
Article 1 

1. The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 and Article 24(5) Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union of:
— crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels currently falling within CN codes ex 8501 31 00 (TARIC codes 8501 31 00 81 and 8501 31 00 89), ex 8501 32 00 (TARIC codes 8501 32 00 41 and 8501 32 00 49), ex 8501 33 00 (TARIC codes 8501 33 00 61 and 8501 33 00 69), ex 8501 34 00 (TARIC codes 8501 34 00 41 and 8501 34 00 49), ex 8501 61 20 (TARIC codes 8501 61 20 41 and 8501 61 20 49), ex 8501 61 80 (TARIC codes 8501 61 80 41 and 8501 61 80 49), ex 8501 62 00 (TARIC codes 8501 62 00 61 and 8501 62 00 69), ex 8501 63 00 (TARIC codes 8501 63 00 41 and 8501 63 00 49), ex 8501 64 00 (TARIC codes 8501 64 00 41 and 8501 64 00 49) and ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8541 40 90 21 and 8541 40 90 29),
— cells of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels currently falling within CN code ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8541 40 90 31 and 8541 40 90 39), and
— wafers of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels currently falling within CN code ex 3818 00 10 (TARIC codes 3818 00 10 11 and 3818 00 10 19),originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China. The cells and wafers have a thickness not exceeding 400 μm.From the product under registration the following product types are excluded:
— solar chargers that consist of less than six cells, are portable and supply electricity to devices or charge batteries,
— thin film photovoltaic products,
— crystalline silicon photovoltaic products that are permanently integrated into electrical goods, where the function of the electrical goods is other than power generation, and where these electrical goods consume the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell(s).Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2. All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 20 days from the date of publication of this Regulation.
Article 2 
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, 1 March 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO