Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester textured filament yarn originating in Indonesia and Thailand
Date: 1996-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Indonesia, Thailand, anti-dumping duty, man-made fibre, textile fibre

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 01.07.1996 
COM(96) 325  final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester 
textured filament yam originating in Indonesia and Thailand 

(presented by the Commission) 

Explanatory  Memorandum 

1. 

Commission Regulation (EC) N°  940/96  of 23 May  1996 imposed a provisional 

anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester textured filament yarn originating in 

Indonesia and Thailand. 

2. 

Since the examination of the facts in this case has not yet been completed, the 

Commission informed the exporters concerned of its intention to propose an 

extension of the validity of the provisional  duty. The exporters raised no 

objections to this proposal. 

3. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Article  11(5) of Council Regulation N° 2423/88, the 

Commission hereby submits a proposal for a Council Regulation extending the 

validity of the provisional  anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester textured 

filament  yam originating in Indonesia and Thailand for a further period of two 

months. 

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N< 

extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester 
textured filament yarn originating in Indonesia and Thailand 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) N°  384/96  of 22 December  1995  on protection 
against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community1,  and in 
particular Article 23 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  N°  2423/88  of  11  July  1988  on  protection 

against  dumped  or  subsidized  imports  from  countries  not  members  of  the  European 
Economic Community2,  and in particular Article  11 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) N°  940/96  of 23  May  1996  imposed  a provisional 

anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester textured filament yam originating  in Indonesia 
and Thailand3; 

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

informed the exporters known to be concerned  of its intention to  propose  an extension  of 

the validity of the provisional duty for an additional period of two months; 

Whereas the exporters have raised no objections, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

'O.J.  N°L  56, 06.03.1996, p. 1. 
2 O.J. N° L209, 2.8.1988, p.l.  Regulation as last amended 

by Regulation (EC) N° 522/94 (OJ N° L 66,  10.3.1994, p. 10) 

3 O.J. N° L 128, 29.05.1996, p.3 

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Article 1 

The  validity  of  the  provisional  anti-dumping  duty  on  imports  of  polyester  textured 
filament  yam originating  in Indonesia  and  Thailand,  imposed  by Commission  Regulation 
(EC)  N°  940/96  is  hereby  extended  for  a  period  of  two  months  and  shall  expire  on  1 
December  1996.  The  duty  shall  cease  to  apply  if,  before  this  date,  the  Council  adopts 
definitive  measures  or  the  proceeding  is terminated  pursuant  to  Article  9  of  Regulation 
(EEC) N° 2423/88. 

Article 2 

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

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

States. 

Done at Brussels 

The Council 

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