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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

7 September 2006

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 353/2006

European Union (EU)* : Result of a Partial Interim Review of an Anti-dumping Measures Imposed on Imports of Integrated Electronic Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL-i) Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 314/2004 of 9 December 2004, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to amend the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the Mainland of China pursuant to a partial interim review. A copy of the regulation is at Annex (pdf format) for reference.

DETAILS

2. On the basis of a request lodged by Steca Batterieladesysteme und Präzisionselektronik GmbH, the European Commission initiated a partial interim review on 7 December 2004.
3. The review has found that CFL-i working on direct current voltage and CFL-i working on alternating current voltage do not share the same basic physical and technical characteristics, and do not have the same basic end uses. They are not interchangeable and do not compete with each other on the Community market. The Council has decided that CFL-i functioning on direct current should not be subject to the anti-dumping measures imposed on CFL-i. The definitive anti-dumping duty will continue to be imposed on imports of CFL-i functioning on alternating current (including CFL-i  functioning on both alternating and direct current).
4. Consequently, the definitive anti-dumping duties paid on imports of CFL-i in the Community should be reimbursed for those import transactions which were related to CFL-i functioning on direct current. The reimbursement must be requested from national customs authorities in accordance with applicable national customs legislation.

BACKGROUND

5. Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of CFL-i originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 20 July 2001. The rate of duty is 66.1% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for eight companies with individual duty rates ranging from 0% to 59.5%). Following a circumvention investigation, the Council of the EU has decided that with effect from 10 June 2005, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of CFL-i originating in the Mainland of China has extended to imports of the same products consigned from Vietnam, Pakistan and/or the Philippines, whether declared as originating in Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines or not.

ENQUIRIES

6. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5350.

Yours faithfully,

(Bill WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.