{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1239/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1239/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1239",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1239/2013 of 2 December 2013 imposing a definitive countervailing duty 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-2013-1239",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. A definitive countervailing 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 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 countervailing duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:\nCompanies listed in Annex II to the parallel anti-dumping Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1238/2013 (see page 1 of this Official Journal) shall have the TARIC additional code referred to therein.\nCompany\nDuty rate\nTARIC additional code\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; Zhenjiang Rietech New Energy Science Technology Co. Ltd,\n4,9 %\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\n6,3 %\nB797\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\n3,5 %\nB791\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\n5,0 %\nB794\nJiangxi LDK Solar Hi-Tech Co. Ltd;\nLDK Solar Hi-Tech (Nanchang) Co. Ltd;\nLDK Solar Hi-Tech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd,\n11,5 %\nB793\nLDK Solar Hi-Tech (Hefei) Co. Ltd\n11,5 %\nB927\nDelsolar (Wujiang) Ltd\n0 %\nB792\nRenesola Jiangsu Ltd\nRenesola Zhejiang Ltd\n4,6 %\nB921\nJinko Solar Co. Ltd\nJinko Solar Import and Export Co. Ltd\nZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO. LTD\nZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR TRADING CO. LTD\n6,5 %\nB845\nCompanies listed in the Annex\n6,4 %\nAll other companies\n11,5 %\nB999\n3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Companies listed in Annex II to the parallel anti-dumping Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1238/2013 (see page 1 of this Official Journal) shall have the TARIC additional code referred to therein."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1239/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:12.214260+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}