Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/940 of 10 June 2021 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia

1 A provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness, with outer plies of wood specified under subheading 441233, with at least one outer ply of birch wood, whether or not coated, originating in Russia, currently falling under CN code ex44123300 (TARIC code 4412330010).

2 The rates of the provisional 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: CompanyProvisional anti-dumping dutyTARIC additional codeSveza Group composed of seven exporting producers: JSC «SVEZA Manturovo»; JSC «SVEZA Novator»; Tyumen Plywood Plant Limited; JSC «SVEZA Ust-Izhora»; JSC «SVEZA Uralskiy»; JSC «SVEZA Kostroma»; JSC «SVEZA Verhnaya Sinyachiha»15,9 %C659Syktyvkar Plywood Mill Ltd.15,0 %C660Zheshartsky LРK LLC15,3 %C661Other cooperating companies listed in Annex15,7 %All other companies15,9 %C999

3 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 birch plywood sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in Russia. 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.

4 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 deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.

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

1 Interested parties shall submit their written comments on this Regulation to the Commission within 15 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

2 Interested parties wishing to request a hearing with the Commission shall do so within 5 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

3 Interested parties wishing to request a hearing with the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings are invited do so within 5 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Hearing Officer shall examine requests submitted outside this time limit and may decide whether to accept such requests if appropriate.

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