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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 263 final 
Brussels,  29 April 1983 
Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
extending  the provisional  anti-dumping  duty on certain  chemical  fertilizer 
originating  in the  United States  of America 
(submitted  to the  Council  by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 263 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
COM ICS 
The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No  290/83  (O.J. No L 33,  4.2.1983) 
has imposed a  provisional  anti-dumping duty of 4.14% on imports of 
a chemical  fertiliser  (urea  ammonium  nitrate  solution)  originating  in 
the USA and exported by Agrico Chemical  Company.  The duty is  valid 
for 4 months  and one  month  prior  to the expiry of the period of  validity 
the Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No  3017/79,  must 
submit a proposal to the Council for  either  definitive  measures  or an 
extension  of provisional  measures  to be adopted. 
The provisional  anti-dumping duty was imposed  following  the opening of 
a review procedure and  after  preliminary  investigation. 
Since the imposition of the duty the Commission has continued its 
investigation  and has received  additional  information from the  company 
concerned which  will be supplemented by  further  submissions the complexity 
of which, on both  factual  and legal  grounds, prevented the Commission 
making a proposal regarding  definitive  measures  based on a complete 
analysis  of the  facts. 
Accordingly  the company  submitting the information, the  sole exporter 
concerned, requested an extension by two  months  of the  validity  of the 
provisional  measures  in order that the Commission could  have sufficient  time 
to complete its  investigation. 
In these circumstances, the Commission submits a proposal in the form of the 
attached  Council Regulation extending the  validity  of the  provisional 
anti-dumping duty on exports of a chemical  fertiliser  of Agrico Chemical 
Company  originating  in the USA for a period not exceeding two  months. 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
extending the  provisional  anti-dumping duty on  certain  chemical  fertilizer 
originating  in the United States of America 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty  establishing  the European  Economic  Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No  3017/79  of 20  December  1979 
on protection against  dumped  or subsidized imports from countries not 
members  of the  European  Economic  Community  , as amended  by Regulation (EEC) 
No 1580/82  , and in  particular  Article  11 thereof. 
Having regard to the proposal from the  Commission, 
Whereas,  by its Regulation (EEC) No  290/83  , the  Commission  imposed  a 
provisional  anti-dumping duty on  certain  chemical  fertilizer  originating 
in the United States of America and exported by Agrico Chemical  Company; 
The examination of the  facts  is not yet complete and the sole exporter 
known to be concerned has requested that the  provisional  duty be extended 
for a further  period of two  months, 
HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION: 
1 
0J No L 339,  31.12.1979,  p. 1. 
2 
i 0J No L 178,  22.06.1982,  p. 9. 
3. 
0J No L 33,  04.02.1983,  p. 9. 

2 
Article 1 
The provisional anti-dumping duty  on certain chemical  fertilizer 
originating  in the  United States  of America  and exported  by Agrico Chemical 
Company  imposed  by Regulation  (EEC) No  290/83  is hereby extended  for a 
period not exceeding  two months. 
Article  2 
This Regulation  shall  enter into force  on the day of its  publication  in 
the Official  Journal  of the'European  Communities. 
Without prejudice  to Article  11 of  Regulation  (EEC) No  3017/79  and to any  decision 
to different  effect taken  by the  Council,  it shall apply  until  the entry into 
force of a  regulation  of the  Council adopting  definitive  measures  or, at the 
latest,  until the expiry  of a period  of two  months  beginning  on 
5 June 1983. 
This Regulation  shall  be binding  in its  entirety  and directly  applicable 
in all Member  States. 
Done at Brussels, For the CounciI