25.3.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 80/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 11 March 1999 concerning an application submitted by Ecumet (UK) Ltd for the refund of anti-dumping duties collected on certain imports of silicon metal originating in Brazil (notified under document number C(1999) 559) (Only the English and Dutch texts are authentic) (1999/219/EC) 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 Community (') (hereafter referred to as ‘the basic Regula- tion’), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (3, and in particular Article 11(8) thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Considering the following: A. ORIGINAL MEASURES (1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2305/92 (%) imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of silicon metal originating in Brazil. The specific rate of duty applied to importations of the product when produced by Companhia Brasileira Carboreto de Calcio (hereafter ‘CBCC’) was set at 18,3 %. (2)  On 14 August 1996 CBCC submitted a request for an interim review (hereafter referred to as ‘the review’) which was initiated on 7 January 1997 by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (*). (3) Following the publication in February 1997 of a notice of impending expiry of the measures in force (°) and the receipt in May 1997 of a complaint lodged by the Liaison Committee of the ferro-alloy industry (hereafter referred to as ‘EuroAlliages’), the Commission announced the initiation of an expiry 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. 128, 30. 4. 1998, p. 18. 222, 7. 8. 1992, p. 1. 3, 7. 1. 1997, p. 13. 36, 5. 2. 1997, p. 12. oo review by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (). “) Following the withdrawal by EuroAlliages of their request for an expiry review, both reviews were concluded by Commission Decision 98/164/EC (") which terminated the proceeding and hence repealed the duty for CBCC. The above Decision concluded that there had been no dumping of the product by CBCC during the investigation period of the interim review, that is from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1996. B. APPLICATION FOR REFUND (5) On 18 September 1996, 1 October 1996, 13 February 1997, 22 May 1997, 3 June 1997, 20 August 1997, 3 September 1997, 18 November 1997, 4, 15 and 22 December 1997, 20 January 1998, 9 February 1998 and 24 March 1998 Ecumet (UK) Ltd. (hereafter referred to as ‘the applicant’), an independent customer of CBCC, submitted applications for the refund of NLG [...](*) and GBP [...] (289 transactions in total) on imports of silicon metal originating in Brazil and released for free circulation in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The goods were sold for export to the Community by CBCC between 30 July 1995 and 23 January 1998. (6)  On 21 November 1997, the applicant partially withdrew one application in respect of 8 transac- tions totalling GBP [...]. Following this withdrawal, the total amounts for which refunds are claimed are NLG [...] and GBP [...], (281 transactions in total). () OJ C 242, 8. 8. 1997, p. 3. () OJ L 58, 27. 2. 1998, p. S8. (*) In the published version of this Decision some figures have been omitted pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 concerning confidentiality.