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

2 July 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 310/2010

European Union (EU)*: Registration of Wireless Wide Area Networking (WWAN) Modems Originating in the Mainland of China

The European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation making the imports of wireless wide area networking (WWAN) modems originating in the Mainland of China subject to registration for 9 months from 1 July 2010. The regulation can be accessed through the following link : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:163:0034:0036:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

Salient points are set out below-

(a) Date of Publication of the Notice

30 June 2010

(b) Product

Wireless wide area networking (WWAN) modems with a radio antenna and providing Internet Protocol (IP) data connectivity for computing devices and including Wi-Fi routers comprising a WWAN modem (WWAN/Wi-Fi routers), currently falling within CN codes ex 8471 80 00 and ex 8517 62 00.

1 July 2010.

(d) Duration

Nine months.

(e) Time Limits for Comment

All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 20 days from 30 June 2010.

BACKGROUND

The Commission received a complaint lodged in June 2010 by Option NV ('the complainant'), the sole producer of wireless wide area networking (WWAN) modems in the EU alleging that imports of the product concerned originating in the Mainland of China are being dumped, thereby causing material injury to the Union industry. On 30 June 2010, the Commission initiated an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of the product concerned originating in the Mainland of China. The investigation will be concluded within 15 months from 30 June 2010 (for details, please refer to Commercial Information Circular No.307/2010).

The complainant also requested that imports of the product concerned be made subject to registration. The Commission considered that the request contains sufficient evidence, as well as further supported by evidence from other sources, to justify the registration. The Commission therefore decided to register the imports of the product concerned to ensure that, should the investigation result in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties can, if necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively.

ENQUIRIES

For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Alex LI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

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

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