Council Regulation (EC) No 554/2000 of 13 March 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2398/97 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of cotton-type bed linen originating in Egypt, India and Pakistan
Date: 2000-03-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Egypt, India, Pakistan, anti-dumping duty, import, textile product

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 554/2000

of 13 March 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2398/97 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of
cotton-type bed linen originating in Egypt, India and Pakistan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from
countries not members of the European Community (1),

Having regard to Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No
2398/97 of 28 November 1997 imposing a definitive anti-
dumping duty on imports of cotton-type bed linen originating
in Egypt, India and Pakistan (2),

— it has actually exported to the Community the prod-
ucts concerned after the investigation period on
which the measures are based, or it has entered into
an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a
significant quantity to the Community,

then Article 1(3) of that Regulation can be amended by
granting that exporting producer the duty rate applicable
to cooperating producers which were not included in
the sample,

i.e. 11,6 %.

B. New exporting producers' requests

Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission
after consulting the Advisory Committee,

(3)

Whereas:

A. Previous procedure

(1)

By Regulation (EC) No 2398/97 the Council imposed a
definitive anti-dumping duty on imports
into the
Community of cotton-type bed linen falling within CN
codes ex 6302 21 00, ex 6302 22 90, ex 6302 31 10,
ex 6302 31 90 and ex 6302 32 90 originating inter
alia, in India. Sampling was applied to Indian exporting
producers and individual duty rates ranging from 2,6 %
to 24,7 % were imposed on the companies in the
sample, while other cooperating companies not included
in the sample were attributed a weighted average duty
rate of 11,6 %. A duty rate of 24,7 % was imposed on
companies which either did not make themselves known
or did not cooperate in the investigation.

Three new Indian exporting producers, after having
applied not to be treated differently from the companies
which cooperated in the original investigation but were
not included in the sample, have provided, on request,
evidence showing that they meet the requirements set
out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2398/97. The
evidence provided by these applicant companies is
to allow that Regulation to be
considered sufficient
amended by adding these three new exporting producers
to Annex I
the Indian
exporting producers which are subject to the weighted
average duty rate of 11,6 %,

thereto. Annex I

specifies

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(2)

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2398/97 stipulates that
where
sufficient
evidence that:

any exporting producer provides

The following companies shall be added to the list of exporting
producers from India listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2398/97:

— it did not export to the Community the products
described in Article 1(1) of that Regulation during
the investigation period (1 July 1995 to 30 June
1996),

— it is not related to any of the exporters or producers
in the exporting country which are subject to the
anti-dumping measures imposed by that Regulation,

— Creative Mobus Fabrics Limited, Mumbai (Bombay),

— Falcon Finstock Pvt. Ltd, Surat,

— Pacific Exports, Mumbai (Bombay).

Article 2

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 905/98 (OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18).

(2) OJ L 332, 4.12.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1421/1999 (OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 29).

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commu-
nities.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. PINA MOURA