Council Regulation (EC) No 2288/2002 of 19 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 imposing a definitive anti–dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in the Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and Turkey
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, metals, non-flat product, third country

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2288/2002

of 19 December 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 imposing a definitive anti–dumping duty and definitively
collecting the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and
cables originating in the Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and Turkey

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

produced and directly exported by that company were
exempted from the anti-dumping duty by Article 2(2).

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December
1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries
not members of the European Community (1), and in particular
Article 8 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission
after consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 5 May 2000, an anti-dumping proceeding (2) was
initiated by the Commission on imports of certain iron
or steel
ropes and cables (‘the product concerned’)
originating,

in Turkey.

inter alia,

This proceeding resulted in an anti-dumping duty being
imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 (3) in August
2001 in order to eliminate the injurious effects of
dumping.

Provisional measures were imposed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 230/2001 (4).
the
inter alia, a price undertaking
Commission accepted,
from the Turkish exporting producer Celik Halat ve Tel
Imports of products
Sanayii AS by Article 2(1).

In parallel,

(4)

(5)

B. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF THE JOINT UNDER-

TAKING

Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii AS advised the Commission
that they wished to withdraw this undertaking. Accord-
ingly, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2303/
2002 (5), the name of this company has been deleted
from the list of companies from which undertakings are
accepted in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 230/
2001.

C. AMENDMENT OF REGULATION (EC) No 1601/2001

In view of the above and pursuant to Article 8(9) of
Regulation (EC) No 384/96, Article 2(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1601/2001 should be amended accordingly,
and goods manufactured by Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii
AS should be subject to the appropriate rate of anti-
dumping duty for that company as set in Article 1(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 (31,0 %),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The table in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 is
replaced by the following table:

‘Country

Manufacturer

Taric additional code

Czech Republic

ŽDB as
Bezruova 300, 73593 Bohumín
Czech Republic

Russia

Thailand

Open Joint Stock Company Cherepovetsky
Staleprokanty Zavod, Russia, 162600
Cherepovets, Vologda Region,
ul. 50-letia Oktiabria, 1/33

Usha Siam Steel Ind. Public Company Limited
888/116 Mahatun Plaza Building
Ploenchit Road, Bangkok 10330,
Thaïlande

A216

A217

A218

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1972/2002 (OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1).

(2) OJ C 127, 5.5.2000, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 211, 4.8.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 34, 3.2.2001, p. 4.

(5) See page 80 of this Official Journal.

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Country

Manufacturer

Taric additional code

Turkey

Has Çelik ve Halat Sanayi Ticaret A.S. Hacilar
Yolu 8.Km Kayseri
Turkey

A220’

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.

For the Council

The President

L. ESPERSEN