
Article 1 

1. A provisional 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 35, 7225 99 00 92, 7226 99 30 10, 7226 99 70 94) and originating in in the People's Republic of China.
2. The rates of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Company Provisional duty rate (%) TARIC additional code
Hesteel Co., Ltd Handan Branch 23,5 C227
Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd 23,5 C158
Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch 23,5 C159
Tangshan Iron & Steel Group High Strength Automotive Strip Co., Ltd 23,5 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 28,5 C230
Zhangjiagang Yangtze River Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd 28,5 C112
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex 23,4 C231
All other companies 28,5 C999
3. The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States' customs authorities 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 (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in [country concerned]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.
4. The release for free circulation in the Union of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
5. Unless otherwise specified, the relevant provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 

1. Within 25 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, interested parties may:
(a) request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which this Regulation was adopted;
(b) submit their written comments to the Commission; and
(c) request a hearing with the Commission and/or the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings.
2. Within 25 calendar days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the parties referred to in Article 21(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 may comment on the application of the provisional measures.
Article 3 

1. Customs authorities are hereby directed to discontinue the registration of imports established in accordance with Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1238.
2. Data collected regarding products which were entered not more than 90 days prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be kept until the entry into force of possible definitive measures, or the termination of this proceeding.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1 shall apply for a period of six months.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 August 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
COOPERATING EXPORTING PRODUCERS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SAMPLE 

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