Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2754 of 29 October 2024 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of new battery electric vehicles designed for the transport of persons originating in the People’s Republic of China

1 A definitive countervailing duty is imposed on imports of new battery electric vehicles, principally designed for the transport of nine or less persons, including the driver, excluding L category vehicles according to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and motorcycles, propelled (regardless of the number of wheels set in motion) solely by one or more electric motors, including those with an internal combustion range extender (an auxiliary power unit), currently falling under CN code ex87038010 (TARIC code 8703801010) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2 The rates of the definitive countervailing 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 countervailing dutyDefinitive TARIC additional codeBYD Group:17,0 %BYD Auto Company Limited89HHBYD Auto Industry Company Limited89HIChangsha BYD Auto Company Limited89HJChangsha Xingchao Auto Company Limited89HKChangzhou BYD Auto Company Limited89HLFuzhou BYD Industrial Company Limited89HMHefei BYD Auto Company Limited89HNJinan BYD Auto Company Limited89HOGeely Group:18,8 %Asia Euro Automobile Manufacture (Taizhou) Company Limited89HPChongqing Lifan Passenger Vehicle Co., Ltd.89HQFengsheng Automobile (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.89HRShanxi New Energy Automobile Industry Co., Ltd.89HSZhejiang Geely Automobile Company Limited89HTZhejiang Haoqing Automobile Manufacturing Company Limited89HUZhongjia Automobile Manufacturing (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.89HVSAIC Group:35,3 %SAIC MAXUS Automotive Company Limited89HWSAIC Motor Corporation Limited89HXNanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation89HYSAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.89HZSAIC GM Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd.89IASAIC General Motors Co., Ltd.89IBTesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd7,8 %89BZOther cooperating companies (Annex)20,7 %All other companies35,3 %8999

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 new battery electric vehicles sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the People’s Republic of China. 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 Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

The amounts secured by way of the provisional countervailing duties pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1866 shall be definitively released.

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