23.12.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 336/101 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 2003 granting certain parties an exemption from the extension to certain bicycle parts, by Council Regu- lation (EC) No 71/97, of the anti-dumping duty on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93, and maintained by Council Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, and lifting the suspension of the payment of the anti-dumping duty extended to certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China granted to certain parties pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 (notified under document number C(2003) 4419) (2003/899/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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002 () (the basic Regulation), Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of 10 January 1997 extending the definitive anti- dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 on bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China, and levying the extended duty on such imports registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 703/96 (}), and maintained by Council Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000 (*) (the extending Regulation), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of 20 January 1997 on the authorisation of the exemption of imports of certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China from the exten- sion by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 of the anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 247493 () (the exemption Regulation), maintained by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000, and in particu- lar Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: (1) After the entry into force of the exemption Regulation, a number of bicycle assemblers submitted requests pursuant to Article 3 of that Regulation for exemption of the anti-dumping duty as extended to imports of certain bicycle parts from the People's Republic of China by Council Regu- lation (EC) No 71/97 (the extended anti-dumping duty). The Commission has published in the Offi- cial Journal of the European Union successive lists of applicants (°) for which payment of the extended anti-dumping duty in respect of their imports of essential bicycle parts declared for free circulation was suspended pursuant to Article 5(1) of the exemption Regulation. JL 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. J L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1. JL16,18.1.1997, p. 55. J L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 39. JL17,21.1.1997, p. 17. J C 45,13 2.1997, p. 3, 0] C 112, 10.4.1997, p. 9, O] C 378, 13.12.1997, p. 2, O] C 217, 11.7.1998, p. 9, O] C 37,11.2.1999, p. 3, O] C 186, 2.7.1999, p. 6, O] C 216, 28.7.2000, p. 8, OJ C 170, 14.6.2001, p. 5, O] C 103, 30.4.2002 p. 2, O] C 43, 22.2.2003, p. 5.