The Council Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 of 26 January 2009 has imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain iron or steel fasteners, other than of stainless steel and, more precisely, on: wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws turned from bars, rods, profiles or wire, of solid section, of a shank thickness not exceeding 6 mm and excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material), and washers, originating in the People's Republic of China, falling within the following CN codes:

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With law 28 January 2009, n. 2, published in the Official Journal of the Italian Republic n. 22 - S.O, of 28 January 2009, the decree 29 November 2008, n. 185, establishing urgent measures of support to families, job, occupation and enterprises, has been converted in law. Among the most interesting news in the tax/customs sector there is the introduction (art. 16) of a provision establishing a statutory interpretation concerning at. 50 bis, par. 4, of d.l. 30 August 1993 n. 331, converted with amendments in law 29 October 1993, n. 427, i.e. the article introducing and regulating VAT warehouses within the Italian legal system.

According to such provsion, the services of consigment to the warehousekeeper referred to in par. 4, point  h), d.l. 331/1993 (i.e. provisions of services - processing operations and usual forms of handling included  - concerning goods stored in a VAT warehouse, even though not materially performed in the warehouse, but in premises bordering the warehouse site and provided that, in such a  case, that thier lenght is not superior to 60 days), are considered as an introduction in the VAT warehouse.