02018R1579 — EN — 13.11.2018 — 001.001

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1579

of 18 October 2018

imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty 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 originating in the People's Republic of China and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/163







Article 1

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is 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 within CN codes 4011 20 90 and ex 4012 12 00 (TARIC code 4012120010 ) and originating in the People's Republic of China.

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2. The definitive anti-dumping duty applicable in EUR per item of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:







Company Definitive anti-dumping duty TARIC Additional Code Xingyuan Tire Group Ltd, Co.; Guangrao Xinhongyuan Tyre Co., Ltd 4,48 C331 Giti Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd; Giti Tire (Fujian) Company, Ltd; Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd; Giti Tire (Yinchuan) Company, Ltd 36,89 C332 Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd; Aeolus Tyre (Taiyuan) Co., Ltd; Qingdao Yellow Sea Rubber Co., Ltd; Pirelli Tyre Co, Ltd 0,37 C333 Chongqing Hankook Tire Co., Ltd; Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd 38,98 C334 Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex I 21,62 See Annex I Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex II 0 See Annex II All other companies 4,48 C999

3. The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies listed in paragraph 2 or in Annexes I or II 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 name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (item(s)) 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.

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4. The Commission shall monitor imports of road, trailer and semi-trailer wheels fitted with pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121, under TARIC codes 8708701015 , 8708701080 , 8708705015 , 8708705080 , 8708709115 , 8708709915 , 8716909015 and 8716909080 .

5. Unless otherwise specified, the relevant provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply. The default interest to be paid in case of reimbursement that gives rise to a right to payment of default interest shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal refinancing operations, as published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, in force on the first calendar day of the month in which the deadline falls, increased by three and a half percentage points.

6. In cases where goods have been damaged before entry into free circulation and, therefore, the price actually paid or payable is apportioned for the determination of the customs value pursuant to Article 131 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, the amount of anti-dumping duty laid down in paragraph 2 shall be reduced by a percentage which corresponds to the apportioning of the price actually paid or payable.

Article 2

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Article 1(2) may be amended by adding the new exporting producer to the list of companies identified in the table and subject to an individual duty not exceeding the duty rate applicable to those companies that cooperated in the anti-dumping investigation but not in the anti-subsidy investigation, where any new exporting producer in the People's Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that:

(a) it did not export to the Union the product concerned in Article 1(1) in the period between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017 (investigation period);

(b) it is not related to any exporter or producer in the People's republic of China which is subject to the anti-dumping measures imposed by this Regulation;

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

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Article 3

The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/683 shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive amount of euros per item of the anti-dumping duties contained in Article 1(2) of this Regulation shall be released.

Article 4

The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/163 is 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.

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

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ANNEX 1

Cooperating Chinese exporting producers not sampled:







Name of the Company TARIC additional code Bayi Rubber Co., Ltd C335 Bridgestone (Huizhou) Tire Co., Ltd C336 Chaoyang Long March Tyre Co., Ltd C338 Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd C340 Jiangsu General Science Technology Co., Ltd C341 Megalith Industrial Group Co., Ltd C342 Michelin Shenyang Tire Co., Ltd C343 Nanjing Kumho Tire Co., Ltd C344 Ningxia Shenzhou Tire Co., Ltd C345 Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd C346 Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd C347 Qingdao Fudong Tyre Co., Ltd C348 Qingdao Hairunsen Tyre Co., Ltd C349 Qingdao GRT Rubber Co., Ltd C350 Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd C351 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co., Ltd C352 Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co., Ltd C353 Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd C354 Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd C355 Shandong Hengfeng Rubber & Plastic Co., Ltd C357 Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd C358 Shandong Homerun Tires Co., Ltd C359 Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co., Ltd C360 Shandong Hugerubber Co., Ltd C361 Shandong Jinyu Tire Co., Ltd C362 Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd C363 Shandong Mirage Tyres Co., Ltd C364 Shandong Vheal Group Co., Ltd C365 Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd C366 Shandong Wosen Rubber Co., Ltd C367 Shandong Yongfeng Tyres Co., Ltd C368 Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd; Shandong Santai Rubber Co., Ltd C369 Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd C370 Shanghai Huayi Group Corp. Ltd; Double Coin Group (Jiang Su) Tyre Co., Ltd C371 Shengtai Group Co., Ltd C372 Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd C374 Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd C375 Weifang Goldshield Tire Co., Ltd C376 Weifang Shunfuchang Rubber And Plastic Products Co., Ltd C377 Xuzhou Armour Rubber Company Ltd C378









ANNEX 2

Other non sampled Chinese exporting producers cooperating in the anti-dumping investigation, but not in the anti-subsidy investigation: