Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2019/1286 of 30 July 2019 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) originating in India following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and the Council

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against subsidied imports from countries not members of the European Union⁽¹⁾ (‘basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

A definitive countervailing duty is hereby imposed on imports of polyethylene terephthalate having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higher, according to ISO Standard 1628-5, currently falling under CN code 3907 61 00 and originating in India.

2.

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:

Country	Company	Duty rate (EUR/tonne)	TARIC additional code
India	Futura Polyesters Ltd	0	A184
India	IVL Dhunseri Petrochem Industries Private Limited	18,73	C380
India	Pearl Engineering Polymers Ltd	74,6	A182
India	Reliance Industries Limited	29,21	A181
India	Senpet Ltd	22,0	A183
India	All other companies	69,4	A999

3.

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

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker