L 23/78 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.1.2000 COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1999 accepting an undertaking offered in connection with the interim review of the anti-dumping duty applicable to imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Russia (2000/70/EC) 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 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (3, and in particular Article 8(1) thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Previous investigation (1) By Regulation (EC) No 2320/97 (*) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘definitive Regulation’), the Council imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Hungary, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Romania and the Slovak Republic. Undertak- ings were offered by most exporting producers in the countries subject to the above measures, and were accepted by the Commission in all but one case. (2)  The undertaking offered by the Russian exporting producers was not accepted by the Commission as it did not contain the necessary guarantees on the part of the Russian authorities to allow adequate monitoring. The definitive Regulation therefore imposed an ad valorem anti-dumping duty at the level definitively established for imports originating in Russia, ie. 26,8 %. (3)  Recital 87 of the definitive Regulation provided for the type of anti-dumping measure in respect of Russia to be modified, if ever there was a change in circumstances such that the conditions for the acceptance of an under- taking were met. 2. Review investigation (4)  The Russian authorities subsequently provided the Commission with guarantees which appeared to be suffi- cient for the adequate monitoring of an undertaking, as () O] L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. () O] L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18. () O] L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 1. ®) () 0) discussed in the framework of the original investigation, and the Russian exporting producers requested that the Commission accept such an undertaking. Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Commiittee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initia- tion of an interim review, the Commission initiated such a review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘basic Regulation’), limited in scope to the examination of the acceptability of an undertaking from the Russian exporting producers concerned. The notice of initiation of the interim review was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (*). B. UNDERTAKING 1. Nature of the undertaking All interested parties were invited to make their views known and provide supporting evidence within the deadline set in the notice of initiation. The undertaking which is being offered jointly by the Russian authorities and the Russian exporting producers concerned is modelled on those offered, and accepted by the Commission, in the original investigation by Commission Decision 97/790/EC (°). In addition, the Russian Ministry of Trade has guaranteed to supervise and monitor the undertaking. The exporting producers have undertaken to sell to or for export to the Community up to a certain quantity of the product concerned at revised prices so that the injurious effects of the dumping found in the original investigation are eliminated. In addition, they have offered to ensure that their prices per product group fall into line with the price structure prevailing on the Community market. Having carefully examined the proposal for an under- taking, the Commission is satisfied that, in case of accep- tance, the elimination of the injury will be achieved by two means: first a price undertaking up to an annual volume threshold, and then an ad valorem anti-dumping duty levied on any imports above this threshold. 0] C 77, 20.3.1999, p. 6. oj L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 63.