20.5.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 183[7 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 999/2004 of 17 May 2004 on the application of Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of colour television receivers originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Thailand and terminating the proceeding regarding imports of colour television receivers originating in Singapore 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 ('), (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Articles 8, 11(3) and 22 (c) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002(%) the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports into the Community of colour television receivers (‘the product concerned’) originating ia. in the People’s Republic of China (China). By the Commission Decision 2002/683/EC (), an undertaking was accepted for seven exporters in China: Haier Electrical Appliances Corporation Ltd, Hisense Import & Export Co. Ltd, Konka Group Co. Ltd, Sichuan Changhong Electric Co. Ltd, Skyworth Multimedia International (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd, TCL King Electrical Appliances (HuiZhou) Co. Ltd and Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co, Ltd. (2)  The rate of the duty applicable to the net, free-at- Community-frontier price, before duty, was set at 44,6% for imports of the product concerned from China by Regulation 1531/2002. 2. Investigation (3)  On 20 March 2004 the Commission announced through the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) the initiation of a number of partial interim reviews of anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of certain products originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and (*) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12). () OJ L 231, 29.8.2002, p. 1. () O] L 231, 29.8.2002, p. 42. () 0] C 70, 20.3.2004, p.15. the Republic of Belarus pursuant to Articles 11(3) and 22 () of the basic Regulation. The anti-dumping measure imposed on imports of colour television receivers origi- nating in China is one of the measures on which the review was initiated (‘the measures’). The review was launched at the initiative of the Commission in order to examine whether, as a conse- quence of the enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004 (Enlargement), it would be appropriate to adapt the measures. Since a certain quantity of the imports of the product concerned originating in China is currently subject to a price undertaking for a specific volume, the review of the measures was initiated in order to examine whether this undertaking, which was drawn up on the basis of data for a Community of 15 Member States, should be adapted to take account of the Enlargement. 3. Parties concerned by the investigation All interested parties known to the Commission, including the Community industry, associations of producers or users in the Community, exporters| producers in the countries concerned, importers and their associations and the relevant authorities of the countries concerned as well as interested parties in the ten new Member States which acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004 (the EU10’) were informed of the initiation of the investigation and were given the oppor- tunity to make their views known in writing, to submit information and to provide supporting evidence within the time limit set out in the notice of initiation. All interested parties who so requested and showed that there were reasons why they should be heard were granted a hearing. In this regard, the following interested parties made their views known: (a) Community producer: — Royal Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, Netherlands