6.7.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 163/35 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 1 July 1993 accepting a modified version of the undertaking offered by the Royal Thai Government in connection with the countervailing duty proceeding concerning imports of ball bearings with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 30 mm, originating in Thailand (93/381/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Articles 10 and 14 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE (1)  In June 1988 the Commission initiated an anti- subsidy proceeding concerning of certain ball bearings originating in Thailand (3, following a complaint lodged by the Federation of European Bearing Manufacturers’ Associations (Febma). The product has been defined as ball bearings with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 30 mm (hereafter referred to as ‘ball bearings’) originating in Thailand. (20 The Commission found that the above imports were being subsidized and were causing material () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 147, 4. 6. 1988, p. 4. injury to the Community industry. In the light of those findings, the Royal Thai Government offered an undertaking to eliminate the effect of the subsidy. The undertaking involved the levying of an export tax of Baht 1,76, equivalent to the amount of countervailable subsidy found, for each ball bearing exported to the Community. (3 In June 1990, by Decision 90/266/EEC (%), the Commission accepted the undertaking offered and terminated the investigation. B. DEVELOPMENTS SINCE ACCEPTANCE OF UNDERTAKING (4  Subsequent verifications carried out by the Commission demonstrated that both the Royal Thai Government and the exporters located in Thailand have complied with the terms of the undertaking. In particular, the export tax was being collected on all ball bearings of Thai origin which are exported direct from Thailand to the Commu- nity. (5  However, notwithstanding the above, it came to the notice of the Commission that certain ball bearings manufactured in Thailand, exported to indepen- dent customers in a third country, were subse- () OJ No L 152, 16. 6. 1990, p. 9.