No L 378/74 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 94 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1994 concerning applications for refund of anti-dumping duties collected on imports of certain compact disc players originating in Japan (Amroh BV, PIA Hi-fi) (94/992/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July .1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 522/94 (%), and in particular Article 16 thereof, Whereas, (2) 1 (") (*) ) * I. PROCEDURE Between May 1992 and July 1993, Amroh BV and PIA Hi-fi, both independent importers respectively based in Weesp (Netherlands) and Weiterstadt (Germany) made nine applications for the refund of definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 112/90 (%) on certain compact disc players originating in Japan and paid by them on the importation from May 1992 to June 1993 of compact disc players produced and exported by Accuphase Laboratory. They argued that they had paid export prices significantly in excess of normal value. Their applications are admissible, in particular concerning time limits since they were introduced within the three months deadline set by the provisions of Article 16 of Regulation {EEC) No 2423/88. Three of the applications of Amroh BV pertained to goods imported from May to July 1992, a period already covered by a Commission Decision (*) concerning applications for refund of anti-dumping duties collected on imports of compact disc players originating in Japan. That Decision, where a refund was granted to the amount of 16,9 % of the value used by the relevant authorities for calculating the amount of anti-dumping duty, should also apply to those three transactions since their inclusion in the calculation has no impact on the actual dumping margin for the period considered. OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. 2) OJ No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. 0J No L 13, 17. 1. 1990, p. 21. 4) O] No L 150, 22. 6. 1993, p. 44. 3) " The Commission decided to handle the other applications, for which importation took place between February 1993 and June 1993, according to the rules on recurring applications laid down in point I (4) of the Commission notice concerning the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties (°). The information required for judging the validity of the applications was provided for the period 21 December 1992 to 20 June 1993 inclusive and sent direct to the Commission by Accuphase Laboratory at the applicants’ request. The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purpose of the examination of the refund applications. The refund applicants have been informed of the results of the examination of their requests. A reasonable period of time was granted to make representations on the above information and due account has been taken of these representations where considered appropriate. . PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION The  definition of the product under considereration is identical to that contained in Regulation (EEC) No 112/90, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 819/92 (). The product considered is certain compact disc players falling within CN codes ex 8519 31 00, ex 8519 39 00, ex 851999 10, ex 8520 31 90, ex 8520 39 10, ex 85203990 and ex 85273191 (Taric codes 8519 31 00*10, 851939 00*10, 8519 99 10*10, 8520 31 90*30, 852039 10*10, 852939 90%10 and 8527 31 91*10) (") (hereafter referred to as CDP’s). () OJ No C 266, 22. 10. 1986, p. 2. () O] No L 87, 2. 4. 1992, p. 1. (7) Stand-alone sound reproducers with a laser optical reading system 216 x 45 x 150 mm, equipped to accommodate up to a maximum of 10 compact discs, including sound reproducers which may be incorporated in a rack system but can nevertheless operate alone separately from the rack, with their own power supply and commands, functioning with AC mains and supply of usually 110/120/220/240 V and not capable of operating with a power supply of 12 V DC or less. and with external dimensions of at least