Commission Regulation (EU) No 1042/2010 of 16 November 2010 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of coated fine paper originating in the People’s Republic of China

1 A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on coated fine paper, which is paper or paperboard coated on one or both sides (excluding kraft paper or kraft paperboard), in either sheets or rolls, and with a weight of 70 g/m2 or more but not exceeding 400 g/m2 and brightness of more than 84 (measured according to ISO 2470-1), currently falling within CN codes ex48101320, ex48101380, ex48101420, ex48101480, ex48101910, ex48101990, ex48102210, ex48102290, ex48102930, ex48102980, ex48109910, ex48109930 and ex48109990 (TARIC codes 4810132020, 4810138020, 4810142020, 4810148020, 4810191020, 4810199020, 4810221020, 4810229020, 4810293020, 4810298020, 4810991020, 4810993020 and 4810999020) and originating in the People’s Republic of China. The provisional anti-dumping duty does not concern rolls suitable for use in web-fed presses. Rolls suitable for use in web-fed presses are defined as those rolls which, if tested according to the ISO test standard ISO 3783:2006 concerning the determination of resistance to picking – accelerated speed method using the IGT tester (electric model), give a result of less than 30 N/m when measuring in the cross-direction of the paper (CD) and a result of less than 50 N/m when measuring in the machine direction (MD). The provisional anti-dumping duty does also not concern multi-ply paper and multi-ply paperboard.

2 The rate of the provisional anti-dumping 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: CompanyAD duty rateTARIC additional codeGold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, PRC; Gold Huasheng Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co., Ltd, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, PRC19,7 %B001All other companies39,1 %B999

3 The release for free circulation in the 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 1225/2009, 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 1 month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Pursuant to Article 21(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, the parties concerned may comment on the application of this Regulation within 1 month of the date of its entry into force.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply for a period of 6 months.