Legal provisions of COM(2000)453 - Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain malleable cast iron tube or pipe fittings from Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, China, Korea and Thailand

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Article 1

1. 1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of threaded malleable cast iron tube or pipe fittings, falling within CN code ex 7307 19 10 (TARIC code 7307 19 10 10) and originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand.

2. The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, shall be as follows for products originating in:

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3. The above rates shall not apply to the products manufactured by the companies listed below, which shall be subject to the following anti-dumping duty rates:

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4. Notwithstanding Article 1 (1), the definitive duty shall not apply to imports realised for free circulation in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.

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

Article 2

1. Imports shall be exempt from the anti-dumping duties imposed by Article 1 provided that they are produced and sold for export to the Community by the companies mentioned in paragraph 3, declared under the appropriate TARIC additional code and that the conditions set in paragraph 2 are met.

2. When the request for release for free circulation is presented, exemption from the duties shall be conditional upon presentation to the competent Member State's customs services of a valid 'Undertaking Invoice' issued by the exporting companies mentioned in paragraph 3 containing the essential elements listed in the Annex to this Regulation. Exemption from the duty shall further be conditional on the goods declared and presented to customs corresponding precisely to the description on the 'undertaking invoice'.

3. Imports accompanied by an 'undertaking invoice' shall be declared under the following TARIC additional codes:

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Article 3

The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 449/2000 shall be collected at the rate of the duty definitively imposed. Amounts secured in excess of the definitive rate of anti-dumping duties shall be released. Where the definitive duties are higher than the provisional duties, only the amounts secured at the level of the provisional duties shall be definitively collected.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.


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