L 1834 Official Journal of the European Union 20.5.2004 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 998/2004 of 17 May 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil originating in the People’s Republic of China and Russia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 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 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 (), By Regulation (EC) No 950/2001(3), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports into the Community of certain aluminium foil (the product concerned’) originating among others in Russia. By Commission Decision (2001/381/EC) of 16 May 2001 (}), an undertaking was accepted for a Russian exporting  producer  ‘United Company  Siberian Aluminium’. (2)  The rate of the duty applicable to the net, free-at- Community-frontier price, before duty, was set at 14,9% for imports of the product concerned from Russia by Regulation (EC) No 950/2001. 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 the Republic of Belarus pursuant to Articles 11(3) and 22 () 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 134, 17.5.2001, p. 1. () O] L 134, 17.5.2001, p. 67. OJ C 70, 20.3.2004, p. 15. (c) of the basic Regulation. The anti-dumping measure imposed on imports of certain aluminium foil originating in Russia 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 Russia 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: () Community Producers Association: — Eurometaux, Brussels, Belgium