ISSN 1977-091X
Official Journal
of the European Union
C 196
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Information and Notices
Volume 60
20 June 2017
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NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
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2017/C 196/03 |
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) ( 1 ) |
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
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2017/C 196/04 |
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2017/C 196/05 |
Hercule III Programme — Call for proposals — 2017 — Law Training and Studies |
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2017/C 196/06 |
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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY |
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2017/C 196/07 |
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(1) Text with EEA relevance. |
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NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
Council
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20.6.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/1 |
Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau apply
(2017/C 196/01)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annexes II and III to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons designated in the abovementioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2012/285/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 should continue to apply to those persons.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 377/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned lists should be reconsidered, by 28 April 2018, to the following address:
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Council of the European Union |
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General Secretariat |
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DG C 1C |
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Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 |
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BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
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E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu |
Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council's periodic review, in accordance with Article 5(2) of Decision 2012/285/CFSP and Article 11(4) of Regulation (EU) No 377/2012.
(1) OJ L 142, 1.6.2012, p. 36.
European Commission
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20.6.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/2 |
Euro exchange rates (1)
19 June 2017
(2017/C 196/02)
1 euro =
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Currency |
Exchange rate |
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USD |
US dollar |
1,1199 |
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JPY |
Japanese yen |
124,26 |
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DKK |
Danish krone |
7,4371 |
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GBP |
Pound sterling |
0,87518 |
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SEK |
Swedish krona |
9,7443 |
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CHF |
Swiss franc |
1,0870 |
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ISK |
Iceland króna |
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NOK |
Norwegian krone |
9,4518 |
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BGN |
Bulgarian lev |
1,9558 |
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CZK |
Czech koruna |
26,172 |
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HUF |
Hungarian forint |
307,09 |
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PLN |
Polish zloty |
4,2125 |
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RON |
Romanian leu |
4,5901 |
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TRY |
Turkish lira |
3,9297 |
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AUD |
Australian dollar |
1,4705 |
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CAD |
Canadian dollar |
1,4827 |
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HKD |
Hong Kong dollar |
8,7350 |
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NZD |
New Zealand dollar |
1,5411 |
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SGD |
Singapore dollar |
1,5483 |
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KRW |
South Korean won |
1 269,76 |
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ZAR |
South African rand |
14,5349 |
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CNY |
Chinese yuan renminbi |
7,6342 |
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HRK |
Croatian kuna |
7,4148 |
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IDR |
Indonesian rupiah |
14 872,95 |
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MYR |
Malaysian ringgit |
4,7904 |
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PHP |
Philippine peso |
56,012 |
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RUB |
Russian rouble |
65,1757 |
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THB |
Thai baht |
38,009 |
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BRL |
Brazilian real |
3,6957 |
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MXN |
Mexican peso |
20,1198 |
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INR |
Indian rupee |
72,1465 |
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
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20.6.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/3 |
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1) )
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 196/03)
Decisions granting an authorisation
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C(2017) 3910 |
13 June 2017 |
Potassium dichromate EC No 231-906-6, CAS No 7778-50-9 |
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REACH/17/14/0 |
Industrial use of potassium dichromate-based mixtures during the steps of initial and final etching of CZT layers during the production of opto-electronic components gathering a readout and an infrared detecting circuit with the MCT technology. |
21 September 2024 |
In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility. |
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REACH/17/14/1 |
Industrial use of potassium dichromate-based mixtures during the etching of both InSb substrate sides during the production of opto-electronic components gathering a readout and an infrared detecting circuit with the InSb technology. |
21 September 2021 |
(1) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
(2) The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm
V Announcements
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
European Commission
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20.6.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/4 |
HERCULE III Programme
Call for proposals — 2017
Technical Assistance for the fight against EU fraud
(2017/C 196/04)
1. Objectives and description
This notice of call for proposals is based on Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) establishing the Hercule III Programme, in particular Article 8 (a) (‘Eligible Actions’), as well as the Financing Decision 2017 adopting the annual work programme (2) for the implementation of the Hercule III Programme in 2017, in particular section 6.1.1, actions: 1 - 4 (‘Technical assistance: actions’). The Financing Decision 2017 provides for the organisation of a call for proposals ‘Technical Assistance’.
2. Eligible applicants
The bodies eligible for funding under the Programme are national or regional administrations (‘Applicants’) of a Member State which promote the strengthening of European Union action to protect the European Union’s financial interests.
3. Eligible actions
The purpose of this call is to invite national and regional administrations to submit applications for actions under one of the following four topics:
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The purchase and maintenance of investigation tools and methods, including specialised training to operate these tools (‘Investigation tools and methods’); |
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The purchase and maintenance of devices and animals to carry out inspections of containers, trucks, railway wagons and vehicles at the Union’s external borders to detect smuggled and counterfeited goods (‘Detection tools’); |
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The purchase, maintenance and interconnection of systems for the recognition of vehicle number plates (Automated Number Plate Recognition Systems — ANPRS) or container codes. Specialised training needed to operate these systems is included; |
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The purchase of services to support Member States’ capacity to analyse, store and destroy seized cigarettes (‘Analysis and Destruction of seizures’). |
An applicant can submit only one application under this call. The application shall be made for an action under only one of the four topics mentioned above: an application for an action under more than one of these topics will not be accepted.
4. Budget
The indicative available budget for this call is EUR 9 150 000. The financial contribution will take the form of a grant. The financial contribution awarded will not exceed 80 % of the eligible costs. In exceptional and duly justified cases, the financial contribution may be increased to cover a maximum of 90 % of the eligible costs. The call document lists the criteria that will be applied to determine these exceptional and duly justified cases. The minimum threshold for the budget of an action submitted in an application has been set at: EUR 100 000.
The Commission reserves the right not to allocate all the funds available.
5. Submission of an application and deadline
Applications must be submitted no later than: Wednesday, 9 August 2017, and can only be submitted by making use of the Participant Portal for the Hercule III programme:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/herc/index.html
6. Further information
All documents related to this call for proposals can be downloaded from the Participant Portal mentioned under point 5 above or from the following internet website:
http://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/policy/hercule_en
Questions and/or requests for additional information in relation to this call have to be submitted via the Participant Portal.
The questions and answers may be anonymously published in the Guide for Applicants made available on the Participant Portal and on the Commission’s internet website if they are relevant to other applicants.
(1) Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 6).
(2) Commission Decision concerning the adoption of the annual work programme and the financing of the Hercule III Programme in 2017 C(2017) 1120 final of 22 February 2017.
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/6 |
HERCULE III Programme
Call for proposals — 2017
Law Training and Studies
(2017/C 196/05)
1. Objectives and description
This notice of call for proposals is based on Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) establishing the Hercule III Programme, in particular Article 8 (a) (‘Eligible Actions’), as well as the Financing Decision 2017 adopting the annual work programme (2) for the implementation of the Hercule III Programme in 2017, in particular section 6.2.1 ‘Training actions’. The Financing Decision 2017 provides for the organisation of a call for proposals ‘Law Training and Studies’.
2. Eligible applicants
The bodies eligible for funding under the Programme are:
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National or regional administrations of a Member State which promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union, or: |
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Research and educational institutes and non-profit-making entities provided that they have been established and have been operating for at least one year, in a Member State, and promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union. |
3. Eligible actions
The purpose of this call is to invite eligible applicants to submit applications for actions under one of the following three topics:
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Developing high-profile research activities, including studies in comparative law (including dissemination of the results and a concluding conference, where applicable); |
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Increasing cooperation and awareness among practitioners and academics (through conferences, including the organisation of the annual meeting of the presidents of the Associations for European Criminal Law and for the Protection of EU Financial Interests); |
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Developing periodical scientific publications and other tools for the dissemination of scientific knowledge. |
An applicant can submit only one application under this call. The application shall be made for an action under only one of the three topics mentioned above: an application for an action under more than one of these topics will not be accepted.
4. Budget
The indicative available budget for this call is EUR 500 000. The financial contribution will take the form of a grant. The financial contribution awarded will not exceed 80 % of the eligible costs. In exceptional and duly justified cases, the financial contribution may be increased to cover a maximum of 90 % of the eligible costs. The call document lists the criteria that will be applied to determine these exceptional and duly justified cases. The minimum threshold for the budget of an action submitted in an application has been set at: EUR 40 000.
The Commission reserves the right not to allocate all the funds available.
5. Submission of an application and deadline
Applications must be submitted no later than: Wednesday, 9 August 2017, and can only be submitted by making use of the Participant Portal for the Hercule III programme:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/herc/index.html
6. Further information
All documents related to this call for proposals can be downloaded from the Participant Portal mentioned under point 5 mentioned above or from the following internet website:
http://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/policy/hercule_en
Questions and/or requests for additional information in relation to this call have to be submitted via the Participant Portal.
The questions and answers may be anonymously published in the Guide for Applicants made available on the Participant Portal and on the Commission’s internet website if they are relevant to other applicants.
(1) Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 6).
(2) Commission Decision concerning the adoption of the annual work programme and the financing of the Hercule III Programme in 2017 C(2017) 1120 final of 22 February 2017.
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/8 |
HERCULE III Programme
Call for proposals — 2017
Training and Conferences for the fight against EU fraud
(2017/C 196/06)
1. Objectives and description
This notice of call for proposals is based on Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) establishing the Hercule III Programme, in particular Article 8 (b) (‘Eligible Actions’), as well as the Financing Decision 2017 adopting the annual work programme (2) for the implementation of the Hercule III Programme in 2017, in particular section 7.1 (Conferences, seminars and digital forensics training). The Financing Decision 2017 provides for the organisation of a Call for Proposals ‘Training and Conferences for the fight against fraud EU fraud’.
2. Eligible applicants
The bodies eligible for funding under the Programme are:
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National or regional administrations of a Member State which promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union. Or: |
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Research and educational institutes and non-profit-making entities provided that they have been established and have been operating for at least one year, in a Member State, and promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union. |
3. Eligible actions
The purpose of this call is to invite eligible applicants to submit applications for actions under one of the following three topics:
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Developing targeted specialised trainings to create networks and structural platforms between Member States, candidate countries, other third third countries and international public organisations in order to facilitate the exchange of information, experience and best practices among staff employed by the beneficiaries. The information and best practices shall relate to, amongst others, the risks and vulnerabilities the Union’s financial interests are exposed to as well as investigation practices and/or prevention activities; |
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Organising conferences to create networks and structural platforms between Member States, candidate countries, other third third countries and international public organisations in order to facilitate the exchange of information, experience and best practices among staff employed by the beneficiaries. The information and best practices shall relate to, amongst others, the risks and vulnerabilities the Union’s financial interests are exposed to as well as investigation practices and/or prevention activities; |
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Organising staff exchanges between national and regional administrations (in particular, in neighbouring Member States) to contribute to the further development, improvement and update of staff’s skills and competences in the protection of the Union’s financial interests. |
An applicant can submit only one application under this call. The application shall be made for an action under only one of the three topics mentioned above: an application for an action under more than one of these topics will not be accepted.
4. Budget
The indicative available budget for this call is EUR 1 000 000. The financial contribution will take the form of a grant. The financial contribution awarded will not exceed 80 % of the eligible costs.
The minimum threshold for a ‘Training’ action shall be EUR 50 000. The budget of an action for which a grant is requested shall not be lower than this threshold.
The Commission reserves the right not to allocate all the funds available.
5. Deadline
Applications must be submitted no later than: Wednesday, 9 August 2017, and can only be submitted by making use of the Participant Portal for the Hercule III programme:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/herc/index.html
6. Further information
All documents related to this call for proposals can be downloaded from the Participant Portal mentioned under point 5 mentioned above or from the following internet website:
http://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/policy/hercule_en
Questions and/or requests for additional information in relation to this call have to be submitted via the Participant Portal.
The questions and answers may be anonymously published in the Guide for Applicants made available on the Participant Portal and on the Commission’s internet website if they are relevant to other applicants.
(1) Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 6).
(2) Commission Decision concerning the adoption of the annual work programme and the financing of the Hercule III Programme in 2017 C(2017)1120 final of 22 February 2017.
PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY
European Commission
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20.6.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 196/10 |
Notice concerning the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1328 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cold rolled flat steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation: name change of one company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate
(2017/C 196/07)
Hebei Iron and Steel Co., Ltd — Shijiazhuang TARIC (1) additional code C103 a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate of 20,5 % informed the Commission that it had changed its name into Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch — Tangshan.
The company asked the Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to benefit from the individual duty rate applied to the company under its previous name.
The Commission has examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name in no way affects the findings of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1328 (2).
Therefore, the reference in the Annex to the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1328 to:
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Hebei Iron and Steel Co., Ltd, Shijiazhuang |
C103 |
should be read as:
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Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch, Tangshan |
C103 |
The TARIC additional code C103 previously attributed to Hebei Iron and Steel Co., Ltd, Shijiazhuang shall apply to Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch, Tangshan.
(1) The integrated Tariff of the European Union.