
Article 1 

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of silicon, currently falling within CN code 2804 69 00, originating in the People’s Republic of China.
2. The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union frontier price, before duty, for the product described in paragraph 1 and manufactured by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:
Company Duty rate TARIC additional code
Datong Jinneng Industrial Silicon Co., Pingwang Industry Garden, Datong, Shanxi 16,3 % A971
All other companies 19 % A999
3. The extension of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to imports from ‘all other companies’ in the People’s Republic of China (i.e. 19 %) to imports of the product described in paragraph 1 consigned from the Republic of Korea, whether declared as originating in the Republic of Korea or not, is hereby maintained (TARIC code 2804 69 00 10).
4. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 

1. Requests for exemption from the extended duty, mentioned in Article 1(3), shall be made in writing in one of the official languages of the Union and must be signed by a person authorised to represent the applicant.
2. The request must be sent to the following address:European CommissionDirectorate-General for TradeDirectorate BOffice: N-105 04/171049 Bruxelles/BrusselBELGIQUE/BELGIËFax +32 22956505
3. In accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, the Commission, after consulting the Advisory Committee, may authorise, by decision, the exemption of imports from companies, which do not circumvent the anti-dumping measures imposed by the current regulation, from the extended duty mentioned in Article 1(3).
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be in force for a period of 5 years.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 May 2010.
For the Council
The President
M. SEBASTIÁN