2002/669/EC: Commission Decision of 5 August 2002 amending Decision 2000/137/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Croatia and the Ukraine, and withdrawing an undertaking
Date: 2002-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, Ukraine, anti-dumping legislation, import, originating product, piping, tube

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 August 2002

amending Decision 2000/137/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-
dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy
steel originating in Croatia and the Ukraine, and withdrawing an undertaking

(2002/669/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

B. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF THE JOINT UNDER-

TAKING

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 partic-
ular Article 8 thereof,

After consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

DTW, Niko Tube and NTRP advised the Commission
that they wished to withdraw this joint undertaking.
Accordingly, the names of DTW, Niko Tube and NTRP,
should be deleted from the list of companies whose
products are exempted from the anti-dumping duty
pursuant to Article 1 of Decision 2000/137/EC.

In parallel to this Decision, the Council, by Regulation
(EC) No 1515/2002 (7) has also removed the exemption
from the anti-dumping duty granted to DTW, Niko Tube
and NTRP, respectively, by amending Article 2 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 348/2000,

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE

On 19 November 1998, an anti-dumping proceeding
was initiated by the Commission on imports of certain
seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel (3)
in Ukraine.
originating,

inter alia,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This proceeding resulted in an anti-dumping duty being
imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 348/2000 (4) in
February 2000 in order to eliminate the injurious effects
of dumping.

The joint undertaking accepted from Dnepropetrovsk Tube
Works, Nikopol Pivdennotrubny Works (transferred later to
Nikopolsky Seamless Tube Plant, ‘Niko Tube’) and Nizhnedne-
provsky Tube Rolling Plant (NTRP) is hereby withdrawn.

(1)

(2)

(3)

the
In parallel, by Decision No 2000/137/EC (5),
Commission accepted a joint price undertaking up to a
certain volume threshold from three Ukrainian expor-
ters, Dnepropetrovsk Tube Works
(DTW), Nikopol
Pivdennotrubny Works (transferred later to Nikopolsky
Seamless Tube Plant, Niko Tube (6)) and Nizhnedne-
provsky Tube Rolling Plant
(NTRP), whose products
were exempted from the anti-dumping duty by Article
2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 348/2000.

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ C 353, 19.11.1998, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 45, 17.2.2000, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 46, 18.2.2000, p. 34.
(6) OJ C 198, 13.7.2001, p. 2.

Article 2

The table in Article 1 of Decision No 2000/137/EC is replaced
by the following table:

‘Country

Manufacturer

Taric additional
code

Croatia

Zeljezara Sisak d.d., Sisak

A064’

(7) See page 8 of this Official Journal.

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This Decision shall be applicable from the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 5 August 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission