6.11.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 28817 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1293/2007 of 30 October 2007 repealing the anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1050/2002 on imports of recordable compact discs originating in Taiwan and allowing for their repayment or remission and repealing the countervailing duties imposed by Regulation (EC) No 960/2003 on imports of recordable compact discs originating in India, allowing for their repayment or remission and terminating the proceeding in their respect 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 anti-dumping Regulation), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (the basic anti-subsidy Regulation) (%), and in particular Article 19 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force and subject of the review (1) Definitive anti-dumping duties applicable to imports of recordable compact discs originating in Taiwan were imposed on 18 June 2002 by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2002 of 13 June 2002 imposing a defi- nitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of recordable compact discs originating in Taiwan (°) (the original anti-dumping proceeding). They ranged from 17,7 % to 38,5 %. These measures lapsed ipso iure on 18 June 2007 in accordance with the Commission Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (¥). (2)  Definitive countervailing duties on imports of recordable compact discs (CD-Rs) from India were imposed on 5 June 2003 by Council Regulation (EC) No 960/2003 of (*) 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 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 461/2004 (O] L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12). () O L 160, 18.6.2002, p. 2. () O] C 130, 12.6.2007, p. 17. 2 June 2003 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of recordable compact discs originating in India (°) (the original anti-subsidy proceeding). They amounted to 7,3 %. 2. Previous investigations concerning imports of CD-Rs from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Malaysia (3) By Decision 2006/753/EC (), the Commission terminated an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of CD-Rs originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Hong Kong, and Malaysia on grounds of lack of Community interest in the imposition of measures (the termination Decision). It was concluded that due to its low market share the Community industry was not likely to obtain any significant benefits from the imposition of measures. The imposition of measures was thus considered disproportionate in view of the substantial negative effects on importers, distributors, retailers and consumers. 3. Initiation of a review (4 The initiation of a partial interim review of the anti- dumping measures applicable to imports of recordable compact discs originating in Taiwan and of a partial interim review of the countervailing measures applicable to imports of recordable compact discs originating in India was announced on 22 March 2007 in the Official Journal of the European Union (the notice of initiation) (7). (5 The reviews, initiated on the Commission’s own initiative, were both limited in scope to the examination of the Community interest, with the decision thereon possibly having retroactive effect as of 5 November 2006, ie. the date of entering into force of the termi- nation Decision. For the purposes of procedural effi- ciency, the reviews of both anti-dumping duties applicable to imports of CD-Rs from Taiwan and of countervailing duties applicable to imports of CD-Rs from India were combined in one investigation. () OJ L 138, 5.6.2003, p. 1. (6) Commission Decision 2006/753/EC of 3 November 2006 ter- minating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of recordable compact discs (CD+/-R) originating in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Malaysia (O] L 305, 4.11.2006, p. 15). () O] C 66, 22.3.2007, p. 16.