
Article 1 
In Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/325 the following paragraph 5 is added:
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5. Where any party from the People's Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that:
(a) it did not export the goods described in paragraph 1 originating in the People's Republic of China during the period of the original investigation (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009);
(b) it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation; and
(c) it has either actually exported the goods described in paragraph 1 or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of the original investigation;
the Commission may amend Annex I in order to attribute to that party the duty applicable to cooperating producers not included in the sample, i.e. 5,3 %.'
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, 18 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER