Proposal for a Council Implementing Regulation extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China by imports of bicycles consigned from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia, whether declared as originating in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia or not

This proposal concerns the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community ('the basic Regulation') in the investigation of possible circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 on imports of bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China ('PRC') by imports of bicycles consigned from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia, whether declared as originating in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia or not.

This proposal is made in the context of the implementation of the basic Regulation and is the result of an investigation which was carried out in line with the substantive and procedural requirements laid out in the basic Regulation and in particular Article 13 thereof.

The attached proposal for a Council Implementing Regulation is based on the findings of the investigation, which has confirmed that transhipment of bicycles from the PRC and assembly of bicycles using Chinese parts in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia is taking place and that all criteria for the establishment of circumvention as set out in Article 13(1) and (2) of the basic Regulation were met. Therefore the anti-dumping measures in force on bicycles originating in the PRC should be extended to imports of the same product consigned from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia.

It is therefore proposed that the Council adopt the attached proposal to extend the anti-dumping measures on bicycles originating in the PRC to imports of the same product consigned from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. The duty corresponds to the country-wide duty on imports of bicycles from the PRC (48.5%). The duty shall be levied from the date of initiation of the investigation. The relevant Council Regulation should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union no later than 5 June 2013.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)261: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:261:FIN

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