Article 1

1.

A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of tartaric acid, excluding D-(-)-tartaric acid with a negative optical rotation of at least 12,0 degrees, measured in a water solution according to the method described in the European Pharmacopoeia, currently falling within CN code ex 2918 12 00 (TARIC code 2918 12 00 90) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2.

The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable, to the net free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, for the products manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

F1Company

Anti-dumping duty

TARIC additional code

Changmao Biochemical Engineering Co. Ltd, Changzhou

13,1 %

A688

Ninghai Organic Chemical Factory, Ninghai

8,3 %

A689

All other companies (except Hangzhou Bioking Biochemical Engineering Co. Ltd, Hangzhou — TARIC additional code A687)

34,9 %

A999

3.

The application of the individual 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, which shall conform to the requirements set out in the Annex. 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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.