Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of potassium permanganate originating in the People's Republic of China
Date: 2004-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, chemical salt, import, originating product, potassium

C 209/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.8.2004

Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of potassium permanganate
originating in the People’s Republic of China

(2004/C 209/02)

The Commission has been informed that changes have
occurred to the Community industry of potassium permanga-
nate.

1. Product and existing measures

The product concerned is potassium permanganate (with
chemical formula KMnO4) originating in the People’s Republic
of China, normally declared within CN code 2841 61 00. This
CN code is given only for information.

The measures in force are a definitive anti-dumping duty
imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 299/2001 (1).

2. Recent developments

The Commission has been informed that the sole producer of
potassium permanganate which constituted the Community
industry in the investigation which led to the imposition of the
existing measures has closed down production in the Com-
munity. Due to this fact, the existing measures are allegedly no
longer necessary and should therefore be repealed.

This producer, however, contests this allegation and states that
there has not been a permanent closure of its production in the
Community, but just a temporary suspension of production.

Furthermore, since enlargement of the European Union took
place on 1 May 2004, at least one other producer of potassium
permanganate now appears to exist within the new Member
States of the Community.

3. Procedure

The Commission invites interested parties to comment on the
above developments. In addition, in order to obtain the infor-
these
mation it deems necessary for an examination of

developments, the Commission will send a copy of this notice
to the abovementioned two Community producers (see point
2) and to any association of producers in the Community, to
the exporters/producers in the People’s Republic of China and
the importers which cooperated in the investigation which led
to the imposition of the existing measures, to any association
of exporters/producers, to any association of importers and to
the authorities of the exporting country concerned. The above-
mentioned parties or other interested parties may, within 40
days of the date of publication of this notice in the Official
the European Union, make themselves known and
Journal of
provide the Commission with information regarding the exis-
tence of a Community industry together with supporting
evidence.

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 and correspondence provided by interested parties
on a confidential basis shall be labelled as (cid:1)Limited(cid:2) (2) and, in
accordance with Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, shall be
accompanied by a non-confidential version, which will be
labelled (cid:1)For inspection by interested parties(cid:2).

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.

(1) OJ L 44, 15.2.2001, p. 4, as last amended by Council Regulation

(EC) No 152/2003 (OJ L 25, 30.1.2003, p. 21).

(2) This means that

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is for internal use only.

the European Parliament and of

is
protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
of
(OJ L 145,
31.5.2001, p. 43). It is a confidential document pursuant to 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 Implementation of Article
VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-dumping Agreement).

the Council

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