27.1.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/29 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 176/2000 of 24 January 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 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 (%), Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURES (1)  The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (%), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems (hereinafter ‘TCS’) originating in Japan. 2)  The Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty the professional camera systems listed in the Annex to that Regulation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Annex)), representing high-end profes- sional camera systems technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, but which cannot be regarded as broadcast cameras. (3) In October 1995, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2474[95 (), amended the abovementioned Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, in particular as regards the like product definition and as regards certain models of professional camera systems explicitly exempted from the scope of the definitive anti-dumping duty. (4) In October 1997, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 195297 (* amended the rates of the definitive anti- dumping duty for two companies concerned, namely for Sony Corporation and Ikegami Tsushinki in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96. Further- more, the Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty certain new models of profes- sional camera systems adding them to the Annex. (5)  In January 1999, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 193/1999 () amended Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 adding certain successor models of professional camera (") OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18). () OJ L 111, 30.4.1994, p. 106. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 193/1999. (O] L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 10). () O] L 255, 25.10.1995, p. 11. () O] L 276, 9.10.1997, p. 20. () O] L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 10. systems to its Annex and thus excluding those from the application of the definitive anti-dumping duty. B. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NEW MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEMS 1. Procedure Subsequently, a number of Japanese exporting producers informed the Commission that they intended to intro- duce new models of professional camera systems into the Community market and requested to add these new models of professional camera systems and their acces- sories to the Annex and thus exempt them from the scope of the anti-dumping duties. The Commission informed the Community industry accordingly and commenced an investigation limited to the determination of whether the products under consid- eration fall within the scope of the anti-dumping duties and whether the operational part of Regulation 1015/94 should be amended accordingly. 2. Models under investigation Applications were received for the following models of professional camera systems, supplied with the relevant technical information: (i) Hitachi Denshi, Ltd. (hereinafter ‘Hitachi’) — Camera head V-21, which was presented as a successor model of camera head Z-ONE.DA, and which was sold without a triax adaptor; — new accessories to V-21: — 1.5 inch viewfinder GM-9, which was presented as the standard viewfinder for camera head model V-21; — camera adaptor CA-Z31 and CA-Z32, which were presented as successor models of camera adaptors CA-Z1A and CA-Z2 already included in the Annex, and which are to be connected with the camera head model V-21; — camera control panel RC-Z2A  and RC-Z21A, which were presented as successor models of camera control panels RC-Z2 and RC-Z21, already included in the Annex;