Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1784 of 8 October 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium flat-rolled products originating in the People’s Republic of China

Without prejudice to Article 2, a definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of aluminium products, flat rolled, whether or not alloyed, whether or not further worked than flat rolled, not backed, without internal layers of other material,

• in coils or in coiled strips, in cut-to-length sheets, or in the form of circles; of a thickness of 0,2 mm or more but not more than 6 mm,

• in plates, of a thickness of more than 6 mm,

• in coils or in coiled strips, of a thickness of not less than 0,03 mm but less than 0,2 mm,

  currently falling under CN codes ex76061110 (TARIC codes 7606111025, 7606111086), ex76061191 (TARIC codes 7606119125, 7606119186), ex76061193 (TARIC codes 7606119325, 7606119386), ex76061199 (TARIC codes 7606119925, 7606119986), ex76061220 (TARIC codes 7606122025, 7606122088), ex76061292 (TARIC codes 7606129225, 7606129293), ex76061293 (TARIC code 7606129386), ex76061299 (TARIC codes 7606129925 and 7606129986), ex76069100 (TARIC codes 7606910025, 7606910086), ex76069200 (TARIC codes 7606920025, 7606920092), ex76071190 (TARIC codes 7607119048, 7607119051, 7607119053, 7607119065, 7607119073, 7607119075, 7607119077, 7607119091, 7607119093) and ex76071990 (TARIC codes 7607199075, 7607199094) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which 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 (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in [country concerned]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct’. If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.

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

The following products shall be excluded from the product described in Article 1(1):

• aluminium beverage can body stock, end stock and tab stock,

• products currently falling under TARIC codes 7607119044 and 7607119071,

• aluminium products, alloyed, of a thickness of not less than 0,2 mm and not more than 6 mm, for use as body panels in the car industry,

• aluminium products, alloyed, of a thickness of not less than 0,8 mm, for use in the manufacture of aircraft parts.

The product described in Article 1(1) shall be exempted from definitive anti-dumping duty if it is imported for use in the production of aluminium composite panels and if it complies with the following technical characteristics:

• tension levelled aluminium coils,

• hot-rolled coils,

• mill finish,

• widths: from 800 mm up to 2 050 mm,

• thicknesses: 0,20 mm up to 0,5 mm,

• tolerance on thickness: +/- 0,01 mm,

• tolerance on width: +1,50/-0,00 mm,

• alloys: 5005, 3105,

• temper: h14, h16, h24, h26,

• max wave height: max. 3 in 1 000 mm.

The exclusions under paragraph 1 indent 3 and 4 and the exemption under paragraph 2 shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the customs provisions of the Union on the end use procedure, in particular Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽¹⁾ (the Union Customs Code).