
Article 1 

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of okoumé plywood, defined as plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness, with at least one outer ply of okoumé not coated by a permanent film of other materials, falling within CN code ex 4412 13 10 (TARIC code 4412 13 10 10) and originating in the People's Republic of China.
2. The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, shall be as follows, provided that they are imported in conformity with paragraph 3:
Manufacturer Rate of duty% TARIC additional code

Nantong Zongyi Plywood Co., LtdXingdong Town, Tongzhou City, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
 9,6 A526

Zhejiang Deren Bamboo-Wood Technologies Co., LtdLinhai Economic Development Zone, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
 23,5 A527

Zhonglin Enterprise (Dangshan) Co., LtdXue Lou Miao Pu, Dangshan County, Anhui Province 235323, People's Republic of China
 6,5 A528

Jiaxing Jinlin Lumber Co., LtdNorth of Ganyao Town, Jiashan, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
 17,0 A529
All other companies 66,7 A999
3. The application of the individual duty rates specified for the four companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the customs authorities of the Member States of a valid commercial invoice, which shall conform to the requirements set out in the Annex. If no such invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to all other companies shall apply.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 
Amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 988/2004 on imports of okoumé plywood falling within CN code ex 4412 13 10 (TARIC code 4412 13 10 10), originating in the People's Republic of China shall be definitively collected, in accordance with the rules set out below. The amounts secured in excess of the amount of the definitive anti-dumping duties shall be released. Where the definitive duties are higher than the provisional duties, only the amounts secured at the level of the provisional duties shall be definitively collected. Amounts secured for the import of film-faced okoumé plywood should be released.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in theOfficial Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 2 November 2004.
For the Council
The President
B. R. BOT
ANNEX

The valid commercial invoice referred to in Article 1(3) of the Regulation must include a declaration signed by an official of the company, in the following format:

1.. the name and function of the official of the company which has issued the commercial invoice;
2.. the following declaration:
'I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of okoumé plywood sold for export to the European Community covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in (country); I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.';
3.. Date and signature.
