Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/969Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 1 U.K.

1. A definitive countervailing duty is imposed on imports of certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, originating in the People's Republic of China. The product concerned does not include:

• products of stainless steel and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel,

• products of tool steel and high-speed steel,

• products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 600 mm or more, and

• products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 2 050 mm or more.

The product concerned is currently falling within CN codes 7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 7211 19 00, ex 7225 19 10 (TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 7225 30 90, ex 7225 40 60 (TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 7225 40 90, ex 7226 19 10 (TARIC code 7226 19 10 90), 7226 91 91 and 7226 91 99.

2. The rate of the definitive countervailing duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

a Formerly ‘Hebei Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Tangshan Branch’.
b Formerly ‘Hebei Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Chengde Branch’.
Country	Company	Definitive countervailing duty	TARIC additional code
People's Republic of China	Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd.	28,1 %	C157
	Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd.	7,8 %	C158
	Hesteel Co., Ltd. Tangshan Brancha	7,8 %	C159
	Hesteel Co., Ltd. Chengde Branchb	7,8 %	C160
	Zhangjiagang Hongchang Plate Co., Ltd.	4,6 %	C161
	Zhangjiagang GTA Plate Co., Ltd.	4,6 %	C162
	Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.	31,5 %	C164
	Beijing Shougang Co. Ltd., Qian'an Iron & Steel branch	31,5 %	C208
	Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex	17,1 %	See Annex
	All other companies	35,9 %	C999

3. The application of the individual countervailing duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the customs authorities of the Member States 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 hot-rolled flat 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 (country concerned). I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to ‘all other companies’ shall apply.

4. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.