L 198/4 Official Journal of the European Union 31.7.2007 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 907/2007 of 23 July 2007 repealing the anti-dumping duty on imports of urea originating in Russia, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, and terminating the partial interim reviews pursuant to Article 11(3) of such imports originating in 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 Article 11(2) and (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force In March 1995, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 477/95 (3), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of urea originating in the Russian Federation (Russia). The amount of the duty imposed was the difference between ECU 115 per tonne and the net, free-at-Community frontier price, before duty, if the latter price was lower. The investigation that led to these measures will be referred to as ‘the original inves- tigation’. Following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 901/2001 (%), decided that these measures should be maintained. The measures currently in force are in the form of a variable duty on the basis of a minimum import price (MIP) of EUR 115 per tonne (the existing measures). The review investigation that led to the maintenance of the measures will be referred to as ‘the previous expiry review investigation’. () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17). ) ) 0J 0 L 49, 43.1995, p. 1. L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 11. () (3) (6) In December 2003, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2228/2003 (¥, terminated a partial interim review initiated on the initiative of the Commission pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation in order to examine the appropriateness of the form of the measures in force, without any amendment to the existing measures. 2. Requests for reviews In August 2005 (%), the Commission published a notice of impending expiry of the existing measures. On 9 February 2006 the Commission received a request for an expiry review of these measures pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation and a request for a partial interim review limited to the form of the measures, pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation. These requests were lodged by the European Fertiliser Manufacturers Association (EFMA) (the applicant) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion, in this case more than 50 %, of the total Community production of urea. The applicant alleged and provided sufficient prima facie evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the Community industry with regard to imports of urea originating in Russia (the country concerned) and that the current form of the measures was not sufficient to counteract the injurious effects of dumping. Furthermore, on 14 September 2006, a request for a partial interim review of Regulation (EC) No 901/2001 was received from Joint Stock Company, Mineral and Chemical Company EuroChem, (EuroChem), an exporting producer of urea in Russia subject to the anti-dumping measures in force. () O] L 339, 24.12.2003, p. 1. () O] C 209, 26.8.2005, p. 2.