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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Unionnote (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 18 thereof,Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
1.A definitive countervailing duty is imposed on imports of certain organic coated steel products, i.e. flat-rolled products of non-alloy and alloy steel (not including stainless steel) which are painted, varnished or coated with plastics on at least one side, excluding so-called ‘sandwich panels’ of a kind used for building applications and consisting of two outer metal sheets with a stabilising core of insulation material sandwiched between them, excluding those products with a final coating of zinc-dust (a zinc-rich paint, containing by weight 70 % or more of zinc), and excluding those products with a substrate with a metallic coating of chromium or tin, currently falling within CN codes ex72107080, ex72124080, ex72259900, ex72269970 (TARIC codes 7210708011, 7210708091, 7212408001, 7212408021, 7212408082, 7225990011, 7225990091, 7226997011 and 7226997091), and originating in the People's Republic of China.
2.The rates of the definitive countervailing duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:Company | Duty (%) | TARIC Additional CodeUnion Steel China | 13,7 | B311Zhangjiagang Panhua Steel Strip Co., Ltd, Chongqing Wanda Steel Strip Co., Ltd, and Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone Jiaxinda International Trade Co., Ltd. | 29,7 | B312Zhejiang Huadong Light Steel Building Material Co. Ltd and Hangzhou P.R.P.T. Metal Material Company, Ltd. | 23,8 | B313Angang Steel Company Limited | 26,8 | B314Anyang Iron Steel Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B315Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B316Baoutou City Jialong Metal Works Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B317Changshu Everbright Material Technology Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B318Changzhou Changsong Metal Composite Material Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B319Cibao Modern Steel Sheet Jiangsu Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B320Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B321Jiangyin Ninesky Technology Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B322Jiangyin Zhongjiang Prepainted Steel Mfg Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B323Jigang Group Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B324Maanshan Iron&Steel Company Limited | 26,8 | B325Qingdao Hangang Color Coated Sheet Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B326Shandong Guanzhou Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B327Shenzen Sino Master Steel Sheet Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B328Tangshan Iron And Steel Group Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B329Tianjin Xinyu Color Plate Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B330Wuhan Iron And Steel Company Limited | 26,8 | B331Wuxi Zhongcai New Materials Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B332Xinyu Iron And Steel Co.,Ltd. | 26,8 | B333Zhejiang Tiannu Color Steel Co., Ltd. | 26,8 | B334All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China | 44,7 | B999
3.The application of the individual countervailing 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 in tonnes) of organic coated steel products sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the People’s Republic of China. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ Until such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.
4.Should the definitive countervailing duties imposed by Article 1(2) be modified or removed, the duties specified in paragraph 2 will be increased by the same proportion limited to the actual dumping margin found or the injury margin found as appropriate per company and from the entry into force of this Regulation.In cases where the countervailing duty has been subtracted from the anti-dumping duty for certain exporting producers, refund requests under Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 shall also trigger the assessment of the dumping margin for that exporting producer prevailing during the refund investigation period. The amount to be reimbursed to the applicant for refund cannot exceed the difference between the duty collected and the combined countervailing and anti-dumping duty established in the refund investigation.
5.Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
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