Commission Regulation (EU) No 1242/2009 of 16 December 2009 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cargo scanning systems originating in the People’s Republic of China

1 A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on systems for scanning of cargo, based on the use of neutron technology or based on the use of X-rays with an X-ray source of 250 KeV or more or based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, currently falling within CN codes ex90221900, ex90222900, ex90278017 and ex90301000 (TARIC codes 9022190010, 9022290010, 9027801710 and 9030100091) and motor vehicles equipped with such systems currently falling within CN code ex87059090 (TARIC code 8705909010) originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2 The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-European Union-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 shall be 36,6 %.

3 The release for free circulation in the European Union of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.

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

Without prejudice to Article 20 of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which this Regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard orally by the Commission within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Pursuant to Article 21(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, the parties concerned may comment on the application of this Regulation within one month of the date of its entry into force.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply for a period of six months.