For the purpose of this Regulation:

• ‘bicycle parts’ means bicycle parts and accessories falling within CN codes 8714 91 10 to 8714 99 90,

• ‘extended duty’ means the anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93, as extended by Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 71/97 (hereinafter ‘the Reference Regulation’),

• ‘essential bicycle parts’ means the bicycle parts defined in Article 1 of the Reference Regulation,

• ‘F1assembly operation’ means an operation in which essential bicycle parts are brought in for the assembly or completion of bicycles, or for the production or assembly of bicycle parts,

• ‘request’ means any step taken by a party carrying out assembly operations with a view to obtaining authorization for exemption from the Commission pursuant to Article 3,

• ‘party under examination’ means a party carrying out assembly operations in respect of which an examination has been initiated pursuant to Article 4 (5) or Article 11 (1), and

• ‘exempted party’ means any party whose assembly operations have been found to fall outside the scope of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 and which has been exempted pursuant to Article 7 or 12 of this Regulation.