Notice concerning the anti-dumping duty in force in respect of imports into the Community of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Romania: change of the name of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate
Date: 2005-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, anti-dumping duty, flat product, import, originating product

30.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 159/3

Notice concerning the anti-dumping duty in force in respect of imports into the Community of
certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Romania: change of the
name of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate

(2005/C 159/03)

Imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Romania are subject
to a definitive anti-dumping duty, imposed by Commission Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC (1) (‘the Deci-
sion’), as last amended by Decision No 979/2002/ECSC (2).

It is recalled that in view of the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
on 23 July 2002, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 963/2002 (3), decided that anti-dumping proceedings
initiated pursuant to Commission Decision No 2277/96/ECSC (4) and still in force on that date shall be
continued and be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (5) (‘the basic Regulation’) with
effect from 24 July 2002. Likewise, any anti-dumping measures resulting from pending anti-dumping
investigations are governed by the provisions of the basic Regulation from 24 July 2002.

Sidex S.A., a company located in Romania, whose exports to the Community of certain hot-rolled flat
products of non-alloy steel were subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate of 5,7 % by the Decision
changed its name to Ispat Sidex S.A. in 2002. By a notice published in the Official Journal in 2002 (6), it
was concluded that the change of name in no way affected the findings of the Decision and that the refer-
ence to Sidex S.A. should be read as Ispat Sidex S.A. in Article 1(2) of the Decision. Ispat Sidex S.A. has
now informed the Commission that it has changed its name to Mittal Steel Galati S.A. The name change
applies as of 7 February 2005, i.e. the date when the name change was registered in the official register of
Romania. The company has argued that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to
benefit from the individual duty rate applied to the company under its previous name of Ispat Sidex S.A.

The Commission has examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name in no
way affects
last amended by Decision No
979/2002/ECSC. Therefore, the reference to Sidex S.A. should be read as Mittal Steel Galati S.A. in Article
1(2) of Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC.

findings of Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC as

the

The Taric additional code A069 previously attributed to Ispat Sidex S.A. shall apply to Mittal Steel Galati
S.A.

(1) OJ L 202, 10.8.2000, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 150, 8.6.2002, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 149, 7.6.2002, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/2002 (OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 9).
(4) OJ L 308, 29.11.1996, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).
(6) OJ C 227, 24.9.2002, p. 8.