
Article 1 

1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of aspartame (N-L-α-Aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester, 3-amino-N-(α-carbomethoxy-phenethyl)-succinamic acid-N-methyl ester), CAS RN 22839-47-0, originating in the People's Republic of China, currently falling within CN code ex 2924 29 98 (TARIC code 2924 29 98 05).
2. The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Company Definitive anti-dumping duties TARIC additional code
Changmao Biochemical Engineering Co., Ltd 55,4 % C067
Sinosweet group:
 Sinosweet Co., Ltd, Yixing city, Jiangsu Province, the PRC,
 and Hansweet Co., Ltd, Yixing city, Jiangsu Province, the PRC. 59,4 % C068
Niutang group:
 Nantong Changhai Food Additive Co., Ltd, Nantong city, the PRC,
 and Changzhou Niutang Chemical Plant Co., Ltd, Niutang town, Changzhou city, Jiangsu Province, the PRC. 59,1 % C069
All other cooperating companies:
Shaoxing Marina Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, the PRC 58,8 % C070
Changzhou Guanghui Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Chunjiang Town, Changzhou city, Jiangsu Province, the PRC 58,8 % C071
Vitasweet Jiangsu Co., Ltd, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the PRC 58,8 % C072
All other companies 59,4 % C999
3. Where any 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 Article 1(1) during the investigation period (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015);
(b) it is not related to any of the exporters or producers in the People's Republic of China which are subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation; and
(c) it has actually exported to the Union the product concerned after the investigation period or it has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union,
the Table in Article 1(2) may be amended by adding the new exporting producer to the cooperating companies not included in the sample and thus subject to the weighted average duty rate of the companies in the sample.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 
The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/262 shall be definitively collected.
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, 28 July 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER