[F11. The Commission will identify an investigation period in order to decide whether to grant an exemption which will normally cover a period of 12, but not less than 6 months as of the date of suspension of payment of the extended duty on essential bicycle parts. In conducting its examination, the Commission may request additional information from the applicant for the examination period and/or carry out on-the-spot verifications.]
2.Any party under examination shall ensure that, at any time, essential bicycle parts which it declares for free circulation are either used in its assembly operations, destroyed, or re-exported. It shall keep records of the essential bicycle parts delivered to it — and of the use made of them. These records shall be retained for at least three years. The records and any necessary additional evidence and information shall be communicated to the Commission upon request.
[F13. The examination of the merits of a request shall normally be concluded within 12 months after the receipt of all information as referred to in Article 6(1).]
4.Before a decision is adopted pursuant to Article 7, the applicant shall be informed of the Commission's conclusions on the merits of the request and shall be given an opportunity to comment thereon.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 512/2013 of 4 June 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 88/97 on the authorization 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.