L 134/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.5.2001 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 951/2001 of 14 May 2001 amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan 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 (%), Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (%) the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems (TCS’) originating in Japan. 2)  In Article 1(3)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 the Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti- dumping duty professional camera systems listed in the Annex to that Regulation (the Annex’), representing high-end professional cameras systems technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of that Regulation, but which cannot be regarded as television camera systems. (3)  In October 1995 the Council amended Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 by Regulation (EC) No 247495 (}), in particular as regards the like product definition and as regards certain models of professional camera systems which were explicitly exempted from the definitive anti- dumping duty. (4)  In October 1997 the Council by Regulation (EC) No 195297 (* amended the rates of the definitive anti- dumping duty for two companies concerned, namely for Sony Corporation and Ikegami Tsushinki in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereafter referred to as the ‘basic Regulation’). Furthermore, the Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti- dumping duty certain new models of professional camera systems by adding them to the Annex. (5)  In September 2000 the Council by Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 (°) confirmed the definitive anti-dumping (") 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). () OJ L 111, 30.4.1994, p. 106. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 198/2001 (O] L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 1). () O L 255, 25.10.1995, p. 11. () O] L 276, 9.10.1997, p. 20. () OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 38. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 198/2001 (O] L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 1) duties imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 in accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. In January 2001 the Council by Regulation (EC) No 198/2001 made the latest amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 by adding certain successor models of professional camera systems to the Annex and thus excluding those from the application of the definitive anti-dumping duty. B. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NEW MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEMS 1. Request A Japanese exporting producer, namely Sony Corpora- tion (‘Sony’), informed the Commission that it intended to introduce new models of professional camera systems into the Community market and requested that these new models of professional camera systems including their accessories be added to the Annex and thus exempt them from the scope of the anti-dumping duties. 2. Models under investigation The application received concerned the following models, supplied with the relevant technical informa- tion: — camera head DXC-D35PH — camera head DXC-D35PL — camera head DXC-D35PK — camera head DXC-D35WSPL — camera head DSR-135PL — viewfinder DXF-801CE — camera control unit CCU-M5AP. All the above models were presented as being part of professional camera systems dedicated to the profes- sional video market. 3. Investigation and findings The Commission informed the Community industry of the request introduced by Sony and invited them to comment.