Once the Office of Complaints of the European Commission has received a written complaint, it sends an acknowledgement of receipt to the complainant.

Anti-subsidy investigations are very similar except that provisional measures normally remain in place for only 4 months and the total length of an anti-subsidy investigation is 13 months

Information about imports of products from outside the EU and detailed rules and requirements for importing into the EU

Some products belonging to these categories of goods, when originating in a given country, may be subject to a quota.

Trade defence measures such as anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures are applied following such an investigation that has shown that, among other elements, the EU industry is suffering injury from the dumped/subsided imports.

To be directly informed of the key steps of an investigation and to defend their rights, importers and/or users should register as interested parties with the European Commission within the framework of the investigation.

In order for anti-dumping or anti-subsidy duties to be imposed, it is necessary to show that the imposition of the duties would not be against the Union interest.

The importer that clears the product subject to duties through customs pays the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties just like the normal customs duties.