22.9.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 238/15 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1995/2000 of 18 September 2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duties imposed on imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Algeria, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine, and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding in respect of imports originating in the Slovak Republic 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 (!), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: 4) A. PROVISIONAL MEASURES The Commission, by Regulation (EC) No 617/2000 () (the ‘provisional Regulation’) imposed a provisional anti- dumping duty on imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate (UAN) falling within CN code 3102 80 00 and originating in Algeria, Belarus, Lithu- ania, Russia and Ukraine and accepted, on a provisional basis, an undertaking offered by an exporting producer in Algeria. In the same Regulation, it was provisionally concluded that no anti-dumping duty should be imposed on imports of the product concerned originating in the Slovak Republic, also subject to the same investigation, since these imports were not found to have caused material injury to the Community industry. B. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE Subsequent to the disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was decided to impose provisional measures on imports of solutions of UAN originating in Algeria, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine (disclosure’), several interested parties submitted comments in writing. The parties who so requested were also granted an opportunity to be heard orally. The Commission continued to seek and verify all infor- mation it deemed necessary for its definitive findings. (") OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (O] L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18). () OJ L 75, 24.3.2000, p. 3. () (10) All parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties and the definitive collection of amounts secured by way of provisional duties. They were also granted a period within which they could make representations subsequent to this disclosure. The oral and written comments submitted by the parties were considered, and, where appropriate, the provisional findings have been modified accordingly. C. PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT As outlined in recital 8 of the provisional Regulation, the product concerned is solutions of UAN, a liquid nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture. Whatever their nitrogen content, all solutions of UAN are considered to have the same basic physical and chemical characteris- tics and therefore constitute a single product for the purpose of this investigation. In view of the above and since no new arguments were put forward by any of the parties concerned with respect to the Commission's provisional findings on the product concerned and the considerations made on the like product, the facts and findings as set out in recitals 8 and 9 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed. D. DUMPING 1. Algeria (a) Normal value The cooperating exporting producer claimed that its cost of production had been miscalculated because the Commission had not taken into account the fact that no import duty was paid on imported raw materials used in manufacturing the product concerned for export. It also claimed that the Commission had incorrectly determined the transport costs from the factory to the port. Both claims were examined. As far as the import duty is concerned, the claim was found to be correct. The constructed normal value was therefore recalculated