
Article 1 

1. A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of citric acid and of trisodium citrate dihydrate falling within CN codes 2918 14 00 and ex 2918 15 00 (TARIC code 2918 15 00 10) and originating in the People's Republic of China.
2. The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies below shall be as follows:
Company Anti-Dumping duty (%) TARIC Additional Code
Anhui BBCA Biochemical Co., Ltd — No 73, Fengyuandadao Road, Bengbu City 233010, Anhui Province, PRC 42,2 A874
DSM Citric Acid (Wuxi) Ltd — West Side of Jincheng Bridge, Wuxi 214024, Jiangsu province, PRC 13,2 A875
RZBC Co., Ltd — No 9 Xinghai West Road, Rizhao, Shandong Province, PRC 43,2 A876
RZBC (Juxian) Co. Ltd, West Wing, Chenyang North Road, Ju County Shandong Province, PRC, 43,2 A877
TTCA Co., Ltd — West, Wenhe Bridge North, Anqiu City, Shandong Province, PRC 49,3 A878
Yixing Union Biochemical Co., Ltd — Industry Zone Yixing City 214203, Jiangsu Province, PRC 38,8 A879
Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co. Ltd, PRC 43,2 A880
Shanxi Ruicheng Yellow River Chemicals Co. Ltd., PRC 43,2 A881
Weifang Ensign Industry Co. Ltd, PRC 43,2 A882
All other companies 49,3 A999
3. The release for free circulation in the Community 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.
Article 2 
Without prejudice to Article 20 of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, 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 one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Pursuant to Article 21(4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, the parties concerned may comment on the application of this Regulation within one month of the date of its entry into force.
Article 3 
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 six months.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 2 June 2008.
For the Commission
Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission