Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/738 of 4 April 2023 re-imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People's Republic of China following the judgment of the General Court in joined cases T-30/19 and T-72/19

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/738
• Articles: 6

Article 1

1.   A definitive countervailing duty is hereby imposed on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121, currently falling under CN codes 4011 20 90 and ex 4012 12 00 (TARIC code 4012120010) and originating in the People's Republic of China as far as the companies listed in paragraph (2) are concerned.

2.   The definitive countervailing duties applicable in euros per item of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows, as from 13 November 2018.

Company

Countervailing duty

TARIC Additional Code

GITI Tire (Anhui) Company Co., Ltd; GITI Tire (Fujian) Company, Co., Ltd; GITI Tire (Hualin) Company Co., Ltd; GITI Tire (Yinchuan) Company Co., Ltd

11,07

C332

Chongqing Hankook Tire Co., Ltd; Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd

3,75

C334

Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd, Aeolus Tyre (Taiyuan) Co., Ltd; Qingdao Yellow Sea Rubber Co., Ltd; Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd

39,77

C877  ( 53 )

Other companies subject to this reimposition cooperating in both anti- subsidy and anti-dumping investigation listed in the Annex

27,69

Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd

57,28

C379

Weifang Yuelong Rubber Co., Ltd

57,28

C875

Hefei Wanli Tire Co., Ltd

57,28

C876

Article 2

Any definitive countervailing duty paid by exporting producers referred to in Article 1(2) pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1690 in excess of the definitive countervailing duty established in Article 1 shall be repaid or remitted.

The repayment or remission shall be requested from national customs authorities in accordance with the applicable customs legislation. Any reimbursement that took place following the General Court’s ruling in in Cases T-30/19 and T-72/19 China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) and China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC)v European Commission shall be recovered by the authorities which made the reimbursement up to the amount set out in Article 1(2).

Article 3

The definitive countervailing duty imposed by Article 1 shall also be collected on imports registered in accordance with Article 1(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1175 of 7 July 2022 making imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries and with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration following the re-opening of the investigation in order to implement the judgments of 4 May 2022 in joined cases T-30/19 and T-72/19, with regard to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1579 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1690.

Article 4

Customs authorities are directed to discontinue the registration of imports, established in accordance with Article 1(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1175, which is hereby repealed.

Article 5

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Companies cooperating in both anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations subject to this re-imposition:

COMPANY NAME

ADDITIONAL TARIC CODE

Chaoyang Long March Tyre Co., Ltd

C338

Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd

C375

Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd

C366

Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd

C347

Ningxia Shenzhou Tire Co., Ltd

C345

Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd

C340

Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co., Ltd

C360

Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd

C346

Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd

C363

Shandong Jinyu Tire Co., Ltd

C362

Sailun Group Co., Ltd

C351

Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co., Ltd

C353

Weifang Shunfuchang Rubber And Plastic Products Co., Ltd

C377

Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd

C358

Jiangsu General Science Technology Co., Ltd

C341

Shanghai Huayi Group Corp. Ltd; Double Coin Group (Jiang Su) Tyre Co., Ltd

C878  ( 1 )

Qingdao GRT Rubber Co., Ltd

C350

( 1 )   In the contested regulation, TARIC additional code C371 identifies the following exporting producers:

Shanghai Huayi Group Corp. Ltd and Double Coin Group (Jiang Su) Tyre Co., Ltd.

A new TARIC additional code was assigned to Double Coin Group (Jiang Su) Tyre Co., Ltd in the registration regulation referred to in recital (16) of this regulation.