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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
prolongingtheprovisional anti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizer
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ByRegulation (EEC)N°2182/80of15August1980theCommissionimposed
aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizersoriginating
intheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Themaximumperiodofvalidityofthismeasure
isfourmonthsandtheCommunity'sAnti-dumping Regulation (EEC)N?3017/79
requirestheCommissionto"submitaproposal,eitherfordefinitivemeasures
orforanextensionoftheduty,totheCouncilnotlaterthanonemonth
beforetheexpiryoftheprovisional measure.
SincetheimpositionofthedutytheCommission'sserviceshavecontinued
theirexaminationofthismatter.Duetothecomplexityofthisinvestiga­
tionandtothefactthatcertainAmericanproducershaveonlyrecently
expressedtheirwillingness tocooperatewiththeCommission'sservices'-
intheinvestigation ,ithas'notbeenpossibletocompleteitandthus
tosubmitaproposalfordiefinitivemeasuresbasedonthefullfactsof
thecase.
TheCommissionhasnotifiedthereforetheexportersknowntobeconcerned
oftheintentiontoextendtheprovisional dutyforafurtherperiodof
twomonthsandtheexportersrepresenting thequasi-totality ofthetrade
didnotobject. ', –
Inthesecircumstances ,theCommissionsubmitstheattachedproposalfor
aCouncilRegulationextendingtheprovisional anti-dumping dutyon
certainchemicalfertilizersoriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
forafurtherperiodnotexceedingtwomonths. /

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
prolonging theprovisional anti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizer
originating intheUnitedStates-ofAmerica
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°3017/79of20December1979
onprotection againstdumpedorsubsidized importsfromcountrieswhich
1arenotmembersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article11thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
2Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)N°2182/80,theCommission imposeda
provisional anti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizeroriginating
intheUnitedStatesofAmerica;
Whereastheexamination ofthefactsisnotyetcomplete;whereasthe
Commissionnotifiedtheexporters knowntobeconcernedofitsintention
toextendtheprovisional dutyforafurtherperiodoftwomonths;
whereasexportersrepresenting almostthewholetradedidnotobject;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :>
0JN°L339,31«12«1979,p*1
20JN°L212,15*08*1980,p*43

Article 1
Theprovisional anti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizer-
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,imposedbyRegulation
(EEC)2182/80,isherebyextendedforaperiodnotexceedingtwo
months-
Article2,
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication
intheOfficial'JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities,
WithoutprejudicetoArticle11"ofRegulation (EEC)N°3017/79andto
anydifferentdecisiontakenbytheCouncil,itshallapplyuntilthe
entryintoforceofanactoftheCounciladoptingdefinitivemeasures
or,atthelatest,untiltheexpiryofaperiodoftwomonths
beginningon15December198Q„
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates'.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil