Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the antidumping measures applicable to imports of grain oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (GOES) originating in Russia
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, originating product, plate, steel

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Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the antidumping measures applicable to imports
of grain oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (GOES) originating in Russia

(2007/C 39/12)

interim review pursuant

The Commission has decided on its own initiative to initiate a
partial
to Article 11(3) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 384/96 on protection against dumped
imports from countries not members of the European Com-
munity (‘the basic Regulation’) (1). The review is limited to the
examination of the level of dumping for two Russian exporting
producers, Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Corporation (NLMK) and
Viz Stal.

regarding production, sales and distribution of
the product
concerned under the new corporate structure. In view of this
evidence, the circumstances on the basis of which measures
were established appear to have changed in a lasting way.

The evidence at hand also shows that the dumping margin
under the new corporate structure would change significantly as
compared to the level of the current measures.

1. Product

The product under review is grain oriented flat-rolled products
of silicon-electrical steel originating in Russia (‘the product
concerned’), currently classifiable within CN codes 7225 11 00
and 7226 11 00. These CN codes are given only for informa-
tion.

it appears that the individual
On the basis of the foregoing,
duties in force for NLMK (although duties are currently not
collected for imports from this company for the reason set out
in point 2 above) and Viz Stal are no longer appropriate, and
that a review should be initiated ex officio in order to calculate
one single measure for the new joint company.

2. Existing measures

The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping
duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1371/2005 (2) on
imports of grain oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical
steel originating in Russia. By Decision No 2005/622/EC of 5
August 2005 (3),
the Commission accepted an undertaking
offered by Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Corporation. As a result,
imports of the product concerned from this company are not
subject to the definitive anti-dumping duty in accordance with
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1371/2005.

3. Grounds for the review

4. Procedure for the determination of dumping

(a) General

after

determined,

the Advisory
consulting
Having
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.

The Commission has been notified that NLMK has acquired
In addition, evidence has been provided
100 % of Viz Stal.

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)

No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17.).

(2) OJ L 223, 27.8.2005, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 223, 27.8.2005, p. 42.

The investigation will assess the need for the continuation,
removal or amendment of the existing measures in respect
of NLMK and Viz Stal under the new corporate structure.
This assessment will be made on the basis of data collected
during the investigation that lead to the imposition of the
existing measures.

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If it is determined that measures should be removed or
amended for the companies concerned by this review under
the new corporate structure, it may be necessary to amend
the rate of duty currently applicable to imports from other
exporting producers of the product concerned as set out in
Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1371/2005.

(b) Collection of information and holding of hearings

All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views
known, submit
information and to provide supporting
evidence. This information and supporting evidence must
reach the Commission within the time limit set in point 6
(a).

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 point 6(b).

5. Time limits

(a) For parties to make themselves known and to submit any other

information

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

(b) Hearings

interested parties may also apply to be heard by the

All
Commission within the same 40-day time limit.

6. Written submissions 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 numbers of the interested party. All written
submissions, including the information requested in this notice
and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confi-
dential basis shall be labelled 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 labelled ‘FOR
INSPECTION BY INTERESTED PARTIES’.

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

7. Non-co-operation

In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or 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,
in accordance with Article 18 of the
basic Regulation, of the facts available. If an interested party
does not cooperate or cooperates only partially, and use of facts
available is made, the result may be less favourable to that party
than if it had cooperated.

8. Schedule of the investigation

The investigation will be concluded, according to Article 6(9) of
the basic Regulation within 15 months of the date of the publi-
cation of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1) This means that the document is for internal use only. It is protected
pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents
(OJ L 145,
31.5.2001, p. 43). It is a confidential document pursuant to Article 19
of the basic Regulation and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Imple-
mentation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-dumping Agreement).