{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-688/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/688",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/688 of 2 May 2019 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain organic coated steel products originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-688",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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 91, 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.\n2. The rate 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:\nCompany\nDuty (%)\nTARIC Additional Code\nUnion Steel China\n13,7\nB311\nZhangjiagang Panhua Steel Strip Co., Ltd, Chongqing Wanda Steel Strip Co., Ltd, and Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone Jiaxinda International Trade Co., Ltd\n29,7\nB312\nZhejiang Huadong Light Steel Building Material Co. Ltd and Hangzhou P.R.P.T. Metal Material Company, Ltd\n23,8\nB313\nAngang Steel Company Limited\n26,8\nB314\nAnyang Iron Steel Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB315\nBaoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB316\nBaoutou City Jialong Metal Works Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB317\nChangshu Everbright Material Technology Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB318\nChangzhou Changsong Metal Composite Material Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB319\nCibao Modern Steel Sheet Jiangsu Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB320\nInner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB321\nJiangyin Ninesky Technology Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB322\nJiangyin Zhongjiang Prepainted Steel Mfg Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB323\nJigang Group Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB324\nMaanshan Iron&Steel Company Limited\n26,8\nB325\nQingdao Hangang Color Coated Sheet Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB326\nShandong Guanzhou Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB327\nShenzen Sino Master Steel Sheet Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB328\nTangshan Iron And Steel Group Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB329\nTianjin Xinyu Color Plate Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB330\nWuhan Iron And Steel Company Limited\n26,8\nB331\nWuxi Zhongcai New Materials Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB332\nXinyu Iron And Steel Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB333\nZhejiang Tiannu Color Steel Co., Ltd\n26,8\nB334\nAll other companies\n44,7\nB999\n3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.\n4. The application of the individual countervailing duty rates specified for the companies listed in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation of a valid commercial invoice to the customs authorities of the Member States. On the commercial invoice 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) of certain organic coated steels sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the (country concerned). I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to ‘all other companies’ shall apply.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/688/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:27.161121+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."
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