No L 262/64 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 10. 93 - (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 October 1993 accepting an undertaking in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain types of electronic micro-circuits known as Eproms (erasable programmable read only memories) originating in Japan (93/538/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 by the above Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, Whereas : I. Previous investigation (1) The Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 577/91 (3, imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain types of electronic micro-circuits known as Eproms (erasable programmable read only memories) originating in Japan, and the Commis- sion, by Decision 91/131/EEC (®), accepted underta- kings offered by certain producing companies in connection with that anti-dumping proceeding. (2)  The undertakings have the effect of ensuring that those producers’ Eprom sales prices in the Community do not fall below a certain level which () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OF No L 65, 12. 3. 1991, p. 1. () OJ No L 65, 12. 3. 1991, p. 42. is considered adequate to eliminate to a satisfactory extent the material injury which was caused to the complainant companies by dumped imports of Japanese origin. The prices are adjusted quarterly on the basis of a formula contained in the underta- - kings and the production costs of all producing companies from which undertakings have been accepted. II. Product concerned by the proceeding (3) The review investigation covered Eproms as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 577/91. IIl. Review investigation 4  In July 1992 the Commission, in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 initiated () a partial review of Regulation (EEC) No §77/91 with regard to Eproms produced in Japan under an agreement between Intel Corpora- tion (hereinafter ‘Intel’) and Nippon Steel Semicon- ductor (hereinafter ‘NPNX’) (%) after the companies had provided sufficient evidence that they qualified for the newcomer status. () OJ No C 181, 17. 7. 1992, p. 7. (®) Intel initially concluded its subcontracting agreement with NMB Semiconductor Co., Ltd, but this company was renamed NPNX after it was taken over in March 1993 by Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. The agreement witK Intel has not been altered by these changes.