L 41/30 10.2.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 24 January 2001 exempting imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China from the extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, and lifting the suspension of the payment of the anti-dumping duty extended to certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China granted to certain parties pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 (notified under document number C(2000) 4389) (Only the English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese texts are authentic) (2001/108/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (3), Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 (}) extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regula- tion (EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of 20 January 1997 on the authorisation of the exemption of imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China from the extension by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 (%, and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: (1) After the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 88/97 a number of bicycle assemblers submitted requests pursuant to Article 3 of that Regulation for exemption 1 () O] L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. () O] L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2. () O] L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 55. % OJ L 17, 21.1.1997, p. 17. of the anti-dumping duty as extended to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 (the extended anti-dumping duty). The Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Communities a list of appli- cants °) for which payment of the extended anti- dumping duty in respect of their imports of essential bicycle parts declared for free circulation was suspended pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97. (20  The Commission requested and received the necessary information from the parties listed in Annex I to this Decision and found their requests admissible pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 88/97. The informa- tion provided was examined and verified where neces- sary at the premises of the parties concerned. (3)  The facts as finally ascertained by the Commission show that the assembly operations of the applicants concerned do not fall within the scope of Article 13(2) of Regula- tion (EC) No 384/96. It was found that for all the applicants' bicycle assembly operations, the value of the parts originating in the People's Republic of China which were used in their assembly operations was lower than 60 % of the total value of the parts used in these assembly operations. () O] C 45, 13.2.1997, p. 3, O] C 112, 10.4.1997, p. 9, O] C 378, 13. 12.1997, p. 2, O] C 217, 11.7.1998, p. 9, O] C 37, 11.2.1999, p. 3, O] C 186, 2.7.1999, p. 6 and O] C 216, 28.7.2000, p. 8.