Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate (UAN) originating, inter alia, in Lithuania
Date: 2002-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, organic fertiliser, originating product, third country

C 314/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.12.2002

Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports
of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate (UAN) originating, inter alia, in Lithuania

(2002/C 314/02)

The Commission has received a request for a partial interim
review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No
384/96 (1),
(EC) No
last
1972/2002 (2) (‘the Basic Regulation’).

by Regulation

amended

as

1. Request for review

The request was lodged by JSC Achema (‘the applicant’), an
exporter from Lithuania.

The request is limited in scope to the examination of the form
of the measure and, in particular, to the examination of the
acceptability of an undertaking offered by the applicant.

2. Product

The product under review is solutions of urea and ammonium
nitrate, a liquid fertiliser commonly used in agriculture orig-
inating in Lithuania (‘the product concerned’), currently clas-
sifiable within CN code 3102 80 00. This CN code is given
only for information.

3. Existing measures

The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping
duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1995/2000 (3) on
imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate orig-
inating, inter alia, in Lithuania.

4. Grounds for the review

The applicant points out that it committed itself to a price
discipline in respect of UAN within the framework of an anti-
dumping proceeding concerning urea (4) and presents evidence
that it is ready to provide in the framework of the present
proceeding an undertaking of a similar nature, which would
remove the injurious effects of dumping and could be
monitored.

5. Procedure

Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee,
that sufficient evidence exists to justify the initiation of a partial
interim review, the Commission hereby initiates a review in
accordance with Article 11(3) of the Basic Regulation, limited
in scope to the examination of the acceptability of an under-
taking from the applicant.

and

provide
together with
supporting

the Commission with
supporting
evidence must

interested parties are hereby invited to make themselves
All
pertinent
known
This
information
information and
the
Commission within 40 days of the date of publication of this
the European Communities.
notice in the Official
Journal of
Attention is drawn to the fact
the exercise of most
that
procedural rights set out in the Basic Regulation depends on
the party's making itself known within the aforementioned
period.

evidence.

reach

the Commission may hear

Furthermore,
interested parties,
provided that they make a request showing that there are
particular reasons why they should be heard. This request
must be made within the same 40-day time limit.

6. Written submissions and correspondence

All submissions and requests made by interested parties must
be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise
specified), and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address,
telephone and fax, and/or telex numbers of the interested party.

Commission address for correspondence:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate B
Office: J-79 5/16
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 295 65 05
Telex: COMEU B 21877.

7. Non-cooperation

In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or
otherwise does not provide the necessary information within
the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation,
findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance
with Article 18 of the Basic Regulation, on the basis of the
facts available.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or
misleading information, the information shall be disregarded
and use may be made of the facts available.

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 238, 22.9.2000, p. 15.
(4) An

accepted

undertaking was

Commission Decision
2002/498/EC (OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 51), concerning imports
of urea originating, inter alia, in Lithuania, by which the applicant
accepted, in order to avoid cross-compensation via exports of other
fertilisers, a precise price level for, inter alia, UAN.

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