Commission Regulation (EC) No 217/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

An investigation is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 23(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, in order to determine if imports into the Community of artificial graphite rods of a diameter of 75 mm or more originating in India, normally falling within CN code ex 3801 10 00 (TARIC 3801 10 00 10), are circumventing the measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1628/2004.

Article 2

The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 23(2) and Article 24(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Community identified in Article 1 of this Regulation.

Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

The Commission, by Regulation, may direct customs authorities to cease registration in respect of imports into the Community of products imported by importers having applied for an exemption of registration and having been found not to be circumventing the countervailing duties.

Article 3

1. Questionnaires should be requested from the Commission within 15 days of the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2. Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known by contacting the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information within 40 days from the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified.

3. Importers requesting exemption of imports from registration or measures should submit a request duly supported by evidence within the same 40-day time limit.

4. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the Commission within the same 40-day time limit.

5. Any information relating to the matter, any request for a hearing or for a questionnaire as well as any request for exemption of imports from registration or measures must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified) and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the interested party. All written submissions, including the information requested in this Regulation, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis shall be labelled as ‘Limited’(1) and, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the basic Regulation, shall be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which will be labelled ‘FOR INSPECTION BY INTERESTED PARTIES’.

Commission address for correspondence:

European Commission

Directorate General for Trade

Directorate H

J-79 5/16

B-1049 Brussels

Fax [phone].

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2007.

For the Commission

Peter Mandelson

Member of the Commission