
Article 1 

1. A definitive countervailing duty is hereby imposed on imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,65 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 6,0 μΩ.m or less, falling within CN code ex 8545 11 00 (TARIC code 8545 11 00 10) and nipples used for such electrodes, falling within CN code ex 8545 90 90 (TARIC code 8545 90 90 10) whether imported together or separately originating in India.
2. The rate of the definitive countervailing duty applicable to the net free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, for products produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Company Definitive duty TARIC additional code
Graphite India Limited (GIL), 31 Chowringhee Road, Kolkatta — 700016, West Bengal 15,7 % A530
Hindustan Electro Graphite (HEG) Limited, Bhilwara Towers, A-12, Sector-1, Noida — 201301, Uttar Pradesh 7,0 % A531
All others 15,7 % A999
3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 
The amounts secured by way of provisional countervailing duties pursuant to the provisional Regulation on imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,65 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 6,0 μΩ.m or less, falling within CN code ex 8545 11 00 (TARIC code 8545 11 00 10) and nipples used for such electrodes, falling within CN code ex 8545 90 90 (TARIC code 8545 90 90 10) whether imported together or separately originating in India shall be definitively collected as follows.
The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rate of countervailing duties shall be released. Where the definitive duties are higher than the provisional duties, only the amounts secured at the level of the provisional duties shall be definitively collected.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 September 2004.
For the Council
The President
B. R. BOT