19.12.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 3385 (Acts adopted from 1 December 2009 under the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Euratom Treaty) ACTS WHOSE PUBLICATION IS OBLIGATORY COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1251/2009 of 18 December 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1911/2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating, inter alia, in Russia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 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(4) and 11(4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1995/2000 (3, the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate (UAN’) orig- inating, inter alia, in Russia. That Regulation will here- inafter be referred to as ‘the original Regulation” and the investigation that led to the measures imposed by the original Regulation will be hereinafter referred to as ‘the original investigation’. (2)  Following an expiry review initiated in September 2005 (‘the expiry review’), the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1911/2006 (*), renewed for five years these measures at their current level. The measures consist of specific duties. OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. () OJ L 238, 22.9.2000, p. 15. OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 26. B. PRESENT PROCEDURE 1. REQUEST FOR A REVIEW A request for a new exporter review (the present review)) pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation was lodged by Joint Stock Company Acron (the applicant), an exporting producer in Russia. The request was limited in scope to dumping as far as the applicant is concerned. The applicant alleged that it did not export UAN to the Union during the period of investigation on which the anti-dumping measures were based, that is, the period from 1 June 1998 to 31 May 1999 (‘the original inves- tigation period’) and that it is not related to any of the exporting producers of UAN which are subject to the abovementioned anti-dumping measures. The applicant further alleged that it began exporting UAN to the Union after the end of the original investigation period. 2. INITIATION OF A ‘NEW EXPORTER’ REVIEW The Commission examined the prima facie evidence submitted by the applicant and considered it sufficient to justify the initiation of a review pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation. After consulting the Advisory Committee and after the Union industry concerned had been given the opportunity to comment, the Commission initiated by Regulation (EC) No 2412009 (%, a review of Regulation (EC) No 1911/2006 (measures in force’) with regard to the applicant. Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 241/2009, the anti-dumping duty of 20,11 EUR[tonne imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1911/2006 on imports of UAN produced and sold for export to the Union by the applicant was repealed. Simultaneously, pursuant to Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, customs authorities were directed to take appropriate steps to register these imports. (* O] L 75, 21.3.2009, p. 5.