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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
27 January 2006
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 39/2006
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Lever Arch Mechanisms Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 156/2005 of 5 May 2005, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of lever arch mechanisms originating in the mainland of China. A copy of the regulation is at Annex (pdf format) for reference. Salient points are set out below-
(a) Product | : | Lever arch mechanisms for archiving sheets and other documents in binders or files. They consist of arched sturdy metal elements (normally two) on a back plate and having at least one opening trigger that permits inserting and filing of sheets and other documents, normally declared within CN code ex 8305 10 00 (TARIC code 8305 10 00 50). |
(b) Rate of Duty | : | 48.1% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for one company whose individual duty is 33.3%). |
(c) Effective Date | : | 28 January 2006 (the duty will apply for 6 months). |
(d) Collection of Duty | : | The release of the product for free circulation in the Community shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
(e) Time Limit for Comments | : | Interested parties may make their views known in writing and apply to be heard by the Commission within one month from 28 January 2006. |
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5351.
Yours faithfully,
(Ricky CHENG)
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.
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