Proposal for a Council Regulation terminating the partial interim review and the expiry review concerning the anti-dumping measures applicable on imports of certain plastic sacks and bags originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1425/2006

Upon the request of Greenwood Houseware (Zhuhai) Ltd, an exporter established in the People's Republic of China, an interim review limited in scope to the examination of dumping was initiated on 21 September 2010.

On 27 September 2011, the Commission announced the initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of of certain plastic sacks and bags originating in the People's Republic of China and Thailand. The expiry review was initiated following a substantiated request lodged by 44 Union producers together, representing around 30% of the total estimated Union production of certain plastic sacks and bags. The purpose of this investigation was to examine whether the expiry of measures would be likely to result in a continuation of dumping and injury if measures were allowed to lapse.

In the expiry review, the low level of cooperation of the Union producers prevented the Commission from constituting a representative sample in order to assess whether the conditions specified in Article 3(2) and Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation are met.

Following the above, the Commission was not in a position to conclude on the effect of the alleged dumped imports on the Union industry and therefore proposes to terminate the investigation. Since the above mentioned interim review is therefore without purpose, it should be terminated as well.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2012)294: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:294:FIN

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