PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) EXTENDING THE PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON IMPORTS OF ASPARTAME ORIGINATING IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Date: 1991-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Japan, United States, dumping, food substitute

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 71 final 

Brussels,4  March 1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 

extending  the provisional  ant I-dumping duty on  imports of 

aspartame originating  in Japan and the 

United  States of America 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

By  Regulation  (EEC)  3421/90  the  Commission  imposed  a  provisional 

anti-dumping  duty  on  imports  of  aspartame  originating  in  Japan  and 

the United States of America. 

2. 

The examination of  the facts has not yet been completed. 

3. 

The  Commission  has  informed  the  Japanese  and  American  exporters 

concerned  of  its  intention  to extend  the  period  of  validity  of  the 

provisional  duty  for a further period not exceeding  two months.  None 

of  the companies so  informed objected. 

4. 

On the basis of Article 11(5) of Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 2423/88, 

the  Commission  submits  to  the  Council,  therefore,  a  proposal  for  a 

Council  Regulation  extending  the  provisional  anti-dumping  duty  on 

aspartame originating  in Japan and  the United  States of America  by a 

period not exceeding  two months. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

extending  the provisional  anti-dumping  duty on  imports of 

aspartame originating  in Japan and 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  2423/88  of  11  July  1988  on 

protection  against  dumped  or  subsidized  imports  from  countries  not  members 

of  the  European  Economic  Community*1),  and  in  particular  Article  11 

thereof, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas,  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3421/90<2),  the  Commission  imposed  a 

provisional  anti-dumping  duty on  imports of aspartame  originating  in Japan 

and  the United States of America; 

Whereas  the  examination  of  the  facts  has  not  yet  been  completed  and  the 

Commission  has  informed  the  exporters  concerned  in  Japan  and  the  United 

States of America of  its  intention  to propose an extension of  the period of 

validity  of  the  provisional  duty  for  a  further  period  not  exceeding  two 

months.  None of  the exporters  involved  objected, 

(1)  OJ No L 209, 2.8.1988, p.1. 

(2)  OJ No L 330, 29.11.1990, p.16. 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION: 

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Article 1 

The  provisional  antI-dumping  duty  on  imports  of  aspartame  originating  in 

Japan  and  the  United  States of  America  is hereby  extended  for  a  period  not 

exceeding  two months  as  from  30 March  1991. 

Article  2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  that  of  its 

publication  in the Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities. 

This Regulation  shall  be binding  in  its entirety  and  directly  applicable  in 

a 11 Member  States. 

Done  at Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

The President 

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