
Article 1 

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of tube and pipe fittings (other than cast fittings, flanges and threaded fittings), of iron or steel (not including stainless steel), with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 609,6 mm, of a kind used for butt-welding or other purposes, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand and currently falling within CN codes ex 7307 93 11, ex 7307 93 19, ex 7307 99 30 and ex 7307 99 90 (TARIC codes 7307 93 11 91, 7307 93 11 93, 7307 93 11 94, 7307 93 11 95, 7307 93 11 99, 7307 93 19 91, 7307 93 19 93, 7307 93 19 94, 7307 93 19 95, 7307 93 19 99, 7307 99 30 92, 7307 99 30 93, 7307 99 30 94, 7307 99 30 95, 7307 99 30 98, 7307 99 90 92, 7307 99 90 93, 7307 99 90 94, 7307 99 90 95, 7307 99 90 98).
2. The rate of the definitive 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:
Country Company Rate of duty (%) TARIC Additional Code
People’s Republic of China All companies 58,6 —
Thailand Awaji Materia (Thailand) Co. Ltd. Samutprakarn 7,4 8850
 Thai Benkan Co. Ltd. Prapadaeng – Samutprakarn 0 A118
 All other companies 58,9 A999
3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 
The definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Article 1 on imports originating in the People’s Republic of China is hereby extended to imports of the same fittings consigned from Taiwan (TARIC codes: 7307 93 11 91, 7307 93 19 91, 7307 99 30 92 and 7307 99 90 92; TARIC additional code A999), Indonesia (TARIC codes: 7307 93 11 93, 7307 93 19 93, 7307 99 30 93 and 7307 99 90 93), Sri Lanka (TARIC codes: 7307 93 11 94, 7307 93 19 94, 7307 99 30 94 and 7307 99 90 94) and the Philippines (TARIC codes: 7307 93 11 95, 7307 93 19 95, 7307 99 30 95 and 7307 99 90 95), whether declared as originating respectively in Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines or not, with the exception of those produced by Rigid Industries Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A099). The exemption from the extension of the duty to imports of the same fittings produced by Chup Hsin Enterprise Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A098) and Nian Hong Pipe Fittings Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A100) is hereby repealed.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 27 August 2009.
For the Council
The President
C. BILDT