Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1) (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of 10 January 1997 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China, and levying the extended duty on such imports registered under Regulation (EC) No 703/96 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of 20 January 1997 on the authorisation 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 (3), and in particular Articles 4 to 7 thereof,

After informing the Member States,

Article 1

For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions set out in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 shall apply.

Article 2

The parties listed in Table 1 below are hereby exempted from the extension by Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the definitive anti-dumping duty on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 (8) to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China.

In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 their exemptions shall take effect as from the dates of receipt of these parties' requests. These dates are provided for in the column headed ‘Date of effect’.

The exemptions shall apply only to the parties specifically referred to in Table 1 with their names and addresses.

The exempted parties shall notify the Commission forthwith, of any change to these, providing all relevant information, in particular on any modification in the party's activities linked to assembly operations with regard to the conditions of exemption.

Table 1

Exempted parties

Article 3

Updated references to the exempted parties listed in Table 2 below are provided for in the column headed ‘New reference’. These updates shall take effect as from the dates provided for in the column headed ‘Date of effect’.

The corresponding TARIC additional codes previously attributed to these exempted parties as provided for in the column headed ‘TARIC additional code’ remain unchanged.

Table 2

Exempted parties for which the reference shall be updated

Article 4

The parties listed in Table 3 below are under examination in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 88/97.

The suspensions of payment of the extended anti-dumping duty in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 shall be effective as from the dates of receipt of these parties' requests. These dates are provided for in the column headed ‘Date of effect’.

These suspensions shall apply only to the parties under examination specifically referred to in Table 3 with their names and addresses.

The parties under examination shall notify the Commission forthwith, of any change to these, providing all relevant information, in particular on any modification in the party's activities linked to assembly operations with regard to the conditions of suspension.

Table 3

Parties under examination

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States and to the parties listed in Articles 2, 3 and 4. It is also published in the Official Journal of the European Union.