L 47/46 Official Journal of the European Union 21.2.2003 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 22 January 2003 amending Decision 97/634/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway (2003/119/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 (3, and in parti- cular Article 8 thereof, 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1973/2002 (*), and in parti- cular Article 13 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE On 31 August 1996, by means of two separate notices published in the Official Journal of the European Commu- nities, the Commission announced the initiation of an anti-dumping  proceeding () and an anti-subsidy proceeding (°) in respect of imports of farmed Atlantic salmon (the product concerned) originating in Norway. These proceedings resulted in anti-dumping and counter- vailing duties being imposed in September 1997 by Council Regulations (EC) No 1890/97 (') and 1891/ 97 (®) in order to eliminate the injurious effects of dumping and subsidisation. L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1. ,21.10.1997, p. 1. ,7.11.2002, p. 4. ,31.8.1996, p. 18. , 31.8.1996, p. 20. ,30.9.1997, p. 1. ,30.9.1997, p. 19. ( 3) 000 In parallel to this, by Decision 97/634[EC (), as last amended by Decision 2002/743/EC ('), the Commission accepted undertakings from 190 Norwegian exporters and imports of the product concerned to the Commu- nity by these companies were exempted from the said anti-dumping and countervailing duties. The form of the duties was later reviewed and Regula- tions (EC) No 1890/97 and 1891/97 were replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1593/2002 (*). B. NEW EXPORTERS, CHANGES OF NAME AND VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF AN UNDERTAKING 1. New exporter Since the original imposition of definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties, certain Norwegian companies have made themselves known to the Commission, claiming to be new exporters, and requested, in accor- dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 in conjunction with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 and Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, that the exemption to the duties be extended to them. In this regard, three such exporters, Vestmar AS, Gaia Seafood AS and Polar Quality AS all demonstrated that they had not exported the product concerned to the Community during the investigation period which led to the current anti-dumping and countervailing duties. L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 81. J L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 51. J L 101, 16.4.1999, p. 1. ] L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 22.