2005/133/EC: Commission Decision of 16 February 2005 partially suspending the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EC) No 258/2005 on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Croatia and Ukraine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community⁽¹⁾ (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 14(4) thereof,

After consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 258/2005 on imports of

seamless pipes, of iron or non-alloy steel, of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines, of an external diameter not exceeding 406,4 mm (falling within CN codes 7304 10 10 and 7304 10 30);
seamless pipes of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel, cold-drawn or cold-rolled (falling within CN code 7304 31 99);
other tubes of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel, of an external diameter not exceeding 406,4 mm (falling within CN codes 7304 39 91 and 7304 39 93)

is hereby partially suspended as follows for a period of nine months:

Country	Company	Rate of duty foreseen in Regulation (EC) No 258/2005 %	Rate of duty which is suspended %	Rate of duty which is not suspended %	TARIC additional code
Croatia	All companies	38,8	15,8	23	—
Ukraine	Dnipropetrovsk Tube Works (DTW), Dnipropetrovsk	51,9	13,4	38,5	A614
	OJSC Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant (NTRP), Dnipropretovsk, and CJSC Nikopolsky seamless tubes plant ‘Nikotube’, Nikopol	64,1	25,6	38,5	A615
	All other companies	64,1	25,6	38,5	A999

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 16 February 2005.

For the Commission

Peter Mandelson

Member of the Commission