18.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 75/33 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 240/2008 of 17 March 2008 repealing the anti-dumping duty on imports of urea originating in Belarus, Croatia, Libya and Ukraine, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 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 (') (the basic Regulation) and in particular Articles 9 and 11(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force (1) In January 2002, by Regulation (EC) No 92/2002 (3, the Council imposed definitive anti-dumping duties ranging from EUR 7,81 to EUR 16,84 per tonne on imports of urea, whether or not in aqueous solution, originating in Belarus, Croatia, Libya and Ukraine. By the same Regu- lation, definitive anti-dumping duties ranging from EUR 6,18 to EUR 21,43 per tonne were imposed on imports of urea originating in Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Romania and were automatically repealed on 1 May 2004 and 1 January 2007 respectively, the date of accession of these countries to the Community. 2. Request for review (20 In April 2006, the Commission published a notice of impending expiry of the existing measures (}). On 17 October 2006 the Commission received a request for an expiry review of these measures pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. (3)  This request was lodged by the European Fertiliser Manu- factures 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. () 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). (» OJ L 17,19.1.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 73/2006 (O] L 12, 18.1.2006, p. 1). () O] C 93, 21.4.2006, p. 6. (4 The applicant alleged, and provided sufficient prima facie evidence for its allegation, 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 Belarus, Croatia, Libya and Ukraine (the countries concerned). (5)  Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the Commission initiated this review by publishing a notice of initiation in the Official Journal of the European Union (). 3. Investigations concerning other countries (6)  In May 2006, the Commission initiated a review (°) of the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 901/2001 (°) on imports of urea originating in Russia pursuant to Article 11(2) and (3) of the basic Regulation. As a result of this review, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 907/2007 (’) repealed the anti-dumping duties on imports of urea originating in Russia. It was concluded that there was no con- tinuation of material injury to the Community industry and that there was no likelihood of recurrence of injury thereto in the absence of measures. 4. Current investigation 4.1. Investigation period (7  The investigation of continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 October 2005 to 30 September 2006 (RIP). The exam- ination of the trends relevant for the assessment of a likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury covered the period from 2002 up to the end of the RIP (period considered). 4.2. Parties concerned by the investigation (8)  The Commission officially advised the applicant, the Community producers, the exporting producers in Belarus, Croatia, Libya and Ukraine (hereinafter the exporters concerned), the importers, traders, users and their associations known to be concerned, as well as the representatives of the government of the exporting countries, of the initiation of the review. (4 0] C 316, 22.12.2006, p. 13. () O] C 105, 4.5.2006, p. 12. () O] L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 11. () O] L 198, 31.7.2007, p. 4.