Article 1
Open ↗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 ex 7210 70 80 , ex 7212 40 80 , ex 7225 99 00 , ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes 7210 70 80 11, 7210 70 80 91, 7212 40 80 01, 7212 40 80 21, 7212 40 80 82, 7225 99 00 11, 7225 99 00 91, 7226 99 70 11 and 7226 99 70 91), 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 Code Union Steel China 13,7 B311 Zhangjiagang Panhua Steel Strip Co., Ltd, Chongqing Wanda Steel Strip Co., Ltd, and Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone Jiaxinda International Trade Co., Ltd. 29,7 B312 Zhejiang Huadong Light Steel Building Material Co. Ltd and Hangzhou P.R.P.T. Metal Material Company, Ltd. 23,8 B313 Angang Steel Company Limited 26,8 B314 Anyang Iron Steel Co., Ltd. 26,8 B315 Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. 26,8 B316 Baoutou City Jialong Metal Works Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B317 Changshu Everbright Material Technology Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B318 Changzhou Changsong Metal Composite Material Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B319 Cibao Modern Steel Sheet Jiangsu Co., Ltd. 26,8 B320 Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B321 Jiangyin Ninesky Technology Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B322 Jiangyin Zhongjiang Prepainted Steel Mfg Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B323 Jigang Group Co., Ltd. 26,8 B324 Maanshan Iron&Steel Company Limited 26,8 B325 Qingdao Hangang Color Coated Sheet Co., Ltd. 26,8 B326 Shandong Guanzhou Co., Ltd. 26,8 B327 Shenzen Sino Master Steel Sheet Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B328 Tangshan Iron And Steel Group Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B329 Tianjin Xinyu Color Plate Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B330 Wuhan Iron And Steel Company Limited 26,8 B331 Wuxi Zhongcai New Materials Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B332 Xinyu Iron And Steel Co.,Ltd. 26,8 B333 Zhejiang Tiannu Color Steel Co., Ltd. 26,8 B334 All 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.