Article 1 
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of black colorformers falling within CN code ex29322980 (TARIC code: see Annex) and originating in Japan. 2. For the purpose of the present proceeding, a black colorformer is a chemical colorformer which, when used to coat paper for the production of carbonless copy paper or thermal paper generates by its own properties a black image on the paper without having to be mixed with other colorformers and has the following fluoran structure: >PIC FILE= "L_2000259EN.002201.EPS"> R1 and R2 may be identical or different and must be chosen from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl groups. They may also form part of a ring system. R3 must be chosen from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy groups or halogens. R3 is typically a methyl or chloro group. R4 must be chosen from substituted or unsubstituted monoarylamino groups. If R3 is hydrogen then R4 must be a substituted monoarylamino group. R1, R2 and R4 may not be hydrogen. R5 is hydrogen or halogen, typically hydrogen. A list of identified black colorformers is provided in the Annex. 3. For the product referred to in paragraph 1, the rate of anti-dumping duty applicable to the net free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, is 18,9 %. 4. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties apply. Article 2 This Regulation enters 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 Luxembourg, 9 October 2000. For the Council The President H. Védrine (1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p.18). (2) OJ C 213, 24.7.1999, pp. 2 and 3. (3) OJ C 94, 1.4.2000, p. 5. (4) These answers were submitted by Mitsui & Co. Ltd in Japan and its related importers (Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH, Mitsui & Co. UK plc, Mitsui & Co. España SA, Mitsui & Co. Scandinavia AB (Sweden) and Mitsui & Co. France SA (the "Mitsui group"). It was declared that Mitsui & Co. Ltd purchased from Yamamoto. (5) See Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2172/93 of 30 July 1993 imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of ethanolamine originating in the United States of America (OJ L 195, 4.8.1993, p. 5) and Council Regulation (EC) No 229/94 (OJ L 28, 2.2.1994, p. 40). (6) Prices between 1996 and 1998 do not include Black 15, since no user has reported imports of that type. In any event, even if prices of Black 15 are excluded for the IP, the average price for the IP amounts to 20,28 EUR/kg. (7) No user has provided information on imports of Black 15 originating in Japan between 1996 and 1998, but only for the IP. Therefore no price evolution could be established for this type. (8) Actual figures indexed for reasons of confidentiality. (9) Actual data is given in a range for reasons of confidentiality.
Article 2 
This Regulation enters 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 Luxembourg, 9 October 2000. For the Council The President H. Védrine (1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p.18). (2) OJ C 213, 24.7.1999, pp. 2 and 3. (3) OJ C 94, 1.4.2000, p. 5. (4) These answers were submitted by Mitsui & Co. Ltd in Japan and its related importers (Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH, Mitsui & Co. UK plc, Mitsui & Co. España SA, Mitsui & Co. Scandinavia AB (Sweden) and Mitsui & Co. France SA (the "Mitsui group"). It was declared that Mitsui & Co. Ltd purchased from Yamamoto. (5) See Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2172/93 of 30 July 1993 imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of ethanolamine originating in the United States of America (OJ L 195, 4.8.1993, p. 5) and Council Regulation (EC) No 229/94 (OJ L 28, 2.2.1994, p. 40). (6) Prices between 1996 and 1998 do not include Black 15, since no user has reported imports of that type. In any event, even if prices of Black 15 are excluded for the IP, the average price for the IP amounts to 20,28 EUR/kg. (7) No user has provided information on imports of Black 15 originating in Japan between 1996 and 1998, but only for the IP. Therefore no price evolution could be established for this type. (8) Actual figures indexed for reasons of confidentiality. (9) Actual data is given in a range for reasons of confidentiality.