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

3 March 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 145/2011

European Union (EU)* : Termination of the Anti-dumping Proceeding on Imports of Wireless Wide Area Networking (WWAN) Modems Originating in the Mainland of China and Termination of the Registration of Such Imports 

Further to the Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 307/2010 and 310/2010 of 2 July 2010, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to terminate the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of wireless wide area networking (WWAN) modems originating in the Mainland of China and terminate the registration of such imports. The notice can be accessed through the following link : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:058:0036:0038:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2. The Commission initiated the anti-dumping proceeding on 30 June 2010 on the basis of a complaint lodged by Option NV which alleged that imports of the product concerned originating in the Mainland of China were being dumped, thereby causing material injury to the Union industry. At the request of Option NV, the Commission 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. 
 

3. By letter of 26 October 2010 to the Commission, Option NV withdrew its anti-dumping complaint concerning imports of WWAN modems originating in the Mainland of China. The reason for the withdrawal of the complaint was that Option NV had entered into a cooperation agreement with an exporting producer in the Mainland of China. The Commission considered that the present proceeding should be terminated since the anti-dumping investigation had not brought to light any considerations showing that such termination would not be in the Union interest. In the circumstances, the Commission therefore concludes that the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Union of WWAN modems originating in the Mainland of China should be terminated without the imposition of measures, and the registration of such imports should be discontinued with effect from 4 March 2011.

ENQUIRIES

4. 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

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