Article 1 
1. Definitive anti-dumping duties are hereby imposed on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms falling within CN code ex 8305 10 00 originating in Malaysia and the People's Republic of China. For the purpose of this Regulation, ring binder mechanisms shall consist of two rectangular steel sheets or wires with at least four half rings made of steel wire fixed on it and which are kept together by a steel cover. They can be opened either by pulling the half rings or with a small steel-made trigger mechanism fixed to the ring binder mechanism. 2. The rate of duty applicable to the net free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, shall be as follows: (a) for mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings (Taric code: 8305 10 00*20) originating in the People's Republic of China and Malaysia, the amount of duty shall be equal to the difference between the minimum import price of ECU 325 per 1 000 pieces and the free-at-Community-frontier not cleared through customs price; (b) for mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings (Taric code: 8305 10 00*10) >TABLE> 3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply. Article 2 1. The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty under Regulation (EC) No 1465/96 shall be definitively collected as follows: (a) for the amounts secured for which it can be established, to the satisfaction of the customs authorities, that they related to imports mechanisms with 17 or 23 rings, the amount collected shall be equal to the one secured, but limited to an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (2) (a), if lower than the one secured. If it can not be established that the amounts secured related to mechanisms with 17 or 23 rings, subparagraph (b) below shall apply; (b) for the amounts secured in respect of mechanisms other than those with 17 and 23 rings, the collection shall be at the duty rate definitively imposed if lower or equal to the one secured. In the other case, the collection shall be limited to the one secured. 2. Amounts secured in excess of the definitive rate of anti-dumping duty shall be released. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 January 1997. For the Council The President H. VAN MIERLO (1) OJ No L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 187, 26. 7. 1996, p. 47.
Article 2 
1. The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty under Regulation (EC) No 1465/96 shall be definitively collected as follows: (a) for the amounts secured for which it can be established, to the satisfaction of the customs authorities, that they related to imports mechanisms with 17 or 23 rings, the amount collected shall be equal to the one secured, but limited to an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (2) (a), if lower than the one secured. If it can not be established that the amounts secured related to mechanisms with 17 or 23 rings, subparagraph (b) below shall apply; (b) for the amounts secured in respect of mechanisms other than those with 17 and 23 rings, the collection shall be at the duty rate definitively imposed if lower or equal to the one secured. In the other case, the collection shall be limited to the one secured. 2. Amounts secured in excess of the definitive rate of anti-dumping duty shall be released. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 January 1997. For the Council The President H. VAN MIERLO (1) OJ No L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 187, 26. 7. 1996, p. 47.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 January 1997. For the Council The President H. VAN MIERLO (1) OJ No L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 187, 26. 7. 1996, p. 47.