# Official Journal C 231/16 S

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4716 September 2004 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 231

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4716 September 2004

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| 2004/C 231/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2004/C 231/2 | Notice regarding the application of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force in the Community following enlargement to include the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the possibility of review | 2 |

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2004/C 231/1

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2004/C 231/2

Notice regarding the application of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force in the Community following enlargement to include the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the possibility of review

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2004/C 231/3

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Euro exchange rates (1)

15 September 2004

(2004/C 231/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,2238 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 134,19 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4383 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,6848 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,1175 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5417 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 87,74 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,398 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9559 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,577 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 31,397 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 247,95 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6613 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4282 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,3625 |
| ROL | Romanian leu | 41 183 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,95 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 39,955 |
| TRL | Turkish lira | 1 829 700 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,7502 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5889 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,5456 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,851 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,0669 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 400,27 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 8,0188 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2238

JPY

Japanese yen

134,19

DKK

Danish krone

7,4383

GBP

Pound sterling

0,6848

SEK

Swedish krona

9,1175

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5417

ISK

Iceland króna

87,74

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,398

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9559

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,577

CZK

Czech koruna

31,397

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

247,95

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6613

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4282

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3625

ROL

Romanian leu

41 183

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,95

SKK

Slovak koruna

39,955

TRL

Turkish lira

1 829 700

AUD

Australian dollar

1,7502

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5889

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,5456

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,851

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,0669

KRW

South Korean won

1 400,27

ZAR

South African rand

8,0188

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Notice regarding the application of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force in the Community following enlargement to include the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the possibility of review (1)

(2004/C 231/02)

When enlargement takes place on 1 May 2004, all anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force will automatically apply to imports into the enlarged 25 Member State Community (2). Accordingly, these measures will also apply to imports into the 10 new Member States. On enlargement, there will be a number of pending investigations initiated before 1 May 2004. Should such investigations lead to measures, these will equally apply to imports into the 25 Member State Community.

The Commission has developed a two-pronged approach regarding potential reviews of measures in this context.

Firstly, the automatic application of these measures in the 25 Member State Community may cause undue economic hardship for some operators, in particular in the new Member States. Therefore, the Commission considered whether interim arrangements were necessary during a temporary period to alleviate any such difficulties.

All third countries subject to significant trade defence measures were informed about the Commission's intention to examine whether the automatic extension of the existing trade defence measures to the enlarged Community as from 1 May 2004 will in individual cases cause an ‘economic hardship’. Governments and exporters of the countries concerned were urged to identify any such cases of economic hardship and bring them to the Commission's attention. Following this, meetings were held with several third country governments and/or their exporters, around 50 of whom submitted information to the Commission. The Commission identified the problematic cases and a number of interim reviews were recently initiated as a result to provide transitional solutions to them.

Secondly, the Commission gives notice that it is prepared to review anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (3) and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 (4), where any interested party so requests and submits evidence that the measures would have been significantly different if they were based on information including the new Member States. In this regard, it should be noted that enlargement per se, in the absence of such evidence, is not a sufficient basis for a review to be initiated. Interested parties are invited to visit the DG Trade trade defence enlargement website http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/tdi_enlarg/index_en.htm) for further information and for details of a helpdesk facility.

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(1)  This Notice is the same as Notice 2004/C 91/02 (OJ C 91, 15.4.2004, p. 2) now published in the 20 official languages of the European Union.

(2)  The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

(3)  OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).

(4)  OJ L 288, 21.10.1977. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004.

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