Council Regulation (EC) No 968/2000 of 8 May 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 603/1999 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of polypropylene binder or baler twine originating in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed
Date: 2000-05-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, anti-dumping duty, import, manufactured goods, originating product, plastics

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 968/2000

of 8 May 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 603/1999 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of
polypropylene binder or baler twine originating in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, and
collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed

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), and in particular Articles 8(9) and 9
thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

A. Previous procedure

Following an investigation initiated by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities (2),
imposed definitive
anti-dumping duties on imports of polypropylene binder or baler twine originating in Poland, the
Czech Republic and Hungary.

the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 603/1999 (3),

Also in the context of this investigation, the Commission, by Decision 1999/215/EC (4), accepted a
price undertaking offered by, inter alia, the Polish company WKI Isoliertechnik Spolka z.o.o. (herein-
after ‘the company’).

B. Withdrawal of undertaking

The company has, however, now withdrawn its undertaking following difficulties in observing
certain conditions laid down therein.

Accordingly, in view of this withdrawal, the exemption from the anti-dumping duties granted to this
company should be removed and definitive duties be imposed pursuant to Articles 8(9) and 9 of
Regulation (EC) No 384/96.

C. Definitive duties

The investigation which led to the undertaking offered by the company was concluded by a final
determination as to dumping and injury by Regulation (EC) No 603/1999.

In accordance with Article 8(9) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, the rate of the anti-dumping duty
now to be imposed on the company must, therefore, be based on the facts established within the
context of the investigation which led to the undertaking. In this regard, in view of recitals 15, 71
it is considered appropriate that the definitive anti-
and 75 of Regulation (EC) No 603/1999,
dumping duty rate be set at a level of 15,7 % ad valorem.

(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 C 1, 3.1.1998, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 34.

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D. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 603/1999

(7)

(8)

In view of the above, Regulation (EC) No 603/1999 should be amended so as to remove the
company from the list of companies benefiting from an exemption to the anti-dumping duties on
polypropylene binder or baler twine originating, inter alia, in Poland, and a definitive anti-dumping
duty of 15,7 % be imposed on it.

In parallel with this Regulation,
the Commission, by Decision 2000/324/EC (1) has amended
Decision 1999/215/EC and removed the company from the list of parties from which undertakings
have been accepted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 603/1999 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 1(2) shall be replaced by the following:

Article 1

The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier
‘2.
prices before duty of the products manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

Country

Company

Rate of duty
(%)

TARIC additional
code

Poland

BZLP Bezalin

PAT Defalin s.a.

Industrial Chemistry Research Institute

Terplast sp z.o.o.

WKI Isoliertechnik Spolka z.o.o.

All other companies

Czech Republic

All companies

Hungary

All companies

17,2

16,3

12,8

6,1

15,7

20,3

24,8

32,9

8450

8569

8578

8579

A091

8900

8900

8900’

(b) Article 2(2) shall be replaced by the following:

Imports made within the context of the undertakings offered and accepted shall be declared under

‘2.
the following TARIC additional codes:

Country

Company

Czech Republic

Juta a.s.

Lanex a.s.

Hungary

Partium '70 Rt

Tiszai Vegyi Kombinat Rt

Elso Magyar Kenderfono Rt

Article 2

TARIC additional
code

8596

8580

8581

8582

8583’

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

(1) See page 65 of this Official Journal.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. PINA MOURA