L 324/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.12.2000 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2788/2000 of 18 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2402/98 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of unwrought unalloyed magnesium originating in the People's Republic of China 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 11(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURES 1. Measures in force (1) By Regulation (EC) No 2402/98 (3 (‘the Regulation’), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of unwrought unalloyed magnesium originating in the People's Republic of China. According to the Regulation, unwrought unalloyed magnesium comprises inter alia: — unwrought magnesium unintentionally containing small amounts of other elements as impurities, and — unwrought magnesium, intentionally containing added elements such as aluminium and zinc, which does not correspond to one of the alloys described in the Annex to the Regulation. 2. Anti-absorption investigation (2)  Following a request lodged by the Community industry, the Commission initiated on 4 September 1999 (}) an anti-absorption investigation. The findings of this invest- igation were published in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities (*). () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (O] L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2). () O] L 298, 7.11.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2315/2000 (O] L 267, 20.10.2000, p. 17). () O] C 253, 4.9.1999, p. 15. () O] L 267, 20.10.2000, p. 17. B. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE PRODUCT SCOPE 1. Procedure (3)  On 8 February 2000, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (°), the Commission initiated an interim review, pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, (‘the basic Regulation’). The interim review was limited in scope to the clarification of the product covered by the Regulation. (4)  This was done following a request by two Community importers: Pro.cat Scarl, Bolzano, Italy, and De Stefani Luigi, Trento, Italy (the applicants). They argued that certain types of magnesium alloys not listed in the Annex to the Regulation, in particular magnesium alloy ingots for anode casting, met international standards for being considered as ‘alloys’ and should consequently not be covered by the anti-dumping measures. (5)  The evidence submitted in the request was considered sufficient for the initiation of an interim review. The Commission officially advised the authorities of the exporting country and parties known to be concerned of the initiation of this review. (6)  The Commission sent questionnaires to exporting producers, importers, the Community industry, steel and magnesium associations and users who cooperated in the investigation that led to the existing measures. Five replies were received. 2. Findings (7) It is recalled that the Regulation considered the risk of circumvention of the measures by wrongly declaring imports of unwrought unalloyed magnesium as alloys, in defining the product concerned as described in recital (1). The Regulation contained an Annex setting out those alloys which correspond to previously established industrial standards. () O] C 35, 8.2.2000, p. 12.