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
Date: 2004-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, anti-dumping duty, import, iron and steel product, originating product

17.3.2004

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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.

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17.3.2004

5. PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DUMPING

(b) Hearings

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 dumping as far as the applicant
is concerned.

The investigation will assess the need for the continuation,
removal or amendment of the existing measures in respect of
the sole applicant.

(a) Questionnaires

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its
investigation, the Commission will send questionnaires to
the applicant and to the authorities of
the exporting
country concerned. This
information and supporting
evidence should reach the Commission within the time
limit set in point 6(a) of this notice.

All interested parties may also apply to be heard by the
Commission within the same 40-day time limit.

7. WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, QUESTIONNAIRE REPLIES 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). All written submissions,
including the information
requested in this notice, questionnaire replies and corre-
spondence provided by interested parties on a confidential
basis shall be labeled as ‘Limited’ (1) and, in accordance with
Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, shall be accompanied by
a non-confidential version, which will be
labeled ‘For
inspection by interested parties’.

(b) Collection of information and holding of hearings

Commission address for correspondence:

All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views
known, submit information other than questionnaire replies
and to provide supporting evidence. This information and
supporting evidence must reach the Commission within the
time limit set in paragraph 6(a) of this notice.

Furthermore, the Commission may hear 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 time limit set in paragraph 6(b) of
this notice.

6. TIME LIMITS

(a) For parties to make themselves known, to submit questionnaire

replies and any other information

All interested parties, if their representations are to be taken
into account during the investigation, must make them-
selves known by contacting the Commission, present
their views and submit questionnaire replies or any other
information within 40 days of the date of publication of
this notice in the Official
the European Union,
unless otherwise specified. Attention is drawn to the fact
that the exercise of most procedural rights set out in the
basic Regulation depends on the party's making itself
known within the aforementioned period.

Journal of

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.

8. 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. If an interested
party does not cooperate, or cooperates only partially, and
findings are therefore based on facts available in accordance
with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less
favourable to the party than if it had cooperated.

(1) This means that

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protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
(OJ L 145,
of
31.5.2001, p. 43).
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Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (OJ L 56,
6.3.1996, p. 1) and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implemen-
tation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-dumping Agreement).

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the Council

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