02014R0470 — EN — 15.08.2015 — 001.002

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 470/2014

of 13 May 2014

imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China







Article 1

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of solar glass consisting of tempered soda-lime-flat-glass, with an iron content of less than 300 ppm, a solar transmittance of more than 88 % (measured according to AM1,5 300-2 500 nm), a resistance to heat up to 250 °C (measured according to EN 12150), a resistance to thermal shocks of Δ 150 K (measured according to EN 12150) and having a mechanical strength of 90 N/mm2 or more (measured according to EN 1288-3), currently falling within CN code ex 7007 19 80 and originating in the People’s Republic of China. Coated solar glass (single or double-side coated) shall fall under TARIC code 7007198019 and uncoated solar glass shall fall under TARIC code 7007198011 .

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







Company Definitive anti-dumping duty TARIC Additional code Zhejiang Jiafu Glass Co., Ltd; Flat Solar Glass Group Co., Ltd; Shanghai Flat Glass Co., Ltd 71,4 % B945 Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd 75,4 % B943 Zhejiang Hehe Photovoltaic Glass Technology Co., Ltd 35,3 % B944 Henan Yuhua New Material Co., Ltd 17,5 % B946 Henan Ancai Hi-Tech Co., Ltd 55,9 % B947 Henan Succeed Photovoltaic Materials Corporation 55,9 % B948 Avic Sanxin Sol-Glass Co. Ltd and Avic (Hainan) Special Glass Material Co., Ltd 60,6 % B949 Wuxi Haida Safety Glass Co., Ltd 60,6 % B950 Dongguan CSG Solar Glass Co., Ltd 60,6 % B951 Pilkington Solar Taicang, Limited 60,6 % B952 Zibo Jinxing Glass Co., Ltd 55,9 % B953 Novatech Glass Co., Ltd 60,6 % B954 All other companies 67,1 % B999

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3. The application of the indsividual anti-dumping 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 Annex II. If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to ‘All other companies’ shall apply.

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

Article 2

The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1205/2013 ( 1 ) shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the combined rates of the anti-dumping duties contained in Article 1(2) above and of the countervailing duties adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 471/2014 ( 2 ) shall be released.

Article 3

Where any new exporting producer in the People’s Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that:

— it did not export to the Union the product described in Article 1(1) during the investigation period (1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012),

— it is not related to any of the exporters or producers in the People’s Republic of China which are subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation,

— it has actually exported to the Union the product concerned after the investigation period on which the measures are based, or it has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union,

article 1(2) may be amended by adding the new exporting producer to the cooperating companies not included in the sample and thus subject to the weighted average duty rate of 24,1 %.

Article 4

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.









ANNEX I







Cooperating exporting producers not sampled and not granted individual examination Name TARIC additional code Henan Ancai Hi-Tech Co., Ltd B947 Henan Succeed Photovoltaic Materials Corporation B948 Avic Sanxin Sol-Glass Co. Ltd; Avic (Hainan) Special Glass Material Co., Ltd B949 Wuxi Haida Safety Glass Co., Ltd B950 Dongguan CSG Solar Glass Co., Ltd B951 Pilkington Solar Taicang, Limited B952 Zibo Jinxing Glass Co., Ltd B953 Novatech Glass Co., Ltd B954









ANNEX II

The valid commercial invoice referred to in Article 1(3) must be issued showing the following:

1. The name and function of the official of the entity issuing the commercial invoice.

2. The following declaration: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (area in m2) of solar glass 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.’

3. Date and signature of the official of the entity issuing the commercial invoice.