29.1.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 192/1999 of 25 January 1999 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty, imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3433/91 on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of certain disposable refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China or consigned from or originating in Taiwan and to imports of non-refillable lighters consigned from or originating in Taiwan, and terminating the proceeding in respect of imports of non-refillable lighters consigned from Hong Kong and Macao 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 ('), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Existing measures (1) By Regulation (EEC) No 3433/91 (3, the Council imposed an anti-dumping duty of 16,9 % on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters (hereinafter referred to as ‘disposable, non- refillable flint lighters’) originating in the People’s Republic of China. This duty was based on the dumping margin found. (20 In November 1993, the Commission received a request for a review, pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 (%), of these meas- ures, lodged by the European Federation of Lighter Manufacturers (EFLM), alleging that there had been an increase in the dumping margin and, conse- quently, further injury. The ensuing investigation resulted in a finding of a dumping margin of (") OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (O] L 128, 30. 4. 1998, p. 18). (3 OJ L 326, 28. 11. 1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 423/97 (OJ L 65, 6. 3. 1997, p. 1). () OJ L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. 80,3 % and the imposition, by Regulation (EC) No 1006/95 (*), of a specific anti-dumping duty on imports of disposable non-refillable flint lighters from the People’s Republic of China of ECU 0,065 per piece, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘existing measures’). 2. Request for the initiation of a circumven- tion investigation (3  On 24 March 1998, a request was lodged by the EFLM, concerning the circumvention of the existing measures (hereinafter referred to as ‘the request). According to the request, the anti- dumping duty is allegedly circumvented through a change in the pattern of trade between the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, on the one hand, and the Community, on the other, stemming from the following practices for which there is insufficient economic justifica- tion other than the imposition of the duty: — imports of disposable, non-refillable flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China, transhipped via Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan respectively, — imports of disposable, non-refillable flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China which, after having been the subject of slight modifications, are declared as refillable and/or reflintable flint lighters although, in practical terms, they are not. () OJ L 101, 4. 5. 1995, p. 38.