Council Regulation (EC) No 803/2009 of 27 August 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand, and those consigned from Taiwan, whether declared as originating in Taiwan, or not, and repealing the exemption granted to Chup Hsin Enterprise Co. Ltd. and Nian Hong Pipe Fittings Co. Ltd.

1 A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of tube and pipe fittings (other than cast fittings, flanges and threaded fittings), of iron or steel (not including stainless steel), with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 609,6 mm, of a kind used for butt-welding or other purposes, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand and currently falling within CN codes ex73079311, ex73079319, ex73079930 and ex73079990 (TARIC codes 7307931191, 7307931193, 7307931194, 7307931195, 7307931199, 7307931991, 7307931993, 7307931994, 7307931995, 7307931999, 7307993092, 7307993093, 7307993094, 7307993095, 7307993098, 7307999092, 7307999093, 7307999094, 7307999095, 7307999098).

2 The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies below shall be as follows: CountryCompanyRate of duty (%)TARIC Additional CodePeople’s Republic of ChinaAll companies58,6—ThailandAwaji Materia (Thailand) Co. Ltd. Samutprakarn7,48850Thai Benkan Co. Ltd. Prapadaeng – Samutprakarn0A118All other companies58,9A999

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

The definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Article 1 on imports originating in the People’s Republic of China is hereby extended to imports of the same fittings consigned from Taiwan (TARIC codes: 7307931191, 7307931991, 7307993092 and 7307999092; TARIC additional code A999), Indonesia (TARIC codes: 7307931193, 7307931993, 7307993093 and 7307999093), Sri Lanka (TARIC codes: 7307931194, 7307931994, 7307993094 and 7307999094) and the Philippines (TARIC codes: 7307931195, 7307931995, 7307993095 and 7307999095), whether declared as originating respectively in Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines or not, with the exception of those produced by Rigid Industries Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A099). The exemption from the extension of the duty to imports of the same fittings produced by Chup Hsin Enterprise Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A098) and Nian Hong Pipe Fittings Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A100) is hereby repealed.

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