Council Regulation (EC) No 963/2002 of 3 June 2002 laying down transitional provisions concerning anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures adopted pursuant to Commission Decisions No 2277/96/ECSC and No 1889/98/ECSC as well as pending anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, complaints and applications pursuant to those Decisions

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 963/2002
• Articles: 4

Article 1

1. The anti-dumping measures, set out in Annex I hereto, which have been adopted pursuant to Decision No 2277/96/ECSC and which are still in force on 23 July 2002 (the anti-dumping measures set out in Annex I), shall be continued and shall be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 with effect from 24 July 2002.

2. In calculating the date on which the anti-dumping measures set out in Annex I shall expire pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, regard shall be had to the original date of entry into force of those measures.

3. Any investigation, which has been initiated pursuant to Decision No 2277/96/ECSC and which is still pending on 23 July 2002, or any complaint or application for the initiation of such an investigation which is still pending on that date, shall be continued and shall be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 with effect from 24 July 2002. Any anti-dumping measures resulting from such pending anti-dumping investigations, complaints or applications shall be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 384/96.

Article 2

1. The countervailing measures, set out in Annex II hereto, which have been adopted pursuant to Decision No 1898/98/ECSC and which are still in force on 23 July 2002 (the anti-subsidy measures set out in Annex II), shall be continued and shall be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 with effect from 24 July 2002.

2. In calculating the date on which the anti-subsidy measures set out in Annex II shall expire pursuant to Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, regard shall be had to the original date of entry into force of those measures.

3. Any investigation which has been initiated pursuant to Decision No 1898/98/ECSC and which is still pending on 23 July 2002, or any complaint or application for the initiation of such an investigation which is still pending on 23 July 2002, shall be continued and shall be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 with effect from 24 July 2002. Any countervailing measures resulting from such pending anti-subsidy investigations, complaints or applications shall be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 3 June 2002.

For the Council

The President

J. C. Aparicio Pérez

(1) OJ L 308, 29.11.1996, p. 11. Decision as last amended by Commission Decision No 435/2001/ECSC (OJ L 63, 3.3.2001, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2).

(3) OJ L 245, 4.9.1998, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ECSC anti-dumping measures in force on 23 July 2002

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ANNEX II

ECSC ANTI-SUBSIDY MEASURES IN FORCE ON 23 JULY 2002

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