No L 47/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 2. 91 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 4 February 1991 concerning the application for the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of dense sodium carbonate originating in the United States of America (Verrerie Cristallerie d’Arques — J. G. Durand et Cie) (Only the French text is authentic) ! (91/80/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 Article 16 thereof, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In Regulation (EEC) No 550/83 (%), amended by Regulation (EEC) No -3337/84 (), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of dense sodium carbonate originating in the United States of America. (2 In 1988 certain American producers and/or export- ers together with the Standing Committee of Glass Industries of the European Economic Community applied to the Commission for a review of the abovementioned measures. Following the review, the Commission, by Decision 90/507/EEC (¥), terminated the review without imposing further anti-dumping measures. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 64, 10. 3. 1983, p. 23. () O] No L 311, 29. 11. 1984, p. 26. () OF No L 283, 16. 10. 1990, p. 38. 3) @ ®) In June 1988 Verrerie Cristallerie d’Arques, J. G. Durand et Cie, an importer of dense sodium carbo- nate originating in the United States of America, acting through the French authorities, submitted an application for the reimbursement of the anti- dumping duties paid at the beginning of May 1988 on imports of dense sodium carbonate exported by the American Company, Kerr McGee Corporation, to the value of FF [...](). With the agreement of the applicant, and.in accor- dance with point 5 of the Commission notice concerning the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties (¢), the procedure was suspended. As Kerr McGee had not exported any dense sodium carbonate during the investigation period covered by the original anti-dumping procedure, the method of calculating the dumping margin of this exporter, applied at the time of the review, could be used to establish its actual dumping margin. Following publication of the outcome of the review procedure, during which the exporter had the opportunity to put forward observations, the appli- (%) Since this Decision is to be published, certain figures have been left out in accordance with the provision on confidential business information set out in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. () OJ No C 266, 22. 10. 1986, p. 2.