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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)660final
Brussels,3November1981
Proposalfor/a-*"V
^COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRégulation(EEC),No2761/81imposing adéfinitive anti-dumping
dutyono-xylene(orthoxylene)originating inPuertoRicoandtheUnited
StatesofAmerica
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)660final

Cervn
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InMay1981theCommission imposedaprovisional anti-dumping dutyof
14.47%onimportsofo-xylene(orthoxylerve )originating inPuertoRico
andtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.TheCouncilconfirmedthisdutyas
definitiveinRegulation (EEC)2761/81of25September 1981.Article2
ofRegulation (EEC)2761/81setouttheratesatwhichtheamountssecured
bywayofprovisional dutyshouldbedefinitively collected..However,the
ratefortheCommonwealth OilRefineryCompanyInc.whichhadaprovi­
sionalduty.of4.43%wasinadvertently omittedfromthisArticlewhich
shouldtherefore,beamended"sothatthecorrectamountapplicabletothat
_companywillbedefinitively collected.
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Proposal -fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amending 'Regulation (EEC)No2761/81imposingadefinitive
.(orthoxylenei .„^ 'Aanti-dumping ,dutyono-xylene/originatinginPuertoRicoandthe
UnitedState'sofAmerica
TMF.COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
.COMMUNITIES ,
vHavingregardtotheTreaty^establishingtheEuropean£EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3017/79of20December1979onprotectionagainst
dumpedorsubsidizedimportsfromcountriesnot ~
membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity('),
andinparticularArticle12thereof.
HavingregardtotheCommission proposalsubmitted -
v..afterconsultationwithintheAdvisoryCommitteeset'
,upunderthesaidRegulation,
Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No1411/81(2),the
Commission imposedaprovisionalanti-dumping
dutyof14-47%onimportsof©-xylene(orthoxylene)
originating'inPuertoRicoandtheUnitedStatesof
America*;whereastheCouncil,byRegulation (EEC)
No2761/81(3),renderedthisdutydefinitive.
Whereastheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutypursuanttoRegulation
(EEC)No1411/81,weretobedefinitively collectedatratessetoutin
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No2761/81;
WhereasimportsfromtheCommonwealth OilRefineryCompanyInc.(C0RC0)were
subjecttoaprovisionaldutyof4.43J^whichamount 1shouldbecollected;
whereasthiswasnotspecifiedinArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No2761/81,whi
shouldtherefore beamendedtotakeaccountofthesituationoftheCommon­
wealthOilRefinery Co.Inc., ' ~
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide 1
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No2761/81isherebyreplacedbythefollowing :
wI»i»kv./fw..<
(2)0JNoL141,27.05.1981,p.29
(3)0JNoL270,25.09.1981,p.1

-2-
'ArticLe2
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutypursuanttoRegulation (EEC)No
1411/81shallbedefinitively collectedatthepateof:
-3.40%forimportsfromExxonChemicalInternational SupplySA,
-4.43%forimportsfromtheCommonwealth OilRefineryCompanyInc.^
-5.15%forimportsfromTennecoOil'Company,,
-10.73%forimportsfromSunPetroleumProductsCo.^
-14.47%inrespectofallotherimports."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication inthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuroDeanCommunities.Itshallaoplywitheffect
from25September 1981. t
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates. ..
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil