CELEX: 51991PC0071
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-04
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) EXTENDING THE PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON IMPORTS OF ASPARTAME ORIGINATING IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(91) 71 final
                                          Brussels,4 March 1991
                         Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
  extending the provisional ant I-dumping duty on imports of
            aspartame originating in Japan and the
                   United States of America
                 (presented by the Commission)
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                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. By Regulation (EEC) 3421/90 the Commission     imposed a provisional
   anti-dumping duty on imports of aspartame originating    in Japan and
   the United States of America.
2. The examination of the facts has not yet been completed.
3. The Commission   has  informed  the Japanese and American   exporters
   concerned of its intention to extend the period of validity of the
   provisional duty for a further period not exceeding two months.  None
   of the companies so informed objected.
4. On the basis of Article 11(5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88,
   the Commission submits to the Council, therefore, a proposal for a
   Council  Regulation extending the provisional   anti-dumping duty on
   aspartame originating in Japan and the United States of America by a
   period not exceeding two months.
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                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of
                    aspartame originating in Japan and the
                           United States of America
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation     (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on
protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members
of  the  European   Economic  Community*1),   and in   particular  Article   11
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas,  by  Regulation   (EEC) No   3421/90<2), the   Commission   imposed  a
provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of aspartame originating in Japan
and the United States of America;
Whereas the examination of the facts has not yet been completed and the
Commission has   informed the exporters concerned    in Japan and the United
States of America of its intention to propose an extension of the period of
validity of the provisional duty for a further period not exceeding two
months.  None of the exporters involved objected,
(1)   OJ No L 209, 2.8.1988, p.1.
(2)   OJ No L 330, 29.11.1990, p.16.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
The provisional antI-dumping duty on imports of aspartame originating in
Japan and the United States of America is hereby extended for a period not
exceeding two months as from 30 March 1991.
                                  Article 2
This Regulation shall enter   into force on the day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
a 11 Member States.
Done at Brussels,                             For the Council
                                               The President
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