L 22/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 29.1.1999 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 193/1999 of 25 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan 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 (), Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURES (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (3, the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems (hereinafter referred to as “TCSs’) originating in Japan. (2)  The Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty the professional TCSs listed in the Annex to that Regulation, representing high-end professional cameras technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2474/95 (}), but which cannot be regarded as broadcast cameras. (3  In October 1995, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2474/95, amended Regulation (EC) No 1015/ 94, in particular as regards the like product defini- tion and as regards certain models of professional TCSs explicitly exempted from the scope of the definitive anti-dumping duty. 40 In October 1997, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1952/97, amended the rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty for two companies concerned, namely for Sony Corporation and Ikegami Tsush- inki in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regulation’). Furthermore, the Council (") 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 111, 30. 4. 1994, p. 106. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1952/97 (O] L 276, 9. 10. 1997, p. 20). ¢) OJ L 255, 25. 10. 1995, p. 11. specifically excluded from the scope of the anti- dumping duty certain new models of professional cameras adding them to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Annex). B. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NEW MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEMS 1. Procedure Subsequently, four Japanese producers/exporters informed the Commission that they intended to introduce new models of professional TCSs into the Community market and requested that these new models of professional TCSs and their access- ories be added to the Annex, thus making them exempt from the scope of the anti-dumping duties. The Commission informed the Community industry accordingly and commenced an invest- igation limited to the determination of whether the products under consideration fall within the scope of the anti-dumping duties and whether Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 should be amended accordingly. 2. Models under investigation Applications were received for the following models of TCSs, supplied with the relevant tech- nical information: () Tkegami Tsushinki Co. Lid (bereinafter referred to as Tkegami)) — camera head HDL-37, which was presented as a successor to the camera head HDL- 30MA and as a camera primarily used in the medical and technical sector; (ii) Hitachi Denshi, Ltd (bereinafter referred to as ‘Hitachi) — camera head Z-ONE.DA, which was presented as a successor model of camera head Z-ONE.D, and which was sold without a triax adaptor,