy fraud and that it has penalised for dumping?
- 3.Why does the Commission not prohibit, in EU public procurement, purchases of products from non-EU companies found to have engaged in dumping or fraud?
Submitted: 26.6.2025
- [1] Recitals 4, 80, 168, 209 and 233 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2605 of 22 November 2023: countervailing duty of 9 % and anti-dumping duty of 7 %, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302605.
- [2] Albenc – https://caeau.fr/creation-du-reseau-d-irrigation-asl-d-irrigation-de-l-albenc-38; https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cabinet-ca-eau_retour-sur-le-projet-dirrigation-des-terres-activity-7155144143210446848-X7rJ/?originalSubdomain=fr.