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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1620/2006

of 30 October 2006         

imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation) and in particular Article 7 thereof,

After consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

1.   PROCEDURE

1.1.   Initiation of the proceeding

1.2.   Parties concerned and verification visits

1.3.   Investigation period

2.   PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT

2.1.   Product concerned

2.2.   Like product

3.   DUMPING

3.1.   Market economy treatment (MET)

3.1.1.   MET determination regarding exporting producers in the PRC

3.1.2.   MET determination regarding the sole exporting producer in Ukraine

3.2.   Individual treatment (IT)

3.3.   Normal value

3.3.1.   Analogue country

3.3.2.   Determination of normal value for the exporting producers granted MET

3.3.2.1.   People's Republic of China

3.3.2.2.   Ukraine

3.3.3.   Determination of normal value in the analogue country

3.4.   Export price

3.4.1.   People's Republic of China

3.4.2.   Ukraine

3.5.   Comparison

3.6.   Dumping margins

3.6.1.   General methodology

3.6.2.   Dumping margins

3.6.2.1.   People's Republic of China

3.6.2.2.   Ukraine

4.   INJURY

4.1.   Community production

4.2.   Definition of the Community industry

4.3.   Community consumption

4.4.   Imports from the countries concerned

4.4.1.   Cumulative assessment of the effects of the dumped imports concerned

4.4.2.   Volume, price and market share of dumped imports from the countries concerned:

4.4.3.   Undercutting

4.5.   Situation of the Community industry

4.5.1.   Preliminary remarks

4.5.2.   Injury indicators

Production, capacity and capacity utilisation:

Stocks:

Sales volume, sales price and market share:

Profitability:

Investment, return on investment, cash flow and the ability to raise capital:

Employment, productivity and wages:

4.5.3.   Magnitude of dumping, recovery from past dumping or subsidisation

4.6.   Conclusion on injury

5.   CAUSATION

5.1.   Introduction

5.2.   Effects of the dumped imports

5.3.   Effects of other factors

5.3.1.   Performance of other Community producers supporting the complaint

Production, capacity, capacity utilisation and employment:

Sales volume and market share:

5.3.2.   Performance of other known Community producers

5.3.3.   Export performance of the Community industry:

5.3.4.   Imports from the PRC not sold at dumping prices

5.3.5.   Imports from other third countries

5.3.6.   The injury is self-inflicted

5.4.   Conclusion on causation

6.   COMMUNITY INTEREST

6.1.   General remarks

6.2.   Interest of the Community industry

6.3.   Interest of consumers

6.4.   Interest of the distributors/retailers

6.5.   Interest of the unrelated importers in the Community

6.6.   Conclusion on Community interest

7.   PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES

7.1.   Injury elimination level

7.2.   Provisional measures

8.   FINAL PROVISION

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of ironing boards, whether or not free-standing, with or without a steam soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top, including sleeve boards, and essential parts thereof, i.e. the legs, the top and the iron rest originating in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine, falling within CN codes ex 3924 90 90, ex 4421 90 98, ex 7323 93 90, ex 7323 99 91, ex 7323 99 99, ex 8516 79 70 and ex 8516 90 00 (TARIC codes 3924909010, 4421909810, 7323939010, 7323999110, 7323999910, 8516797010 and 8516900051).

2.   The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, for products manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

3.   The release for free circulation in the Community of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security, equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.

4.   Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Article 2

Without prejudice to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which this Regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard orally by the Commission within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Pursuant to Article 21(4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, the parties concerned may comment on the application of this Regulation within one month of the date of its entry into force.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1 of this Regulation 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, 30 October 2006.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).

(2)OJ C 29, 4.2.2006, p. 2.

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