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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
EXTENDING THEPROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY
ONCERTAINACRYLICFIBRESORIGINATING
INTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA
(presentedbytheCommission totheCouncil)
C0M(80)53final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ByRegulation (EEC)No.2712/79of30November1979theCommission
imposedaprovisionalanti-dumpingdutyoncertainacrylicfibres
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Themaximumperiodof
validityofthismeasureisthreemonthsandtheCommunity'sAnti-
dumpingRegulation (EEC)No.459/68(nowreplacedbyRegulation (EEC)
No.3017/79)requirestheCommissiontosubmiteproposal,either
fordefinitivemeasuresorforanextensionoftheduty,totheCouncil
notlaterthanonemonthbeforetheexpiryoftheCommission's
measure.
SincetheimpositionofthedutytheCommission'sserviceshavecontinued
theirexamination ofthismatterincollaboration withtheMemberStates,
Duetothecomplexityofthisinvestigation ithasnotbeenpossibleto
completeitandthustosubmitaproposalfordefinitivemeasuresbased
onthefullfactsofthecase.
TheonlyknownAmericanexporterinvolvedhasthereforerequestedthatthe
provisional dutybeextendedfor,afurtherperiodnotexceeding *
twomonthstoenabletheCommissiontocompleteitsinvestigations .
Inthecircumstances ,theCommissionsubmitstheattachedproposalfora
CouncilRegulationextendingtheprovisional anti-dumping duty ,
oncertainacrylicfibresoriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,
forafurtherperiodnotexceedingtwomonths.

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
extendingtheprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainacrylicfibres
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.3017/79of20December1979on
protectionagainstdumpedorsubsidisedimportsfromcountrieswhicharenot
(1)membersoftheEuropeanEconomic.Community^'fandinparticularArticle11thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No.2712/79(2),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No61/80(3),
theCommissionimposedaprovisional anti-dumpingdutyoncertainacrylicfibres
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica;
Whereastheexamination ofthefactsofthismatterhasnotyetbeencompletedand
theonlyknownAmericanexporter .towhomtheprovisional dutyapplies
hasrequestedthatthedutybeextendedforaperiodnotexceeding vtwo.months,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Theprovisional anti-dumping dutyoncertainacrylicfibresoriginating intheUnited
StatesofAmerica,imposedbyRegulation (EEC)No.2712/79,isherebyextendedfor
aperiodnotexceedingtwomonths.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication inthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetoArticle11ofRegulation (EEC)No.3017/79ortoanydifferent
decisiontakenbytheCouncil,itshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceofanactof
theCounciladoptingdefinitivemeasuresor,atthelatest,untiltheexpiryofa
periodoftwomonthsbeginningon4March1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil
(1)OJNOL339,31.12.1979,p.1
(2)OJNoL308,A.12.1979,p.11
(3)0JNoL10,15.1.1980,p.2