Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/477

of 15 March 2018

concerning exemptions from the extended anti-dumping duty on certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97

(notified under document C(2018) 1506)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union(1), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of 10 January 1997 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China, and levying the extended duty on such imports registered under Regulation (EC) No 703/96(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of 20 January 1997 on the authorisation of the exemption of imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China from the extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93(3), and in particular Articles 4 to 7 thereof,

After informing the Member States,

Whereas:

(1) Currently an anti-dumping duty applies on imports into the Union of essential bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China (‘China’) (‘the extended duty’) as a result of the extension by Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in China. The extended duty was lastly maintained by Council Regulation (EU) No 502/2013(4).

(2) Under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 71/97, the Commission is empowered to adopt the necessary measures to authorise the exemption of imports of essential bicycle parts which do not circumvent the anti-dumping duty.

(3) Those implementing measures are set forth in Regulation (EC) No 88/97 establishing the specific exemption system.

(4) On this basis the Commission has exempted a number of bicycle assemblers from the extended duty (‘the exempted parties’).

(5) As provided for in Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97, the Commission has published in the Official Journal of the European Union subsequent lists of the exempted parties(5).

(6) The most recent Commission Implementing Decision concerning exemptions under Regulation (EC) No 88/97 was adopted on 22 February 2017(6).

1. REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION

(7) The Commission received from the parties listed in Tables 1 and 3 below requests for exemption with all the information required to determine that these were admissible in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97.

(8) The parties requesting exemptions were given an opportunity to comment on the Commission's conclusions as for the admissibility of their requests.

(9) In accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97, pending a decision on the merits of requests from the parties requesting exemptions, the payment of the extended duty in respect of any imports of essential bicycle parts declared for free circulation by these parties was suspended as from the day on which the Commission received their requests.

2. AUTHORISATION OF EXEMPTION

(10) The examination of the merits of the requests from the parties listed in Table 1 below has been concluded.

Table 1

TARIC additional code	Name	Address
C003	Interbike Spółka z o.o.	ul. Śląska 6/5, PL-42-200 Częstochowa, Poland
C102	Uno Bike B.V.	Bovendijk 213, NL-3045 PD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
C128	Slavomir Sladek Velosprint S	Trnavská 40, SK-949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic

(11) The Commission established during this examination that the value of the parts originating in China constituted less than 60 % of the total value of the parts of all the bicycles assembled by each one of these parties. This was also the case for the majority of the assembled bicycles by each party.

(12) Consequently, their assembly operations fall outside the scope of Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.

(13) For that reason, and in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97, the parties listed in Table 1 above should be exempted from the extended duty.

(14) In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97, the exemptions should take effect as from the date of receipt of the requests. The customs debts in respect of the extended duty from the parties requesting exemptions should therefore be considered void from the same date.

(15) The parties requesting exemptions were informed of the Commission's conclusions on the merits of their requests and were given an opportunity to comment thereon.

(16) Since the exemptions apply only to the parties specifically referred to in Table 1 above, the exempted parties should notify the Commission(7) without delay of any changes to these (for instance, following a change in the name, legal form or address or following the setting up of new assembly entities).

(17) In case of change in references, the party should provide all relevant information, in particular on any modification in its activities linked to assembly operations. Where appropriate, the Commission will update the references to such party.

3. UPDATE OF REFERENCES TO EXEMPTED PARTIES

(18) The exempted parties listed in Table 2 below notified the Commission on changes in their references (names, legal forms and addresses). The Commission, after having examined the information submitted, concluded that those changes in no way affect the assembly operations with regard to the conditions of exemption set forth in Regulation (EC) No 88/97.

(19) While the exemption of these parties from the extended duty authorised in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 remain unaffected, the references to these parties should be updated.

Table 2

TARIC additional code	Former reference	Change
8009	MIFA-Bike GmbH Kyselhäuser Strasse 23 DE-06526 Sangerhausen, Germany	The name and legal form of the company have been changed to: Sachsenring Bike Manufaktur GmbH
A571	Sprick Rowery Sp. z o.o. ul. Świerczewskiego 76 PL-66-200 Świebodzin, Poland	The address of the company has been changed to: ul. Zachodnia 76 PL-66-200 Świebodzin, Poland
C053	Firma Handlowo-Usługowo-Produkcyjna ‘Trans- Rower’ Roman Tylec Dąbie 47, PL-39-311 Zdziarzec, Poland	The name and address of the company have been changed to: Trans-Rower Roman Tylec Dąbie 54d, PL-39-311 Zdziarzec, Poland

4. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS OF THE DUTIES FOR PARTIES UNDER EXAMINATION

(20) The examination of the merits of the request from the parties listed in Table 3 below is ongoing. Pending a decision on the merits of their requests, the payment of extended duty by these parties is suspended.

(21) Since the suspensions apply only to the parties specifically referred to in Table 3 below, these parties should notify the Commission(7) without delay of any changes to these (for instance following a change in the name, legal form or address or following the setting up of new assembly entities).

(22) In case of change in references, the party should provide all relevant information, in particular on any modification in its activities linked to assembly operations. Where appropriate, the Commission will update the references to such party.

Table 3

TARIC additional code	Name	Address
C049	Cycles Sport North Ltd	363 Leach Place, Walton Summit Centre, GB-PR5 8AS Preston, United Kingdom
C170	Hermann Hartje KG	Deichstrasse 120-122, DE-27318 Hoya, Germany
C202	Vanmoof B.V.	Mauritskade 55, NL-1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C207	Kenstone Metal Company GmbH	Heideland 1-7, DE-24976 Handewitt-Weding, Germany
C209	Gor Kolesa, proizvodnja koles, d.o.o.	Partizanska cesta 12, SI-3320 Velenje, Slovenia
C220	Matex International Aquitaine	6 avenue Gay Lussac, FR-33370 Artigues-près-Bordeaux, France
C307	Merida Polska Sp. z o.o.	ul. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 35, PL-41-800 Zabrze, Poland
C311	Juan Luna Cabrera	C/Alhama 64, ES-14900 Lucena (Cordoba), Spain

5. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS OF THE DUTIES FOR PARTIES UNDER EXAMINATION LIFTED

(23) The suspension of payment of the duties for parties under examination should be lifted for the party listed in Table 4 below.

Table 4

TARIC additional code	Name	Address
C169	Pelago MFG oy	Tyynenmerenkatu 6 L3, FI-00220 Helsinki, Finland

(24) The Commission received from the party in question a request to withdraw the application for an exemption while the examination of its merits was ongoing and the payment of the extended duty was suspended.

(25) The Commission accepted the withdrawal and consequently the suspension of the payment of the extended duty should be lifted. The extended duty should be collected as from the date of receipt of the request for exemption submitted by this party, namely the date on which the suspension took effect (23 September 2016).

(26) The party was informed of the Commission's conclusions and was given an opportunity to comment thereon. No comments were submitted within the deadline.

6. AUTHORISATION OF EXEMPTION REVOKED

(27) The exempted party listed in Table 5 below notified the Commission the closing down of its activities and the renunciation of the exemption from the payment of extended duty.

(28) Consequently, in accordance with the principle of good administration, the authorisation of exemption from the payment of the extended duty should be revoked.

Table 5

TARIC additional code	Name	Address
A549	Alliance Bikes Sp. z o.o.	ul. Tadeusza Borowskiego 2, PL-03-475 Warszawa, Poland

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)

OJ L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 55.

(3)

OJ L 17, 21.1.1997, p. 17.

(4)

Council Regulation (EU) No 502/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China following an interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ L 153, 5.6.2013, p. 17).

(5)

OJ C 45, 13.2.1997, p. 3, OJ C 112, 10.4.1997, p. 9, OJ C 220, 19.7.1997, p. 6, OJ L 193, 22.7.1997, p. 32, OJ L 334, 5.12.1997, p. 37, OJ C 378, 13.12.1997, p. 2, OJ C 217, 11.7.1998, p. 9, OJ C 37, 11.2.1999, p. 3, OJ C 186, 2.7.1999, p. 6, OJ C 216, 28.7.2000, p. 8, OJ C 170, 14.6.2001, p. 5, OJ C 103, 30.4.2002, p. 2, OJ C 35, 14.2.2003, p. 3, OJ C 43, 22.2.2003, p. 5, OJ C 54, 2.3.2004, p. 2, OJ L 343, 19.11.2004, p. 23, OJ C 299, 4.12.2004, p. 4, OJ L 17, 21.1.2006, p. 16, OJ L 313, 14.11.2006, p. 5, OJ L 81, 20.3.2008, p. 73, OJ C 310, 5.12.2008, p. 19, OJ L 19, 23.1.2009, p. 62, OJ L 314, 1.12.2009, p. 106, OJ L 136, 24.5.2011, p. 99, OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p. 86, OJ L 119, 23.4.2014, p. 67, OJ L 132, 29.5.2015, p. 32, OJ L 331, 17.12.2015, p. 30, OJ L 47, 24.2.2017, p. 13.

(6)

OJ L 47, 24.2.2017, p. 13.

(7)

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