1.A specific function of hearing officer in trade proceedings is created inside the Commission.
2.The task of the hearing officer is to safeguard the effective exercise of the procedural rights of the interested parties provided for in the regulations listed below (hereinafter the ‘basic Regulations’) and ensure that the trade proceedings under those regulations are handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time. Those basic Regulations are the following:
(a)Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, and notably Articles 5(10 and 11), 6(5, 6, 7 and 8), 8(3, 4 and 9), 18, 19, 20 and 21;
(b)Regulation (EC) No 597/2009, and notably Articles 10(12 and 13), 11(5, 6, 7, 8 and 10), 13(3, 4 and 9), 28, 29, 30 and 31;
(c)Regulation (EC) No 260/2009, and notably Articles 6 and 9;
(d)Regulation (EC) No 625/2009, and notably Articles 5 and 7;
(e)Regulation (EC) No 3286/94, and notably Articles 8 and 9;
(f)Regulation (EC) No 385/96, and notably Articles 5(12 and 13), 6(5, 6, 7 and 8), 12, 13 and 14;
(g)Regulation (EC) No 868/2004, and notably Articles 7 and 8;
(h)Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, and notably Articles 18, 19 and 20;
(i)Regulation (EC) No 1515/2001, and notably Articles 1(2) and 2(2);
(j)Regulation (EC) No 427/2003, and notably Articles 5(5), 6(4, 5 and 6), 17(2 and 3) and 18.