Notice concerning anti-dumping measures on imports of stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof originating in India
Date: 2003-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, manufactured goods, originating product, steel

C 92/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.4.2003

Acknowledgement of receipt

of complaint No 2002/4383-SG(02)A/03658

(2003/C 92/09)

1. The European Commission has registered a complaint concerning the authorisation of oil prospecting
off the coast of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, Spain)
under No 2002/4383-SG(02)A/03658.

2. It has received several hundred copies of this complaint, so, in order to ensure a rapid response and to
keep those concerned informed while making economical use of its administrative resources,
it is
publishing this acknowledgement of receipt in the Official Journal of the European Union and on the
Internet at the following address:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sg1/receipt/

3. The complaint will be examined by the Commission in the light of Community environmental legis-
lation. The complainants will be kept informed, by the same means, of the results of this examination
and of any follow-up action that the Commission may decide to take.

4. The Commission will endeavour to take a decision on the substance of

the case (opening of
infringement proceedings or closing of the case without further action) within twelve months of the
date of registration of the complaint in its Secretariat-General.

5. Should the Commission need to contact the authorities of the Member State against which the
complaint is directed, it will do so without mentioning the identity of the complainants in order to
protect their rights. The complainants may, however, authorise the Commission to reveal their identity
in any contacts with the authorities of the Member State against which the complaint is directed.

Notice concerning anti-dumping measures on imports of stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof
originating in India

(2003/C 92/10)

By its Judgment of 21 November 2002 in case T-88/98, Kundan Industries Limited and Tata International
Limited v Council of the European Union, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI)
annulled Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 393/98 of 16 February 1998 imposing a definitive
anti-dumping duty on imports of stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof originating in the People's
Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand (1), insofar as it imposes an
anti-dumping duty on exports to the European Community of products manufactured by Kundan
Industries Limited and exported by Tata International Limited which exceeds the duty which would
apply but for an adjustment to the export price made in respect of a commission. As stated in Council
Regulation (EC) No 695/2003 (2), the non-inclusion of that adjustment leads to a reduction of the dumping
margin, and therefore the anti-dumping duty from 47,4 % to 45,4 %.

Consequently, the definitive anti-dumping duties paid pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 393/98 on
imports into the European Community of stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof falling within CN codes
7318 12 10, 7318 14 10, 7318 15 30, 7318 15 51, 7318 15 61, 7318 15 70 and 7318 16 30 manu-
factured by Kundan and exported by Tata (under TARIC additional code 8416) should be reimbursed
to the extent that they exceeded 45,4 %. The reimbursement must be requested from national customs
authorities in accordance with applicable national customs legislation.

(1) OJ L 50, 20.2.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 99, 17.4.2003, p. 22.