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Commission Notice concerning parties exempted, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 on the authorisation of the exemption on 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, and maintained by Council Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000: changes regarding exempted companies

(2004/C 97/08)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97(1) of 20 January 1997 (the "exemption Regulation") authorises the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty on imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China. This duty resulted from the extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97(2) of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93(3) and maintained by Council Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000(4).

In this framework, and by successive Commission Decisions, a certain number of bicycle producers have been exempted from the extended duty: inter alia, Alpina SRL (Taric additional code 8075)(5); Monark Crescent (Taric additional code 8963)(6); Union BV, 7711 GP Nieuwleusen, The Netherlands, (Taric additional code 8056)(7); Bottecchia Cicli Srl, Via dell'Industria 7, I-35028 Piove di Sacco, Padova, Italy, (Taric additional code A087)(8); Cicli Olimpica srl, Via Pietro Maroncelli 4, I-35010 Vigonza (PD), Italy, (Taric additional code A229) and Tecno Bike sas di Tontini Donatella, Via del Lavoro s.n., I-61030 Canavaccio di Urbino (PU), Italy (Taric additional code 8612)(9).

Furthermore, by Commission Notice of 17 April 2003(10), references to Alpina SRL and Monark Crescent were changed respectively into: Alpina di Poggioli Primo & C. s.a.s., Via Emilia Km. 16,500, I-47020 Longiano, Italy (Taric additional code 8075) and Cycleurope Sverige AB, 13 Hallands län, S-432 82 Varberg, Sweden (Taric additional code 8963).

Alpina di Poggioli Primo & C. s.a.s., Via Emilia Km. 16,500, I-47020 Longiano, Italy has informed the Commission that the legal denomination of the company that carries out the assembly operation and consequently requires the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty is now Alpina di Montevecchi Manolo & C. s.a.s. with the same legal address.

Cycleurope Sverige AB has infomed the Commision services that the correct legal address of Cycleurope Sverige AB is 432 82 Varberg, Sweden, without the indication of 13 Hallands län reported in the Commission Notice of 17 April 2003.

Union BV, 7711 GP Nieuwleusen, The Netherlands, has informed the Commission that the legal denomination of the company that carries out the assembly operation and consequently requires the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty is now Larcom Life Cycles International BV with the same legal address.

Bottecchia Cicli has informed the Commission that the legal address of the company has changed from Via dell'Industria 7, I-35028 Piove di Sacco, Padova, Italy to Via Matteotti, 26, I-35020 Arzergrande (PD).

Cicli Olimpica srl, Via Pietro Maroncelli 4, I-35010 Vigonza (PD), Italy has informed the Commission that the legal denomination of the company that carries out the assembly operation and consequently requires the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty is now Cicli Olimpica di Sarto Simone & C. s.n.c. with the same legal address.

Tecno Bike sas di Tontini Donatella, Via del Lavoro s.n., I-61030 Canavaccio di Urbino (PU), Italy has informed the Commission that the legal denomination of the company that carries out the assembly operation and consequently requires the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty is now Tecno Bike srl with the same legal address.

The Commission, after having examined the information supplied, has established that the changes in the companies' names and in the legal addresses do not affect the assembly operation with regards to the stipulations of the exemption Regulation and therefore the Commission does not consider that these changes should affect the exemption from the extended anti-dumping duty.

Hence references to Alpina di Poggioli Primo & C. s.a.s and Cycleurope Sverige AB in Commission Decision 97/447/EC as amended by Commission Notice of 17 April 2003, to Union BV in Commission Decision 98/115/EC, to Bottecchia Cicli Srl in Commission Decision 2001/108/EC, to Cicli Olimpica srl and to Tecno Bike sas di Tontini Donatella in Commission Decision 2002/134/EC should be read as reported in the following Annex.

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.1997, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 55.

(3) OJ L 228, 9.9.1993, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 39.

(5) Commission Decision 97/447/EC (OJ L 193, 22.7.1997, p. 32).

(6) Commission Decision 97/447/EC (OJ L 193, 22.7.1997, p. 32).

(7) Commission Decision 98/115/EC (OJ L 31, 6.2.1998, p. 25).

(8) Commission Decision 2001/108/EC (OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 30).

(9) Commission Decision 2002/134/EC (OJ L 47, 19.2.2002, p. 43).

(10) OJ C 92, 17.4.2003, p. 5.

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