Commission Regulation (EC) No 627/2005 of 22 April 2005 revoking Regulation (EC) No 206/2005 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of farmed salmon
Date: 2005-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Regulation, Ireland, United Kingdom, fish, fish farming, import, protective clause, repeal

L 104/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.4.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 627/2005

of 22 April 2005

revoking Regulation (EC) No 206/2005 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of
farmed salmon

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of
22 December 1994 on common rules
imports and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (1), and in particular
Article 21(2)(b), thereof,

for

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of
7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain
third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82,
(EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83 (2), and in particular
Article 18(2)(b), thereof,

Whereas:

PROCEDURE

(1)

(2)

On 6 March 2004, the Commission initiated a safeguard
farmed salmon into the
investigation on imports of
Community. On 4 February 2005,
the Commission
imposed definitive safeguard measures by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 206/2005 (3).

On 23 October 2004, the Commission initiated an anti-
farmed salmon
dumping investigation on imports of
the
originating
anti-dumping
Commission
measures
(EC)
by
No 628/2005 (4).

in Norway. On 22 April 2005,

Commission

provisional

Regulation

adopted

CONSIDERATIONS

Having reached a provisional determination that, in the
period from 1 October 2003 to 30 September 2004,
imports from Norway have continued to increase and
the Commission
that
adopted provisional
against
imports of farmed salmon from Norway.

anti-dumping measures

injurious dumping,

there

is

into the Community.

the Commission had found that

farmed salmon from Norway in the year
Imports of
ending 30 September 2004 represent around 60 % of
the Community market and around 75 % of overall
In Regulation (EC)
imports
the
No 206/2005,
considerable increase in imports had a devastating
effect on the profitability of the Community producers,
given the accompanying price drop. The provisional anti-
dumping measures in relation to imports of
farmed
salmon originating in Norway would eliminate the
unfair price element in these imports.
It can also be
slow down the quantitative
expected that
they will
largest
import
source of
in
the particular circumstances of this case, it is considered
that anti-dumping measures are sufficient to address the
injury which the community industry is suffering, and it
safeguard
is no longer necessary to maintain the
measures, which should therefore be repealed at
the
same time as the anti-dumping measures enter into force,

imports into the Community. Therefore,

increase originating in Norway,

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Sole Article

(3)

The imposition of definitive safeguard measures on
imports of
farmed salmon of all origins followed an
investigation covering the period 2000 to 2003.

Regulation (EC) No 206/2005 is hereby revoked.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 April 2005.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 53. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2200/2004 (OJ L 374, 22.12.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 427/2003 (OJ L 65, 8.3.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 8.
(4) See page 5 of this Official Journal.