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

• Published date: 01 July 2016
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 325, 5 December 2013

2013R1239 — EN — 01.07.2016 — 001.001

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►B 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 (OJ L 325 5.12.2013, p. 66)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1054 of 29 June 2016	L 173	44	30.6.2016

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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

Article 1

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 8501310081 , 8501310089 , 8501320041 , 8501320049 , 8501330061 , 8501330069 , 8501340041 , 8501340049 , 8501612041 , 8501612049 , 8501618041 , 8501618049 , 8501620061 , 8501620069 , 8501630041 , 8501630049 , 8501640041 , 8501640049 , 8541409021 , 8541409029 , 8541409031 and 8541409039 ) and originating in or consigned from the People's Republic of China, unless they are in transit in the sense of Article V GATT.

The following product types are excluded from the definition of the product concerned:

— solar chargers that consist of less than six cells, are portable and supply electricity to devices or charge batteries,

— thin film photovoltaic products,

— crystalline 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),

— modules 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.

2. 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:

Company	Duty rate	TARIC additional code
Wuxi Suntech Power Co. Ltd; Suntech Power Co. Ltd; Wuxi Sunshine Power Co. Ltd; Luoyang Suntech Power Co. Ltd; Zhenjiang Ren De New Energy Science Technology Co. Ltd; Zhenjiang Rietech New Energy Science Technology Co. Ltd,	4,9 %	B796
Yingli Energy (China) Co. Ltd; Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd; Hainan Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd; Hengshui Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd; Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd; Lixian Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd; Baoding Jiasheng Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd; Beijing Tianneng Yingli New Energy Resources Co. Ltd; Yingli Energy (Beijing) Co. Ltd	6,3 %	B797
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd; Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co. Ltd; Changzhou Youze Technology Co. Ltd; Trina Solar Energy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd; Yancheng Trina Solar Energy Technology Co. Ltd	3,5 %	B791
JingAo Solar Co. Ltd; Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd, JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co. Ltd; Hefei JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd, Shanghai JA Solar PV Technology Co. Ltd	5,0 %	B794
Jiangxi LDK Solar Hi-Tech Co. Ltd; LDK Solar Hi-Tech (Nanchang) Co. Ltd; LDK Solar Hi-Tech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd,	11,5 %	B793
LDK Solar Hi-Tech (Hefei) Co. Ltd	11,5 %	B927
Delsolar (Wujiang) Ltd	0 %	B792
Renesola Jiangsu Ltd Renesola Zhejiang Ltd	4,6 %	B921
Jinko Solar Co. Ltd Jinko Solar Import and Export Co. Ltd ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO. LTD ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR TRADING CO. LTD	6,5 %	B845
Companies listed in the Annex	6,4 %
All other companies	11,5 %	B999 (1)
(1) 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.

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

Article 2

1. Imports declared for release into free circulation for products currently falling within CN code ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8541409021 , 8541409029 , 8541409031 and 8541409039 ) which are invoiced by companies from which undertakings are accepted by the Commission and whose names are listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/707/EU, shall be exempt from the anti-subsidy duty imposed by Article 1, on condition that:

(a) a company listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/707/EU manufactured, shipped and invoiced directly the products referred to above or via its related company also listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/707/EU either to their related companies in the Union acting as an importer and clearing the goods for free circulation in the Union or to the first independent customer acting as an importer and clearing the goods for free circulation in the Union;

(b) such imports are accompanied by an undertaking invoice which is a commercial invoice containing at least the elements and the declaration stipulated in Annex 2 of this Regulation;

(c) such imports are accompanied by an Export Undertaking Certificate according to Annex 3 of this Regulation; and

(d) the goods declared and presented to customs correspond precisely to the description on the undertaking invoice.

2. A customs debt shall be incurred at the time of acceptance of the declaration for release into free circulation:

(a) whenever it is established, in respect of imports described in paragraph 1, that one or more of the conditions listed in that paragraph are not fulfilled; or

(b) when the Commission withdraws its acceptance of the undertaking pursuant to Article 13(9) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 in a Regulation or Decision which refers to particular transactions and declares the relevant undertaking invoices as invalid.

Article 3

The companies from which undertakings are accepted by the Commission and whose names are listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/707/EU and subject to certain conditions specified therein, will also issue an invoice for transactions which are not exempted from the anti-subsidy duties. This invoice shall be a commercial invoice containing at least the elements stipulated in Annex 4 of this Regulation.

Article 4

Registration of imports resulting from Regulation (EU) No 182/2013 making imports of crystalline silicon PV modules and key components (i.e. cells and wafers) originating in or consigned from the People's Republic of China subject to registration shall be discontinued.

Article 5

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

It shall expire on 7 December 2015.

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

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ANNEX 1

Name of the Company	TARIC additional code
Anhui Schutten Solar Energy Co. Ltd Quanjiao Jingkun Trade Co. Ltd	B801
Anji DaSol Solar Energy Science & Technology Co. Ltd	B802
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc. CSI Cells Co. Ltd CSI Solar Power (China) Inc.	B805
Changzhou Shangyou Lianyi Electronic Co. Ltd	B807
CHINALAND SOLAR ENERGY CO. LTD	B808
CEEG Nanjing Renewable Energy Co. Ltd CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science Technology Co. Ltd China Sunergy (Nanjing) Co. Ltd China Sunergy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd China Sunergy (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd	B809
Chint Solar (Zhejiang) Co. Ltd	B810
ChangZhou EGing Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd	B811
ANHUI RINENG ZHONGTIAN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. CIXI CITY RIXING ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. HUOSHAN KEBO ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.	B812
CNPV Dongying Solar Power Co. Ltd	B813
CSG PVtech Co. Ltd	B814
DCWATT POWER Co. Ltd	B815
Dongfang Electric (Yixing) MAGI Solar Power Technology Co. Ltd	B816
EOPLLY New Energy Technology Co. Ltd SHANGHAI EBEST SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD JIANGSU EOPLLY IMPORT & EXPORT CO. LTD	B817
Era Solar Co. Ltd	B818
ET Energy Co. Ltd ET Solar Industry Limited	B819
GD Solar Co. Ltd	B820
Guodian Jintech Solar Energy Co. Ltd	B822
Hangzhou Bluesun New Material Co. Ltd	B824
Hangzhou Zhejiang University Sunny Energy Science and Technology Co. Ltd Zhejiang Jinbest Energy Science and Technology Co. Ltd	B825
Hanwha SolarOne Co. Ltd	B929
Hanwha SolarOne (Qidong) Co. Ltd	B826
Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd	B827
HENGJI PV-TECH ENERGY CO. LTD.	B828
Himin Clean Energy Holdings Co. Ltd	B829
Jetion Solar (China) Co. Ltd Junfeng Solar (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd Jetion Solar (Jiangyin) Co. Ltd	B830
Jiangsu Green Power PV Co. Ltd	B831
Jiangsu Hosun Solar Power Co. Ltd	B83

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