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Proposal ,fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
extending theprovisional anti-dumping duty onball
bearings ,tapered roller bearings andparts thereof
originating inJapan
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ByRegulation (EEC)No.261/77of4February1977theCommission
imposedaprovisional anti-dumping dutyonballbearings,taperedroller
bearingsandpartsthereoforiginating inJapan.Themaximumperiodof
validityofthismeasureisthreemonthsandtheCommunity'sAnti-dumping
Regulation (EEC)No.459/68requirestheCommissiontosubmitaproposal,
eitherfordefinitive measuresorforanextensionoftheduty,tothe
CouncilnotlaterthanonemonthbeforetheexpiryoftheCommission's
measure.
SincetheimpositionofthedutytheCommission'sserviceshavecontinued
theirexamination ofthismatterincollaboration withtheMemberStates.
Duetotheextremecomplexityofthisinvestigation ithasnotbeenpossible
tocompleteitandthustosubmitaproposalfordefinitive measuresbased
onthefullfactsofthecase.
ThemajorJapaneseexporters andimporters havethereforerequestedthat
theprovisional dutybeextendedforafurtherperiodnotexceedingthree
monthstoenabletheCommissiontocompleteitsinvestigations .
Inthecircumstances ,theCommission submitstheattachedproposalfor
aCouncilRegulationextendingtheprovisional anti-dumping dutyonball
bearings,taperedrollerbearingsandpartsthereoforiginating inJapan,
forafurtherperiodnotexceedingthreemonths.

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ProoosaLfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No./77
OT
extendingtheprovisional anti-dumping dutyonball
bearings,taperedrollerbearingsandpartsthereof
originating inJapan
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.459/68of5April1968on
protectionagainstdumpingorthegrantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountries
whicharenotmembersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(1),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No.2011/73(2),andinparticularArticle16thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission,
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No.261/77of4February1977(3)theCommission
imposedaprovisional anti-dumping dutyonballbearings,taperedroller
bearingsandpartsthereoforiginating inJapan;
Whereastheexaminationofthismatterhasnotyetbeencompletedandwhereas
theexportersandimportersmainlyconcernedhaverequestedthatthedutybe
extendedforaperiodnotexceedingthreemonths,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
./.
(1)OJNoL93,17.4.1968,p.1
(2)OJNoL206,27.7.1973,p.3
(3)OJNoL34,5.2.1977,p.60

ARTICLE 1
Theprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonballbearings,taperedrollerbearings
andpartsthereof,originatinginJapan,imposedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No.261/77of4February1977,isherebyextendedforaperiodnotexceeding
threemonths.
ARTICLE2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Withoutprejudicetotheprovisionsof Article18ofRegulation (EEC)
No.459/68,itshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceofanActoftheCouncil
adoptingdefinitivemeasuresoruntiltheexpiryofaperiodofthreemonths
datingfrom5May1977,whicheveristhesooner.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident