1. A definitive countervailing duty is imposed on imports of aluminium converter foil of a thickness of less than 0,021 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in rolls of a weight exceeding 10 kg, currently falling under CN code ex 7607 11 19 (TARIC codes 7607111960 and 7607111991) and originating in People’s Republic of China.
2. The following products are excluded:
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Aluminium household foil of a thickness of not less than 0,008 mm and not more than 0,018 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in rolls of a width not exceeding 650 mm and of a weight exceeding 10 kg.
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Aluminium household foil of a thickness of not less than 0,007 mm and less than 0,008 mm, regardless of the width of the rolls, whether or not annealed.
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Aluminium household foil of a thickness of not less than 0,008 mm and not more than 0,018 mm and in rolls of a width exceeding 650 mm, whether or not annealed.
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Aluminium household foil of a thickness of more than 0,018 mm and less than 0,021 mm, regardless of the width of the rolls, whether or not annealed.
3. 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 produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Company
Definitive countervailing duty
TARIC additional code
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd
10,1 %
C687
Yantai Donghai Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.
18,2 %
C688
Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd.
8,6 %
C686
Other companies cooperating in both anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigation listed in Annex 1
12,3 %
See Annex I
Other companies cooperating in anti-dumping investigation but not in anti-subsidy investigation listed in Annex II
18,2 %
See Annex II
All other companies
18,2 %
C999
4. The application of the individual countervailing duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 3 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 the People’s Republic of China. 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.
5. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
6. 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.