No L 221/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 8. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1718/96 of 29 August 1996 initiating an investigation concerning the circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulations (EEC) No 993/93 and (EEC) No 2887/93 on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating respectively in Japan and Singapore, by imports of parts thereof assembled in the European Community and making the latter imports subject to registration 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 Commu- nity (), and in particular Articles 13 and 14 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: ) A. REQUEST The Commission has received a request pursuant to Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (herei- nafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regulation’) to inves- tigate the alleged circumvention of the anti- dumping duties, imposed with respect to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan) and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore), by Council Regulation (EEC) No 993/93 () and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2887/93 (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2937/95(%), on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating respectively in Japan and Singapore, by imports of parts thereof which are subsequently used for the assembly of these weighing scales in the Community, to make the imports of these parts subject to registration by the customs authorities pursuant to Article 14 (5) of the Basic Regulation and to propose to the Council the extension, where justified, of the above anti- dumping duties to the latter imports. B. APPLICANTS The request has been lodged on 19 July 1996 by the following companies: Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG, Campesa SA, Datapro- cess SpA, Dataprocess Industria SpA, Testut SA, () OJ No L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. L. () OJ No L 104, 29. 4. 1993, p. 4. () OJ No L 263, 22. 10. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 307, 20. 12. 1995, p. 30. ) ©) Lutrana SA, GEC Avery Ltd, Maatschappij Van Berkel’s Patent BV and Brevetti Van Berkel SpA. According to the request, these companies are all manufacturers of retail electronic weighing scales whose collective output represents approximately 65 % of the total Community production of such products. C. PRODUCT The products through which the alleged circum- vention is taking place are parts which are used for the assembly in the Community of electronic weighing scales for use in the retail trade which incorporate a digital display of the weight, unit price and price to be paid (whether or not inclu- ding a means of printing this data), falling within CN code 8423 81 50 (REWS’). These products (REWS parts’) are currently classifiable under CN code ex 842390 00. These codes are given for information only and have no binding effect on the classification of the products. D. REGISTRATION In view of the fact that the request only concerns the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures with respect to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan) and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore), registration of imports should be limited to REWS parts falling within CN code 8423 90 00, originating in Japan or Singapore, manufactured by or for and/or imported from these companies into the Community. E. EVIDENCE The request contains sufficient evidence in accor- dance with Article 13 of the Basic Regulation that the anti-dumping duties on imports of REWS originating in Japan and Singapore, imposed with regard to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd, are being circumvented by imports of REWS parts originating in these coun- tries manufactured and/or exported by the two companies concerned and/or by any of their related companies and which are used in assembly opera- tions in the Community.