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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.11thNovember1982
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonmethylamine,
dimethylamine andtrimethylamine originating intheGerman
DemocraticRepublicanddefinitively collectingtheamounts
securedbythewayofprovisional duty
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On13August1982,byRegulation (EEC)N°2243/82,theCommission
imposedaprovisional anti-dumping dutyonimportsofmethylamine,
dimethylamineandtrimethylamineoriginating intheGermanDemocratic
Republic.Thisdutyexpireson13*December1982.
2.Aftertheimpositionoftheprovisional duty,theexporterinthe
GermanDemocratic Republicrequested ahearingduringwhichhemadehisviews
knownandwaspresentedwiththefindingsoftheinvestigation .
TheCommission,aftercarefulexamination oftheargumentsputforward,
foundnoreasontoamendtheprovisionally established weightedaverage
dumpingmargin.
3.Withregardtoinjury,nofreshevidencehasbeensubmittedtothe
Commission sincetheimposition oftheprovisional duty.Inthe
Commission'sview,thefactsasfinallydetermined showthattheeffects
ofthedumpedimportsofmethylamines originatingintheGerman V;
Democratic Republictakeninisolationhavetobeconsidered as
constituting materialinjury.
4.Onthebasisofthesefacts,theCommissionthereforesubmitstothe\
CouncilitsproposalforaCouncilRegulation,imposingadefinitive
anti-dumping dutyof28.8%onimportsofmethylamine,dimethylamine and
trimethylamine originating intheGermanDemocratic Republic.Itis
furtherproposedthattheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional duty
shouldbecollecteddefinitively .
10JN°L238,13.08.1982,p.35

Proposalofa
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposing adefinitive anti-dumping dutyonmethylamine,dimethyLamine
andtrimethylamine originating intheGermanDemocratic Republicand
definitively collectingtheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional duty
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
\
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I'■
HavingregardtotheTreatyEstablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°3017/79of20December1979
onprotection againstdumpedorsubsidized importsfromcountriesnot
1membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,asamendedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)N°1580/82^,andinparticularArticle12thereof,
\
HavingreqardtotheproposaloftheCommission submittedafterconsultations
withintheAdvisoryCommitteeasprovidedfor^underArticle6oftheabove
Regulation, \.
V-
WhereasinDecember1981theCommission receiveda-zcomplaint lodgedby
theEuropeanCouncilofChemicalManufacturers' Federations (CEFIC)on
behalfofallCommunitymanufacturers ofmethylamine,dimethylamine and
trimethylamine againstimportsfromRomaniaandonbehalfofthemajor
partofCommunitymanufacturers againstimportsfromthe'GermanDemocratic
•\
Republic;
\
Whereas,sincethecomplaintprovidedsufficient evidenceofdumpingin
respectofthelikeproductsoriginating intheGermanDemocratic"Republic
\
andRomaniaandofmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom,theCommission
accordingly announced byanoticepublishedintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities^theinitiationofaprocedureconcerningimports
ofmethylamine (MMA),dimethylamine (DMA)andtrimethylamine (TMA),
collectively knownasmethylamines,originating intheGermanDemocratic
RepublicandRomaniaandcommenced aninvestigation ofthematter;
JojN°L339,31.12.1979,p1
^0JN°L178,14.06.1982,p.9
^0JN°C79,31.03.1982,p.2

Whereas,sincetheprovisional examination ofthemattershowedthat
dumpingwastakingplaceandthattherewasadequateproofofmaterial
injuryresultingtherefromtotheCommunityindustryinquestion,the
Commission,bymeansofRegulation (EEC)N°2293/821,imposedaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyof28.8%onimportsofmethylamines originatinginthe
GermanDemocratic Republicandaccepted,apriceunder­
takingofferedbytheRomanianexporterandconsequently terminatedthe
procedureinrespectofexportsoriginatinginRomaniatherebyexcluding
themfromtheapplication oftheduty;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle2ofthatRegulationtheCommission
gavethepartiesinquestiontheopportunity tomakeknowntheirviewsand
applytobeheardorallybytheCommissionwithinamonthoftheentry
intoforceoftheprovisional duty,withoutprejudicetoArticle7(A)(b)
and(c)ofRegulation (EEC)N°3017/79,asamended;
WhereastheexporterintheGermanDemocratic Republicandsomeofthe
importersinquestionhaveavailedthemselvesofthisopportunity andmade
theirviewsknownorallyandinwriting;whereasinordertoestablish
whetherimportsofmethylamines fromtheGermanDemocratic Republicwere
dumped,ithastobetakenintoaccountthatthiscountrydoesnotoperate
amarketeconomy;whereastheCommission decidedthatforthecalculation
ofnormalvalueinamarketeconomycountrythedomesticmarketofthe
UnitedStatesofAmericawasreasonableforthepurposesofapreliminary
findingofdumping;whereastherearenoindications thatthisassessment
shouldbemodifiedforthedefinitivefinding;
WhereastheCommission hascarefully examinedallthearguments advancedby
theexporterandtheimporters andhasfoundnoreasontochangethepro­
visionallyestablished weightedaveragedumpingmargin;
WhereasnofreshevidenceregardingtheinjurytotheCommunityindustry
hasbeensubmittedtotheCommission sincetheimpositionoftheprovisional
duty;
0JN°L238,13.08.1982,p.35

Whereas,therefore,intheCommission'sview,thefactsasfinally
determined showthattheeffectsofthedumpedimportsofmethylamines
originating intheGermanDemocratic Republictakeninisolationhaveto
beconsidered asconstituting materialinjurytotheCommunityindustry
concerned;
WhereastheGermanDemocraticRepublicexporterAHB-Chemie,Export-Import ,
Berlin,onbeingpresentedwiththesefindingsofferedanundertaking
whichtheCommission,afterconsultation withtheMemberStates,didnot
considertobeacceptable;
Whereas,therefore,adefinitive anti-dumping dutyshouldbeimposedon
importsofmethylamines fromtheGermanDemocratic Republicequaltothe
marginestablished inthepreliminary investigation ;whereasCommunity
interestsalsocallforthedefinitivecollectionintheirentiretyof
theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional anti-dumping duty,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyisherebyimposedonmethylamine,
dimethylamineandtrimethylaminefallingwithinCommonCustomsTariff
subheading ex29.22AIandcorresponding toNimexecodeex29.22-11
originating intheGermanDemocratic Republic.
2.Therateofthedutyreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe28.8%onthe
basisofthecustomsvaluedetermined inaccordance withCouncilRegulation
(EEC)N°1224/80of28May1980onthevaluationofgoodsforcustoms
1
purposes .
3.Theprovisions inforceconcerning customsdutiesshallapplyforthe
application ofthedutyreferredtobythisArticle.
OJN°L134,31.05.1980,p.1

Article 2
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional anti-dumping dutyunder
Regulation (EEC)N°2243/82shallbedefinitively collectedintheir
entirety.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
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