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

24 May 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 301/2011

European Union (EU)* : Granting Certain Parties an Exemption from the Extended Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Bicycle Parts Originating in the Mainland of China and Lifting the Suspension and Revoking the Exemption of Payment of the Extended Duty Granted to Certain Parties 

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 600/2009 of 2 December 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a decision to (i) grant certain parties an exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the Mainland of China; (ii) lift the suspension of payment of the extended duty granted to certain parties; and (iii) revoke the exemption of payment of the extended duty granted to certain parties. The decision can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:136:0099:0104:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2.Based on the findings of a circumvention investigation, the Council of the EU extended with effect from 19 January 1997 the definitive anti-dumping duty of 30.6% imposed on imports of bicycles originating in the Mainland of China to imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the Mainland of China. Subsequent to an interim review, the subject anti-dumping duty was increased to 48.5% and imposed for a new five-year term starting from 15 July 2005. Bicycle assemblers in the EU could however request exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty if they could prove, among other things, that their assembly operations did not circumvent the EU's anti-dumping duty imposed on bicycles originating in the Mainland of China.

3.Having examined the information provided by certain parties requesting exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty, the Commission established that the value of the parts originating in the Mainland of China which were used in their assembly operations was lower than 60% of the total value of the parts used in these assembly operations. The Commission therefore decided to grant those parties the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty. The parties concerned and the effective date for exemption are listed in Table 1 of Article 1 of the decision.

4.On the other hand, certain parties have failed to meet the criteria for exemption. The Commission therefore decided to lift the suspension of the payment of the extended anti-dumping duty previously granted to those parties. Relevant details including the parties concerned and the effective date for lifting the suspension are shown in Table 2 of Article 2 of the decision.

5.Besides, certain parties have already stopped their assembly operations. Consequently, the Commission decided to revoke the exemption of the payment of the extended anti-dumping duty previously granted to those parties. Relevant details including the parties concerned and the effective date for revoking the exemption are shown in Table 3 of Article 3 of the decision.

6.Finally, the Commission has recently updated the list of parties whose requests for exemption are under examination. Details are shown in Table 4 of Article 4 of the decision. The extended duty in respect of eight parties has been suspended, pending the Commission's decision on their requests. The suspension of the extended duty for these eight parties has taken effect on the respective dates shown in Table 4.

ENQUIRIES

7.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.