Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) repealing Regulation (EC) No 2674/94 imposing definitive anti- dumping measures on imports of Furazolidone originating in the People' s Republic of China
Date: 1996-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, animal product, anti-dumping duty, antibiotic, import

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  19.03  1996 
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Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

repealing Regulation (EC) No 2674/94 imposing definitive  anti-dumping measures on 

imports of Furazolidone originating in the People's Republic of China 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

Consumption  of  Furazolidone  was  banned  in  the  European  Union  by  Regulation  (EC) 

No  1442/95.  As  a  result,  the  sole  Community  producer,  Orphahell  BV,  informed  the 

Commission  that  it  intended  to  cease  production  of  the  product  concerned  and  it  was, 

therefore,  no  longer  interested  in  the  existing  anti-dumping  duty  on  imports  from 

Furazolidone originating in China imposed by Regulation  (EC) No 2674/94. 

Consequently,  it  is  proposed  that  the  Commission  approve  the  attached  proposal  for  a 

Council  Regulation  repealing  the  existing  anti-dumping  measures  on  imports  of 

Furazolidone originating in China imposed by the above-mentioned  Regulation. 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) No 

repealing Regulation (EC) No 2674/94 imposing definitive  anti-dumping measures on 

imports of Furazolidone originating in the People's Republic of China 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European  Community, 

Having regard to Council Regulation  (EC) No 3283/94 of 22 December  1994 on protection 
against dumped imports from  countries not members of the European Community(1), and in 
particular Article 23 thereof, 

Having regard to Council Regulation  (EEC) No 2423/88 of  11 July  1988 on protection  against 

dumped or subsidised imports from countries not members of the European  Economic 

Community^), 

Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after Consulting the Advisory 

Committee, 

Whereas: 

1  OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 1. Regulation  as last amended  by Regulation  (EC) No  1251/95 (OJ No L 122, 

02.06.1995, p. 1). 

2  OJ No 209, 02.08.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended  by Regulation  (EC) No 522/94 (OJ No L 66, 

10.03.1994, p. 10). 

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A. Previous procedure 

(1) By Regulation  (EC) No 2674/94(3), the Council imposed a definitive  anti-dumping 
duty on imports of Furazolidone originating in the People's Republic of China 
following  a complaint lodged by Orphahell B V, the sole Community producer of the 
product concerned. 

B. Prohibition of the product concerned, repeal of the existing measures 

(2) By Regulation  (EC) No  1442/95(4), the Council prohibited the use of the product 

concerned in animal foodstuffs  throughout the Community. 

(3) As a result, the complainant  informed  the Commission that it had decided to cease 

production  of Furazolidone. There is therefore  no longer any reason for  maintaining 

Council Regulation  (EC) No 2674/94 as Community production  of Furazolidone has 

ceased and the sale and import of the product concerned is banned. 

C. Repeal of anti-dumping duties 

(4) In view of the foregoing, the anti-dumping duty in force on imports of Furazolidone 

originating in the People's Republic of China should be repealed, thereby  terminating 

the proceeding. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

3  OJ No L 285, 04.11.1994, p. 1. 
4  OJ No L  143, 27.06.1995, p. 26. 

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Article 1 

Regulation (EC) No 2674/94 is hereby repealed. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the OffidalJoufnal of the 
European Communities. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States; 

Done at Brussels, 

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