Council Regulation (EC) No 2314/2000 of 17 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 763/2000 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty, imposed by Regulation (EC) No 584/96 on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, consigned from Taiwan, whether declared as originating in Taiwan or not, and terminating the investigation in respect of imports from three Taiwanese exporters
Date: 2000-10-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: China, Taiwan, anti-dumping duty, import, originating product, piping

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2314/2000

of 17 October 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 763/2000 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty, imposed by
Regulation (EC) No 584/96 on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating
in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel,
consigned from Taiwan, whether declared as originating in Taiwan or not, and terminating the
investigation in respect of imports from three Taiwanese exporters

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

producers,
irrespective of the identity of the operator
responsible for exporting the goods to the Community,

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),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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

Article 1

Whereas:

Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 763/2000 shall be
replaced by the following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 763/2000 (2) extended the definitive
anti-dumping duty of 58,6 % imposed by Regulation
(EC) No 584/96 (3) to imports of the same product
consigned from Taiwan, whether the product is declared
as originating in Taiwan or not, with the exception of
products manufactured and exported by the three co-
operating Taiwanese exporters concerned.

It is the consistent practice of the Community institu-
tions to individualise anti-dumping measures in respect
of goods manufactured by individual concerns.

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 763/2000 limits the
exemption from the extension of the duties to products
manufactured and directly sold to the Community by
the three cooperating Taiwanese exporters concerned.

On the basis of the findings of the relevant investigation,
it appears appropriate that the scope of the exemption
should encompass all export sales of the product manu-
factured by the exporters concerned, either directly or
through a third-party trader.

The aforesaid Article 1 should therefore be amended in
order to make the exemption applicable to products
cooperating Taiwanese
three
manufactured by the

code

(TARIC

code
code

(TARIC
(TARIC

7307 99 30 91)

iron and steel

‘1.
The definitve anti-dumping duty imposed by Regula-
tion (EC) No 584/96 on imports of certain tube and pipe
falling within CN codes
fittings of
7307 93 11 90),
ex 7307 93 11
7307 93 19 90),
ex 7307 93 19
ex 7307 99 30
and
ex 7307 99 90 (TARIC code 7307 99 90 91) originating
in the People's Republic of China, is hereby extended to
imports of
the same fittings consigned from Taiwan
(whether these fittings are declared as originating in Taiwan
or not) (TARIC additional code A 999), with the exception
of those produced by Chup Hsin Enterprise Co. Ltd, Kaoh-
siung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A 098), Rigid Indus-
tries Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) (TARIC additional code
A 099) and Niang Hong Pipe Fittings Co. Ltd, Kaohsiung
(Taiwan) (TARIC additional code A 100).

2.
The duty extended by paragraph 1 shall be collected
on imports registered in accordance with Article 2 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1683/1999 and Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 384/96, with the exception of those
produced by the companies referred to in paragraph 1.’

Article 2

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

(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 94, 14.4.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 84, 3.4.1996, p. 1.

It shall apply with effect from 15 April 2000.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 17 October 2000.

For the Council

The President

L. FABIUS