EU Anti-Dumping and Other Trade Defence Instruments analyses the measures that may be imposed by the European Commission with respect to imports from third countries into the EU under the various EU trade defence rules. The sixth edition of this definitive work gives detailed attention to all legislative, regulatory and judicial developments that have arisen under EU and World Trade Organization (WTO) laws on trade defence instruments up to February 2019, including the amended 2018 EU anti-dumping regulation. As trade law practitioners and scholars have come to expect from the Brussels law firm Van Bael & Bellis, the book continues to provide comprehensive, up-to-date analysis and critical commentary on EU instruments dealing with anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard and trade barrier measures. The emphasis throughout is on the practical application of the rules.



The book covers every issue likely to arise in any trade defence matter, including all of the following:

- determination of the dumping and injury margins;

- rules for permissible adjustments;

- clarification of the terms ‘significant distortions’ and ‘distortions on raw materials’;

- determination of the subsidy margin;

- the causal link between dumping or subsidy and injury;

- the concept of EU interest;

- the differences between anti-dumping and anti-subsidy legislation;

- procedural rules applicable to complaints, initiation of proceedings, investigations, protective measures, reviews and refunds;

- conditions for accepting an undertaking;

- measures that may be taken to prevent ‘circumvention’ of anti-dumping or countervailing measures;

- rules governing the standing of various interested parties before the European Courts;

- allocation and administration of quantitative quotas; and

- surveillance measures.



The primary objective of this book is to provide the reader with a detailed and practical commentary on the EU trade defence legislation as actually applied by the European Commission in the light of the relevant WTO rules. Reflecting decades of experience, this book is the pre-eminent work in the field which remains without peer as a guide to EU trade defence law.