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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Unionnote, and in particular Article 7 thereof,After consulting the Member States,Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
1.A provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel; aluminium killed; plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc and/or with aluminium, and no other metal; chemically passivated; containing by weight: 0,015 % or more but not more than 0,170 % of carbon, 0,015 % or more but not more than 0,100 % of aluminium, not more than 0,045 % of niobium, not more than 0,010 % of titanium and not more than 0,010 % of vanadium; presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips.The following products are excluded:
—of stainless steel, of silicon-electrical steel, and of high-speed steel,
—not further worked than hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced).
The product concerned is currently falling within CN codes ex72104100, ex72104900, ex72106100, ex72106900, ex72123000, ex72125061, ex72125069, ex72259200, ex72259900, ex72269930 and ex72269970 (TARIC codes: 7210410020, 7210490020, 7210610020, 7210690020, 7212300020, 7212506120, 7212506920, 7225920020, 7225990022, 7225990035, 7225990092, 7226993010, 7226997094) and originating in in the People's Republic of China.
2.The rates of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:Company | Provisional duty rate (%) | TARIC additional codeHesteel Co., Ltd Handan Branch | 23,5 | C227Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd | 23,5 | C158Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch | 23,5 | C159Tangshan Iron & Steel Group High Strength Automotive Strip Co., Ltd | 23,5 | C228Beijing Shougang Cold Rolling Co., Ltd | 17,2 | C229Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co., Ltd | 17,2 | C164Zhangjiagang Shagang Dongshin Galvanized Steel Sheet Co., Ltd | 28,5 | C230Zhangjiagang Yangtze River Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd | 28,5 | C112Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex | 23,4 | C231All other companies | 28,5 | C999
3.The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States' customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in [country concerned]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.
4.The release for free circulation in the Union of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
5.Unless otherwise specified, the relevant provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2#
1.Within 25 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, interested parties may:
(a)request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which this Regulation was adopted;
(b)submit their written comments to the Commission; and
(c)request a hearing with the Commission and/or the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings.
2.Within 25 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the parties referred to in Article 21(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 may comment on the application of the provisional measures.
Article 3#
1.Customs authorities are hereby directed to discontinue the registration of imports established in accordance with Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1238.
2.Data collected regarding products which were entered not more than 90 days prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be kept until the entry into force of possible definitive measures, or the termination of this proceeding.
Article 4#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.Article 1 shall apply for a period of six months.
Cooperating exporting producers not included in the sample taric additional code C231
| Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd | Maanshan, Anhui |
| Angang Steel Company Limited | Anshan, Liaoning |
| TKAS Auto Steel Company Ltd | Dalian, Liaoning |
| JiangYin ZongCheng Steel CO., Ltd | Jiangyin, Jiangsu |
| Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd | Benxi, Liaoning |
| BX STEEL POSCO Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd | Benxi, Liaoning |
| Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd | Wuhan, Hubei |
| Shandong Kerui Steel Plate Co., Ltd | Binzhou, Shandong |
| Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd | Baotou, Inner Mongolia |
| Hunan Valin Liangang Steel Sheet Co., Ltd | Loudi, Hunan |
| Shandong Huifu Color Steel Co., Ltd | Linyi, Shadong |
| Fujian Kaijing Greentech Material Co., Ltd | Longhai, Fujian |
| Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd | Shanghai |
| Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd | Zhanjiang, Guandong |
| Yieh Phui (China) Technomaterial Co. | Changshu, Jiangsu |
| Rizhao Baohua New Materials Co., Ltd | Rizhao, Shandong |
| Jiangsu Gangzheng Steel Sheet Science and Technology Co., Ltd | Nantong, Jiangsu |
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