L 342/96 Official Journal of the European Union 24.12.2005 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 December 2005 termination of the anti-absorption proceeding concerning imports of sodium cyclamate originating in the People’s Republic of China (2005/944[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 38496 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (the basic Regulation’) (), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Original measures In March 2004, the Council imposed a definitive anti- dumping duty (the original measure’) on imports of sodium cyclamate (‘product concerned) originating in the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) by Regulation (EC) No 435/2004 (3. Individual duty rates ranging from 0 to EUR 0,11 per kilo were imposed on cooperating exporting producers in the PRC. The rate applicable to imports from all other companies is EUR 0,26 per kilo. 2. Request for reinvestigation On 14 March 2005 a request for a reinvestigation of the original measure was lodged pursuant to Article 12 of the basic Regulation. The request was submitted by Productos Aditivos SA (the applicant’), the sole Community producer of sodium cyclamate, which alleged and provided sufficient evidence showing that, following the imposition of the original measures, export prices have decreased and there has been insuf- ficient movement in resale prices or subsequent selling prices in the Community. 3. The reinvestigation On 27 April 2005 the Commission announced the initiation of a reinvestigation, pursuant to Article 12 of the basic Regulation, of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of sodium cyclamate originating in the PRC by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3). () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (O] L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12). () OJ L 72, 11.3.2004, p. 1. () O] C 101, 27.4.2005, p. 26. (4) The Commission officially advised the producers/ex- porters known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country, importers and users of the initiation of the reinvestigation. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time-limit set out in the notice of initiation. The Commission sent questionnaires to all parties known to be concerned. Complete replies to the questionnaire were received from one exporter and its two related producers in the PRC, and from three importers in the Community. It should be noted that exporting producers with 0 EUR duty rate represented around 60 % of the total exports of sodium cyclamate from the PRC during the investigation period of this reinvestigation. The Commission sought and verified all the information deemed necessary for the purpose of this reinvestigation. Verification visits were carried out at the premises of the following companies: Exporter and its related producers in the PRC — Rainbow Rich Industrial Ltd., Hong Kong — Golden Time Enterprises (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. and Jintian Enterprises Nanjing Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, the PRC Importers — Emilio Pefia SA, Valencia, Spain — Kraemer & Martin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany. Three other importers declared that they did not import the product concerned during the investigation period. One importer declared that it would not reply to the questionnaire because it had only imported very marginal quantities of the product concerned during the investigation period.