23. 8. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 198/29 COMMISSION DECISION of 3 August 1995 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the United Kingdom of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia and terminating the anti-dumping review investigation concerning imports into the United Kingdom of ammonium nitrate originating in Lithuania (95/345/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3283/94 of 22 December 1994 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Commu- nity (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1251/95 (%), and in particular Article 23 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on production against dumped as sub- sidized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 522/94 (%, and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) In November 1992 the Commission initiated an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Belarus, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan into the United Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as ‘the UK regional proceeding’) (%). () In May 1994, the anti-dumping proceeding con- cerning imports originating in Belarus, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan was termi- nated by Commission Decision 94/293/EC (¥). By the same Decision, the investigation with regard to Lithuania and Russia was terminated by the accep- tance of undertakings concerning imports of ammonium nitrate from both countries. (3) In June 1994, the Commission initiated an anti- dumping proceeding concerning imports of ammo- () OJ No L 349, 31, 12. 1994, p. 1. (3 OJ No L 122, 2. 6. 1995, p. 1. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No C 306, 24. 11. 1992, p. 2. () OJ No L 129, 21. 5. 1994, p. 24. @ nium nitrate originating in Lithuania and Russia into the Community as a whole (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community-wide proceeding’) (). Following the initiation of the Community-wide proceeding, it became clear that should protective measures prove necessary, such measures would apply to the whole Community, including the United Kingdom. In such a case, the measures taken in the UK regional proceeding concerning imports from Russia and/or Lithuania would have to be repealed, since the United Kingdom market could not be simultaneously protected by two sepa- rate anti-dumping measures concerning imports of the same product from the same origin. In these circumstances, and without prejudice to the outcome of the Community-wide investigation, a review of Decision 94/293/EC was initiated (}), in order to allow interested parties to put forward their views on this issue. (5 No interested party commented directly. on the issue raised in recital 4. B. CONCLUSION OF COMMUNITY-WIDE INVESTIGATION (6) The Community-wide investigation was concluded by Council Regulation (EC) No 2022/95 (°) impo- sing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, and by Commission Decision 95/344/EC (%) terminating the Community-wide proceeding as regards imports originating in Lithuania. C. AMENDMENT TO DECISION 94/293/EC ()  In view of the imposition of a Community-wide anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, the Commission, in order to prevent the simultaneous imposition of two separate anti-dumping measures on these OJ No C 158, 9. 6. 1994, p. 3. ( () OJ No C 343, 6. 12. 1994, p. 9. See page 1 of this Official Journal. ) See page 27 of this Official Journal.