Commission Regulation (EC) No 1008/2002 of 12 June 2002 extending the period during which certain imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway are subject to registration
Date: 2002-06-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, anti-dumping measure, customs regulations, fish farming, import, originating product, sea fish

13.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 153/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1008/2002

of 12 June 2002

extending the period during which certain imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in
Norway are subject to registration

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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), and in parti-
cular Article 10(5) and Article 14(5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6
October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from
countries not members of the European Community (3), and in
particular Article 16(4) and Article 24(5) thereof,

— undertakings accepted by Commission Decision 97/
634/EC (10), as last amended by Decision 2002/157/
EC (11), from a large number of exporters/producers
from Norway to respect, inter alia, certain minimum
import prices.

(3)

It should also be noted that the above measures are
currently the subject of an interim review initiated in
February 2002 in accordance with Article 11(3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 384/96 and Article 19(1) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 (12).

C. EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD OF REGISTRATION

Having regard to the positive opinion of
Committee,

the Advisory

(4)

Whereas:

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE

set out

in Regulation (EC) No 452/2002,

As
the
Commission was at the preliminary stage of investigating
a number of suspected violations of undertakings. Given
that not all of these investigations have been concluded,
it is considered necessary that imports of the product
concerned should remain subject to registration for a
further period.

(1)

ex 0302 12 00,

By Regulation (EC) No 452/2002 (4) the Commission
directed customs authorities to take appropriate steps to
register imports into the Community of farmed Atlantic
salmon originating in Norway currently classifiable
ex 0303 22 00,
within CN codes
product
ex 0304 10 13
concerned), when exported by companies listed in the
Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 (5), as
last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 322/
2002 (6). Wild Atlantic salmon as defined in Article 1(b)
of the said Regulation was excluded from the registration
measure.

ex 0304 20 13

(the

and

(5)

This further period of registration shall directly follow
on from the end of the 90 day period specified in Article
2 of Regulation (EC) No 452/2002 and shall be limited
in length to the date that the interim review mentioned
above is concluded, or 180 days from the date of publi-
cation of Regulation (EC) No 452/2002, whichever date
occurs first,

B. EXISTING MEASURES

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(2)

The product concerned is also currently subject to the
following measures:

Article 1

— definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties
imposed by Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 which,
following a review, repealed and replaced the anti-
dumping
previously
imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1890/97 (7),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 297/1999 (8), and
Council Regulation (EC) No 1891/97 (9), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 297/1999,

countervailing

duties

and

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 101, 16.4.1999, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 51, 22.2.2002, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 37, 11.2.1999, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 19.

The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant
to
Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 and Article 24(5)
of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 to continue to take the appro-
priate steps to register the imports into the Community of
farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway falling within
CN codes
ex 0302 12 00 (TARIC codes 0302 12 00 21,
0302 12 00 29),
0302 12 00 22,
ex 0303 22 00 (TARIC codes 0303 22 00 21, 0303 22 00 22,
0303 22 00 23 and 0303 22 00 29), ex 0304 10 13 (TARIC
codes 0304 10 13 21 and 0304 10 13 29) and ex 0304 20 13
and
(TARIC codes 0304 20 13 21 and 0304 20 13 29)
exported by the companies listed in the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 772/1999.

0302 12 00 23

and

(10) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 81.
(11) OJ L 51, 22.2.2002, p. 32.
(12) OJ C 53, 28.2.2002, p. 10.

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Article 2

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

1.
Communities.

Article 1 shall apply from 13 June 2002 and its validity shall be limited in time up to and including
2.
the date on which the interim review mentioned in recital 3 above is concluded by means of a publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities, or 10 September 2002, whichever date occurs first,

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

Done at Brussels, 12 June 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission