Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/607 of 14 April 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of citric acid originating in the People’s Republic of China as extended to imports of citric acid consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council

1 A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of citric acid and trisodium citrate dihydrate, currently falling under CN codes 29181400 and ex29181500 (TARIC code 2918150011 and 2918150019) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2 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: CompanyDefinitive anti-dumping duty (%)TARIC additional codeCOFCO Bio-Chemical Energy (Yushu) Co. Ltd – No 1 Dongfeng Avenue, Wukeshu Economic Development Zone, Changchun City 130401, PRC35,7A874Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd. – No 89, Changjiang Street, Laiwu City, Shandong Province, PRC15,3A880RZBC Co., Ltd. – No 9 Xinghai West Road, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, PRC36,8A876RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. – No 209 Laiyang Road, Juxian Economic Development Zone, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, PRC36,8A877TTCA Co., Ltd. – West, Wenhe Bridge North, Anqiu City, Shandong Province, PRC42,7A878Weifang Ensign Industry Co., Ltd. – No 1567 Changsheng Street, Changle, Weifang, Shandong Province, PRC33,8A882Jiangsu Guoxin Union Energy Co., Ltd. – No 1 Redian Road, Yixing Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, PRC32,6A879All other companies42,7A999

3 The definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to imports originating in the People’s Republic of China, as set out in paragraph 2, is hereby extended to imports of the same citric acid and trisodium citrate dihydrate consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not (CN codes ex29181400 (TARIC code 2918140010) and ex29181500 (TARIC code 2918150011).

4 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 under review) 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.

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

1 Imports declared for release into free circulation which are invoiced by companies from which undertakings are accepted by the Commission and whose names are listed in Decision 2008/899/EC, further amended by Decision 2012/501/EU and Regulation (EU) 2016/704, shall be exempt from the anti-dumping duty imposed by Article 1, on condition that: (a) they are manufactured, shipped and invoiced directly by the said companies to the first independent customer in the Union; and (b) such imports are accompanied by an undertaking invoice which is a commercial invoice containing at least the elements and the declaration stipulated in the Annex to this Regulation; and (c) the goods declared and presented to customs correspond precisely to the description on the undertaking invoice.

2 A customs debt shall be incurred at the time of acceptance of the declaration for release into free circulation: (a) whenever it is established, in respect of imports described in paragraph 1, that one or more of the conditions listed in that paragraph are not fulfilled; or (b) when the Commission withdraws its acceptance of the undertaking pursuant to Article 8(9) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 in a Regulation or Decision which refers to particular transactions and declares the relevant undertaking invoices as invalid.

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