Commission Regulation (EU) No 182/2013 of 1 March 2013 making imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (i.e. cells and wafers) originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China subject to registration

Article 1

The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant  to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 and Article 24(5) Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union of:

— crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels currently falling within CN codes ex 8501 31 00 (TARIC codes 8501310081 and 8501310089 ), ex 8501 32 00 (TARIC codes 8501320041 and 8501320049 ), ex 8501 33 00 (TARIC codes 8501330061 and 8501330069 ), ex 8501 34 00 (TARIC codes 8501340041 and 8501340049 ), ex 8501 61 20 (TARIC codes 8501612041 and 8501612049 ), ex 8501 61 80 (TARIC codes 8501618041 and 8501618049 ), ex 8501 62 00 (TARIC codes 8501620061 and 8501620069 ), ex 8501 63 00 (TARIC codes 8501630041 and 8501630049 ), ex 8501 64 00 (TARIC codes 8501640041 and 8501640049 ) and ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8541409021 and 8541409029 ),

— cells of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels currently falling within CN code ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8541409031 and 8541409039 ), and

— wafers of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels currently falling within CN code ex 3818 00 10 (TARIC codes 3818001011 and 3818001019 ),

originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China. The cells and wafers have a thickness not exceeding 400 μm.

From the product under registration the following product types are excluded:

— solar chargers that consist of less than six cells, are portable and supply electricity to devices or charge batteries,

— thin film photovoltaic products,

— crystalline silicon photovoltaic products that are permanently integrated into electrical goods, where the function of the electrical goods is other than power generation, and where these electrical goods consume the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell(s).

Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

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.