
Article 1 

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel; aluminium killed; plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc and/or with aluminium, and no other metal; chemically passivated; containing by weight: 0,015 % or more but not more than 0,170 % of carbon, 0,015 % or more but not more than 0,100 % of aluminium, not more than 0,045 % of niobium, not more than 0,010 % of titanium and not more than 0,010 % of vanadium; presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips.The following products are excluded:
— of stainless steel, of silicon-electrical steel, and of high-speed steel,
— not further worked than hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced).The product concerned is currently falling within CN codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 30 and ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes: 7210 41 00 20, 7210 49 00 20, 7210 61 00 20, 7210 69 00 20, 7212 30 00 20, 7212 50 61 20, 7212 50 69 20, 7225 92 00 20, 7225 99 00 22, 7225 99 00 92, 7226 99 30 10, 7226 99 70 94) and originating in 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, of the product described in paragraph 1 and manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Company Definitive duty rate (%) TARIC Additional Code
Hesteel Co., Ltd Handan Branch 27,8 C227
Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd 27,8 C158
Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch 27,8 C159
Tangshan Iron & Steel Group High Strength Automotive Strip Co., Ltd 27,8 C228
Beijing Shougang Cold Rolling Co., Ltd 17,2 C229
Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co., Ltd 17,2 C164
Zhangjiagang Shagang Dongshin Galvanized Steel Sheet Co., Ltd 27,9 C230
Zhangjiagang Yangtze River Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd 27,9 C112
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex 26,1 C231
All other companies 27,9 C999
3. The application of the individual anti-dumping duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the customs authorities of the Member States of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of corrosion resistant steels sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the (country concerned). I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to ‘all other companies’ shall apply.
4. Where any new exporting producer in the People's Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that: (a) it did not export to the Union the product described in paragraph 1 in the period between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2016 (investigation period); (b) it is not related to any exporter or producer in the People's Republic of China which is subject to the anti-dumping measures imposed by this Regulation; (c) it has actually exported to the Union the product concerned or it has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the original investigation period, the Commission may amend the Annex by adding the new exporting producer to the cooperating companies not included in the sample and thus subject to the weighted average duty of not exceeding 26,1 %.
5. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply. The default interest to be paid in case of reimbursement that gives rise to a right to payment of default interest shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal refinancing operations, as published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, in force on the first calendar day of the month in which the deadline falls, increased by one percentage point.
Article 2 
The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1444 shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of anti-dumping duty shall be released.
Article 3 
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, 7 February 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd Maanshan, Anhui C312
Angang Steel Company Limited Anshan, Liaoning C313
TKAS Auto Steel Company Ltd Dalian, Liaoning C314
JiangYin ZongCheng Steel CO., Ltd Jiangyin, Jiangsu C315
Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd Benxi, Liaoning C316
BX STEEL POSCO Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd Benxi, Liaoning C317
Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd Wuhan, Hubei C318
Shandong Kerui Steel Plate Co., Ltd Binzhou, Shandong C319
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd Baotou, Inner Mongolia C320
Hunan Valin Liangang Steel Sheet Co., Ltd Loudi, Hunan C321
Shandong Huifu Color Steel Co., Ltd Linyi, Shadong C322
Fujian Kaijing Greentech Material Co., Ltd Longhai, Fujian C323
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd Shanghai C324
Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd Zhanjiang, Guandong C325
Yieh Phui (China) Technomaterial Co. Changshu, Jiangsu C326
Rizhao Baohua New Materials Co., Ltd Rizhao, Shandong C327
Jiangsu Gangzheng Steel Sheet Science and Technology Co., Ltd Nantong, Jiangsu C328