Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2004-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Poland, anti-dumping duty, import, originating product, plastics

17.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 67/5

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2004/C 67/03)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Polypropylene binder or
baler twine

Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic

Duty

Regulation (EC) No 603/1999
(OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 1)
as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2011/2002
(OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 1)

21.3.2004

Hungary
Czech Republic

Undertaking Decision 1999/215/EC

(OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 34)
as last amended by
Decision 2002/890/EC
(OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 20)

(1) OJ C 141, 17.6.2003, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002 (OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1).

Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the antidumping measures applicable to imports
of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in Turkey

(2004/C 67/04)

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

1. REQUEST FOR REVIEW

3. EXISTING MEASURES

The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping
duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 (3), as
last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/2003 (4), on
imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in
Turkey.

The request was lodged by Has Celik Ve Halat Sanayi Ticaret
A.S. (‘the applicant’), an exporter from Turkey.

4. GROUNDS FOR THE REVIEW

The request is limited in scope to the examination of dumping
as far as the applicant is concerned.

2. PRODUCT

The product under review is iron or steel ropes and cables,
including locked coil ropes, excluding ropes and cables of
stainless steel, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension
exceeding 3 mm, with fittings attached or not (referred to by
the industry as steel wire ropes or ‘SWR’), originating in
Turkey, currently classifiable within CN codes 7312 10 82,
7312 10 84, 7312 10 86, 7312 10 88 and 7312 10 99.
These CN codes are given only for information.

The request pursuant to Article 11(3) is based on the prima
facia evidence, provided by the applicant,
the circum-
stances on the basis of which measures were established have
changed and that these changes are of a lasting nature.

that

The applicant alleges,
inter alia, that structural changes have
occurred in the company which have had a significant
impact on the normal value. Furthermore, the applicant has
provided evidence showing that a comparison of normal value
based on cost/domestic prices and export prices to the EU,
would lead to a reduction of dumping significantly below the
level of
the continued
the existing levels, which were
imposition of measures at
is no
based on the level of dumping previously established,
longer necessary to offset dumping.

the current measures. Therefore,

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 211, 4.8.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 180, 18.7.2003, p. 23.