2002/134/EC: Commission Decision of 11 February 2002 exempting imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China from the extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, and lifting the suspension of the payment of the anti-dumping duty extended to certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China granted to certain parties pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 (notified under document number C(2002) 391)
Date: 2002-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, import, originating product, two-wheeled vehicle

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 February 2002

exempting imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China from the
extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation
(EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, and lifting the suspension of
the payment of the anti-dumping duty extended to certain bicycle parts originating in the People's
Republic of China granted to certain parties pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97

(notified under document number C(2002) 391)

(2002/134/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

suspended pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 88/97.

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), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of 10
January 1997 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty
imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by
Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, on bicycles originating in the
People's Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts
from the People's Republic of China (3),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of 20
January 1997 on the authorisation of
the exemption of
imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's
Republic of China from the extension by Council Regulation
(EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 and maintained by Regulation
(EC) No 1524/2000 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

After consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

After the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 a
number of bicycle
submitted requests
assemblers
pursuant to Article 3 of that Regulation for exemption
of the anti-dumping duty as extended to imports of
certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China
by Regulation (EC) No 71/97 (the extended anti-
dumping duty). The Commission has published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities successive lists
the extended
of applicants (5)
anti-dumping duty in respect of their imports of essen-
free circulation was
tial bicycle parts declared for

for which payment of

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 55.
(4) OJ L 17, 21.1.1997, p. 17.
(5) OJ C 45, 13. 2. 1997, p. 3, OJ C 112, 10. 4. 1997, p. 9, OJ C
378, 13. 12. 1997, p. 2, OJ C 217, 11.7.1998, p. 9, OJ C 37,
11.2.1999, p. 3, OJ C 186, 2.7.1999, p. 6, OJ C 216, 28.7.2000,
p. 8 and OJ C 170, 14.6.2001, p. 5.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The Commission requested and received the necessary
information from the parties listed in Article 1 of this
Decision and found each of their requests to be admis-
sible pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
88/97. The information provided was examined and
verified where necessary at the premises of the parties
concerned.

The facts as finally ascertained by the Commission show
that the assembly operations of the applicants concerned
do not fall within the scope of Article 13(2) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 384/96. In particular, it was found that for
all the applicants' bicycle assembly operations, the value
of the parts originating in the People's Republic of China
which were used in their assembly operations was lower
than 60 % of the total value of the parts used in these
assembly operations.

For the above reasons, and in accordance with Article
7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97, the parties listed in
Article 1 should be exempted from the extended anti-
dumping duty. The parties concerned were informed
accordingly and given an opportunity to comment.

In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No
88/97, the exemption of the parties listed in Article 1
from the extended anti-dumping duty should take effect
as from the date of receipt of their request and their
customs debt in respect of the extended anti-dumping
duty is to be considered void as from that date.

failed however

listed in Article 2 of this
A number of other parties,
also requested an exemption from the
Decision,
to
extended anti-dumping duty but
submit
the necessary information requested by the
Commission. Consequently, those parties should not be
exempted under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 88/97.
The Commission informed the parties concerned that it
intended to reject their requests for exemption from the
extended duty, on the grounds that they had failed to
provide
evidence
requested.

information or

supporting

the

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(7)

(8)

Since the parties listed in Article 2 failed to meet the criteria for exemption, the suspension of
payment of the extended anti-dumping duty should be lifted and the extended anti-dumping duty
should be collected as from the date of receipt of their requests.

Following the adoption of this Decision, an updated list of parties exempted pursuant to Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 88/97 and of parties whose requests pursuant to Article 3 of that Regulation are
under examination should be published in the C series of the Official
the European
Communities in accordance with Article 16(2) of that Regulation,

Journal of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The parties listed below are hereby exempted from the extension by Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the
definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by Regulation (EC)
No 1524/2000, on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts
from the People's Republic of China.

The exemptions shall take effect in relation to each party as from the relevant date shown in the column
headed ‘Date of effect’.

Exempted parties

Name

City

Country

Exemption
pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No
88/97

Date of
effect

TARIC
additional
code

Tecno Bike sas di Tontini Donatella

Via del Lavoro s.n.
I-61030 Canavaccio di Urbino (PU)

Italy

Article 7

13.1.1999

8612

SIMPLON Fahrrad GmbH

Intersens Bikes & Parts BV

VICINI di Vicini Ottavio e Figli snc

A & J Europe Bicycle Manufacturing Ltd

Oberer Achdamm 22
A-6971 Hard

Bedrĳvenpark Twente 170
7602 KE Almelo
Nederland

Via dell'Artigianato, 284
I-47023 Cesena (FO)

Unit G, Mochdre, Enterprise Park
Newtown
Powys SY16 4LE
United Kingdom

Speedcross di Torretta P. e C. snc

Corso Italia 20
I-20020 Vanzaghello (MI)

Lenardon Lida/Cicli Bandiziol

Via Provinciale, 5
I-33096 San Martino al Tagliamento
(PN)

Austria

Article 7

29.9.1999

A045

Netherlands

Article 7

10.12.1999

A090

Italy

Article 7

1.1.2000

A233

United
Kingdom

Italy

Italy

Article 7

7.3.2000

A126

Article 7

30.3.2000

A163

Article 7

3.5.2000

A172

CARRARO SpA Industria Cicli

Via Alcide de Gasperi, 15
I-35030 Saccolongo (PD)

Italy

Article 7

8.5.2000

A173

Børge Kildemoes Cykelfabrik A/S

CHERRI di Cherri Mario & C. snc

Nr. Lyndelse
DK-5792 Årslev

Via Cagliari, 39
I-09016 Iglesias (CA)

Snc Cicli Olympia di
Antonio Fontana & C.

Pasquale

e

Via Carrarese, 62
I-35028 Piove di Sacco (PD)

J. Recker & Co. GmbH

Kokotis A. Bros SA

Am Wiesenpfad 21
D-53340 Meckenheim

5th klm of Larissa-Falani
GR-41001 Larissa

Denmark

Article 7

12.5.2000

A166

Italy

Italy

Article 7

19.5.2000

A168

Article 7

30.5.2000

A167

Germany

Article 7

19.6.2000

A200

Greece

Article 7

3.7.2000

A201

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Name

City

Country

Exemption
pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No
88/97

Date of
effect

TARIC
additional
code

Aurelia Dino SpA

Via Cuneo 11
I-12011 Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN)

Italy

Article 7

18.7.2000

A202

IKO Sportartikel Handels GmbH

Cicli Olimpica srl

Cycle Citi Corporation Ltd

Kufsteinerstraße 72
D-83064 Raubling

Via Pietro Maroncelli 4
I-35010 Vigonza (PD)

Unit 13, Llandegai Ind. Estate
Bangor
UK-Gwynedd LL57 4YH
United Kingdom

Germany

Article 7

7.9.2000

A227

Italy

Article 7

9.10.2000

A229

United
Kingdom

Article 7

20.10.2000

A230

VELOMARCHE di Giunta Giancarlo &
C. snc

Via dell'Industria, 3
I-61020 Montecchio (PS)

Italy

Article 7

13.12.2000

A231

Article 2

The requests for exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty made in accordance with Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No 88/97 by the parties listed below are hereby rejected.

The suspension of payment of the extended anti-dumping duty pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
88/97 is hereby lifted for the parties concerned as from the relevant date shown in the column headed
‘Date of effect’.

Parties for which the suspension is lifted

Name

City

Country

Veronese Luigi snc di Veronese Paolo
e Elisabetta (Cicli Roveco)

Via Umberto I, 508
I-45023 Costa di Rovigo

Ciclo Meccanica srl

Euro Cycles Ltd

Artar snc di Ferrari Veber & C.

Sprint Bike srl

Via delle Industrie, 14
I-20050 Sulbiate (MI)

Unit 1B, Pear Mill Industrial Estate
Stockport Road West
Stockport SK6 2BP
United Kingdom

Via 4 Novembre, 42
I-46024 Moglia (MN)

Via Padana Superiore 91/93
I-25045 Castegnato (BS)

Article 3

Italy

Italy

United
Kingdom

Italy

Italy

Suspension pursuant
to Regulation
(EC) No 88/97

Date of
effect

TARIC
additional
code

Article 5

13.12.1999

A068

Article 5

4.5.2000

A170

Article 5

15.5.2000

A171

Article 5

21.6.2000

A203

Article 5

26.6.2000

A199

This Decision is addressed to the Member States and to the parties listed hereunder:

Tecno Bike s.a.s. di Tontini Donatella, Via del Lavoro s.n., I-61030 Canavaccio di Urbino (PU);
SIMPLON Fahrrad GmbH, Oberer Achdamm 22, A-6971 Hard;
Intersens Bikes & Parts B.V., Bedrijvenpark Twente 170, 7602 KE Almelo, Netherlands;
VICINI di Vicini Ottavio e Figli s.n.c., Via dell'Artigianato, 284, I-47023 Cesena (FO);
A & J Europe Bicycle Manufacturing Ltd, Unit G, Mochdre Enterprise Park, Newtown, Powys SY16 4LE,
United Kingdom;
Speedcross di Torretta P. e C. s.n.c., Corso Italia 20, I-20020 Vanzaghello (MI);
Lenardon Lida/Cicli Bandiziol, Via Provinciale, 5, I-33096 San Martino al Tagliamento (PN);
CARRARO SpA Industria Cicli, Via Alcide de Gasperi, 15, I-35030 Saccolongo (PD);

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Børge Kildemoes Cykelfabrik A/S, Nr. Lyndelse, DK-5792 Årslev;
CHERRI di Cherri Mario & C. s.n.c. Via Cagliari, 39, I-09016 Iglesias (CA);
S.n.c. Cicli Olympia di Pasquale e Antonio Fontana & C., Via Carrarese, 62, I-35028 Piove di Sacco (PD);
J. Recker & Co. GmbH, Am Wiesenpfad 21, D-53340 Meckenheim;
Kokotis A. Bros S.A., 5th klm of Larissa-Falani, GR-41001 Larissa;
Aurelia Dino SpA, Via Cuneo 11, I-12011 Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN);
IKO Sportartikel Handels GmbH, Kufsteinerstraße 72, D-83064 Raubling;
Cicli Olimpica s.r.l., Via Pietro Maroncelli 4, I-35010 Vigonza (PD);
Cycle Citi Corporation Ltd, Unit 13, Llandegai Ind. Estate, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 4YH, United Kingdom;
VELOMARCHE di Giunta Giancarlo & C. s.n.c., Via dell'Industria, 3, I-61020 Montecchio (PS);
Veronese Luigi s.n.c. di Veronese Paolo e Elisabetta (Cicli Roveco), Via Umberto I, 508, I-45023 Costa di
Rovigo;
Ciclo Meccanica s.r.l., Via delle Industrie, 14, I-20050 Sulbiate (MI);
Euro Cycles Ltd, Unit 1B, Pear Mill Industrial Estate, Stockport Road West, Stockport SK6 2BP, United
Kingdom;
Artar s.n.c. di Ferrari Veber & C., Via 4 Novembre, 42, I-46024 Moglia (MN);
Sprint Bike s.r.l., Via Padana Superiore 91/93, I-25045 Castegnato (BS).

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission