6.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 33033 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 2002 terminating the review of Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/1999 imposing a definitive counter- vailing duty on imports of stainless steel wire having a diameter of less than 1 mm originating in (2002/950[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 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 (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1973/2002 (3, and in parti- cular Article 20 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE By Regulation (EC) No 1601/1999 (), the Council imposed a definitive countervailing duty on imports of stainless steel wire having a diameter of less than 1 mm (hereinafter referred to as ‘the product concerned’) falling within CN code ex 7223 00 19 originating in India. The measures took the form of ad valorem duties of between 0% and 42,9 % on individual exporters, with a residual duty of 44,4 %. B. CURRENT PROCEDURE 1. Request for review Subsequent to the imposition of definitive measures, the Commission received a request for the initiation of an accelerated review of Regulation (EC) No 1601/1999, pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1. L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 4. L 189, 22.7.1999, p. 26. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the basic Regulation’), from one Indian producer, Nevatia Steel & Alloys Private Limited (Nevatia’), in Bombay. The company concerned claimed that it was not related to any other exporters of the product concerned in India. Furthermore, it claimed that it had not exported the product concerned during the original investigation period (1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998), but had exported the product concerned to the Community since then. 2. Initiation of an accelerated review The Commission examined the evidence submitted by the Indian company concerned and considered it suffi- cient to justify the initiation of a review in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 of the basic Regulation. After consultation of the Advisory Committee and after the Community industry concerned had been given the opportunity to comment, the Commission initiated, by a notice in the Official Journal of the European Commu- nities (), an accelerated review of Regulation (EC) No 1601/1999 with regard to the company concerned and commenced its investigation. 3. Product concerned The product covered by the current review is the same product as that under consideration in Regulation (EC) No 1601/1999, namely stainless steel wire having a diameter of less than 1 mm. () O] C 261, 15.9.1999, p. 4.