16.9.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/1

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Euro exchange rates (1)

15 September 2004

(2004/C 231/01)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,2238
JPY	Japanese yen	134,19
DKK	Danish krone	7,4383
GBP	Pound sterling	0,6848
SEK	Swedish krona	9,1175
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5417
ISK	Iceland króna	87,74
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,398
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9559
CYP	Cyprus pound	0,577
CZK	Czech koruna	31,397
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	247,95
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,6613
MTL	Maltese lira	0,4282
PLN	Polish zloty	4,3625
ROL	Romanian leu	41 183
SIT	Slovenian tolar	239,95
SKK	Slovak koruna	39,955
TRL	Turkish lira	1 829 700
AUD	Australian dollar	1,7502
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5889
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,5456
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,851
SGD	Singapore dollar	2,0669
KRW	South Korean won	1 400,27
ZAR	South African rand	8,0188

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(1)  

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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16.9.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/2

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Notice regarding the application of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force in the Community following enlargement to include the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the possibility of review (1)

(2004/C 231/02)

When enlargement takes place on 1 May 2004, all anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in force will automatically apply to imports into the enlarged 25 Member State Community (2). Accordingly, these measures will also apply to imports into the 10 new Member States. On enlargement, there will be a number of pending investigations initiated before 1 May 2004. Should such investigations lead to measures, these will equally apply to imports into the 25 Member State Community.

The Commission has developed a two-pronged approach regarding potential reviews of measures in this context.

Firstly, the automatic application of these measures in the 25 Member State Community may cause undue economic hardship for some operators, in particular in the new Member States. Therefore, the Commission considered whether interim arrangements were necessary during a temporary period to alleviate any such difficulties.

All third countries subject to significant trade defence measures were informed about the Commission's intention to examine whether the automatic extension of the existing trade defence measures to the enlarged Community as from 1 May 2004 will in individual cases cause an ‘economic hardship’. Governments and exporters of the countries concerned were urged to identify any such cases of economic hardship and bring them to the Commission's attention. Following this, meetings were held with several third country governments and/or their exporters, around 50 of whom submitted information to the Commission. The Commission identified the problematic cases and a number of interim reviews were recently initiated as a result to provide transitional solutions to them.

Secondly, the Commission gives notice that it is prepared to review anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (3) and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 (4), where any interested party so requests and submits evidence that the measures would have been significantly different if they were based on information including the new Member States. In this regard, it should be noted that enlargement per se, in the absence of such evidence, is not a sufficient basis for a review to be initiated. Interested parties are invited to visit the DG Trade trade defence enlargement website http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/tdi_enlarg/index_en.htm) for further information and for details of a helpdesk facility.

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(1)  This Notice is the same as Notice 2004/C 91/02 (OJ C 91, 15.4.2004, p. 2) now published in the 20 official languages of the European Union.

(2)  The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

(3)  OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).

(4)  OJ L 288, 21.10.1977. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004.

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16.9.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/s3

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