{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1238/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1238",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1238/2013 of 2 December 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (i.e. cells) originating in or consigned from the People's Republic of China",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1238",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels and cells of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels (the cells have a thickness not exceeding 400 micrometres), currently falling within CN codes ex 8501 31 00, ex 8501 32 00, ex 8501 33 00, ex 8501 34 00, ex 8501 61 20, ex 8501 61 80, ex 8501 62 00, ex 8501 63 00, ex 8501 64 00 and ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8501 31 00 81, 8501 31 00 89, 8501 32 00 41, 8501 32 00 49, 8501 33 00 61, 8501 33 00 69, 8501 34 00 41, 8501 34 00 49, 8501 61 20 41, 8501 61 20 49, 8501 61 80 41, 8501 61 80 49, 8501 62 00 61, 8501 62 00 69, 8501 63 00 41, 8501 63 00 49, 8501 64 00 41, 8501 64 00 49, 8541 40 90 21, 8541 40 90 29, 8541 40 90 31 and and 8541 40 90 39 ) and originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China, unless they are in transit in the sense of Article V GATT.\nThe following product types are excluded from the definition of the product concerned:\nsolar chargers that consist of less than six cells, are portable and supply electricity to devices or charge batteries,\nthin film photovoltaic products,\ncrystalline silicon photovoltaic products that are permanently integrated into electrical goods, where the function of the electrical goods is other than power generation, and where these electrical goods consume the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell(s),\nmodules or panels with a output voltage not exceeding 50 V DC and a power output not exceeding 50 W solely for direct use as battery chargers in systems with the same voltage and power characteristics.\n2. 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 listed below shall be as follows:\nCompany\nDuty rate\nTARIC additional code\nChangzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd;\nTrina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co. Ltd;\nChangzhou Youze Technology Co. Ltd;\nTrina Solar Energy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd;\nYancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co. Ltd\n44,7 %\nB791\nDelsolar (Wujiang) Ltd\n64,9 %\nB792\nJiangxi LDK Solar Hi-Tech Co. Ltd\nLDK Solar Hi-Tech (Nanchang) Co. Ltd\nLDK Solar Hi-Tech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd\n46,7 %\nB793\nLDK Solar Hi-Tech (Hefei) Co. Ltd\n46,7 %\nB927\nJingAo Solar Co. Ltd\nShanghai JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd\nJA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co. Ltd\nHefei JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd\nShanghai JA Solar PV Technology Co. Ltd\n51,5 %\nB794\nJinko Solar Co.Ltd\nJinko Solar Import and Export Co. Ltd\nZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO. LTD\nZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR TRADING CO. LTD\n41,2 %\nB845\nJinzhou Yangguang Energy Co. Ltd\nJinzhou Huachang Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd\nJinzhou Jinmao Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd\nJinzhou Rixin Silicon Materials Co. Ltd\nJinzhou Youhua Silicon Materials Co. Ltd\n27,3 %\nB795\nRENESOLA ZHEJIANG LTD\nRENESOLA JIANGSU LTD\n43,1 %\nB921\nWuxi Suntech Power Co. Ltd\nSuntech Power Co. Ltd\nWuxi Sunshine Power Co. Ltd\nLuoyang Suntech Power Co. Ltd\nZhenjiang Ren De New Energy Science Technology Co. Ltd\nZhenjiang Rietech New Energy Science Technology Co. Ltd\n41,4 %\nB796\nYingli Energy (China) Co. Ltd\nBaoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd\nHainan Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd\nHengshui Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd\nTianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd\nLixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd\nBaoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd\nBeijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd\nYingli Energy (Beijing) Co. Ltd\n35,5 %\nB797\nOther co-operating companies in the anti-dumping investigation (with the exception of the companies subject to the residual duty in the parallel anti-subsidy Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1239/2013) (Annex I)\n41,3 %\nOther co-operating companies in the anti-dumping investigation, subject to the residual duty in the parallel anti-subsidy Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1239/2013 (Annex II)\n36,2 %\nAll other companies\n53,4 %\nB999\n3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.\n4. Where any new exporting producer in the People's Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that:\nit did not export to the Union the product described in paragraph 1 in the period between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012 (investigation period),\nit 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,\nit 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,\nparagraph 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 of 41,3 %.",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1238/2013 of 2 December 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (i.e. cells) originating in or consigned from the People's Republic of China (Official Journal of the European Union L 325 of 5 December 2013)."
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