Commission Decision No 979/2002/ECSC of 3 June 2002 amending Commission Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of China, India and Romania, and withdrawing an undertaking with regard to certain exporters in Romania
Date: 2002-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, India, Romania, anti-dumping duty, flat product, import, steel

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

8.6.2002

COMMISSION DECISION No 979/2002/ECSC

of 3 June 2002

amending Commission Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on
imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of
China, India and Romania, and withdrawing an undertaking with regard to certain exporters in
Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

B. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNDER-

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community,

(3)

Having regard to Commission Decision No 2277/96/ECSC of
28 November 1996 on protection against dumped imports
from countries not members of the European Coal and Steel
Community (1)
last amended by
Decision No 435/2001/ECSC, (2) and in particular Articles 8
and 9 thereof,

(the Basic Decision) as

After consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE

(1)

(2)

Following an investigation initiated by means of a notice
published in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties, (3) the Commission, by Decision No 1758/2000/
ECSC, (4)
imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on
imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy
steel originating in the People's Republic of China, India
and Romania, accepted an undertaking with regard to
certain exporters in India and Romania and collected
definitively the provisional duties imposed.

The undertaking of the Romanian companies constitutes
a joint undertaking, signed by Sidex SA, the exporting
producer, and co-signed by 10 traders, selling only the
product concerned being produced by Sidex SA.

TAKING

The Commission has been informed that the Romanian
company Sidex SA has been acquired by the LNM
Group and changed its name into Ispat Sidex SA. Ispat-
Sidex SA advised the Commission that
it wishes to
withdraw the undertaking formerly signed by Sidex SA.
Due to the collective character of the undertaking, this
entails the withdrawal of the undertaking in respect of
the co-signatories as well. Accordingly, the name of
Sidex SA should be deleted from the list of companies
whose products are exempted from the anti-dumping
duty pursuant to Article 1(3) of Decision No 1758/
2000/ECSC and the names of Sidex SA and its co-signa-
tories Sidex Trading SRL, Metalexportimport SA,
Metanef SA, Metagrimex Business Group SA, Uzinsider
SA, Uzinexport SA, Shiral Trading Impex SRL, Metal-
trade International '97 SRL, Romilexim Trading Limited
SRL and Metal SA should be deleted from the list of
companies from which undertakings were accepted in
Article 2(1) of Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The undertakings offered by the following companies and
accepted by Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC in connection with
this anti-dumping proceeding are hereby withdrawn:

Country

Company

TARIC additional code

‘Romania

Sidex SA, Galati

Sidex Trading SRL, Galati

Metalexportimport SA, Bucarest

Metanef SA, Bucarest

Metagrimex Business Group SA, Bucarest

Uzinsider SA, Bucarest

Uzinexport SA, Bucarest

Shiral Trading Impex SRL, Bucarest

Metaltrade International

'97 SRL, Bucarest

Romilexim Trading Limited SRL, Bucarest

Metal SA, Galati

A069

A179

A179

A179

A179

A179

A179

A179

A179

A179

A179’

(1) OJ L 308, 29.11.1996, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 63, 3.3.2001, p. 14.
(3) OJ C 133, 13.5.1999, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 202, 10.8.2000, p. 21.

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Article 2

Article 1(3) of Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC is replaced by the following:

‘3.
The duties shall not apply to imports of the product concerned, manufactured by Steel Authority
of India Ltd and originating in India, when the goods are directly exported (i.e. shipped and invoiced) by
that company to the importer in the Community and provided that the conditions of Article 2(2) are
fulfilled.’

In Article 2(1) of Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC, the table is replaced by the following:

Article 3

Country

Company

TARIC additional code

‘India

Steel Authority of India Ltd, New Delhi

A178’

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

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 3 June 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission