L 302/14 Official Journal of the European Union 19.11.2005 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1891/2005 of 14 November 2005 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium chloride originating in Belarus, Russia or Ukraine THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 38496 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (') (the basic Regulation) and in particular Article 11(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Previous investigations and existing measures (1)  Following an investigation (the previous investigation), the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 969/2000 (3), amended the measures originally imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 (3) on imports of potassium chloride originating, inter alia, in Russia (the existing measures). (20 In March 2004, by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (), the Commission launched, on its own initiative, a partial interim review of the existing measures to examine whether they should be amended to take account of the enlargement of the European Union to 25 Member States on 1 May 2004 (Enlargement). (3)  The results of that partial interim review showed that it was in the interests of the Community to provide for the temporary adaptation of the existing measures so as to avoid a sudden and excessively negative impact on importers and users in the ten new Member States imme- diately following Enlargement. () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (O] L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12). OJ L 112, 11.5.2000, p. 4 () OJ L 308, 24.10.1992, p. 4 OJ C 70, 20.3.2004, p. 15 (4 To this end, in May 2004, by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2004 (°), the Commission accepted undertakings from two exporting producers in Russia, namely JSC Silvinit and JSC Uralkali for a period of one year. In June 2005, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 858/2005 () new undertakings, which expire on 13 April 2006, were accepted from the two exporting producers in Russia. In addition, in order to provide for the exemption from the anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 on imports made under the terms of the undertakings, Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 was amended by Regulation (EC) No 992/2004 (7). (5) It should also be noted that all references to ‘the Community’ or ‘the Community of 15" in the present Regulation shall be taken to mean, unless otherwise specified, the Community as constituted immediately before Enlargement. 2. Grounds for the present reviews (6) In January 2004, separate requests were received from JSC Silvinit and JSC Uralkali (the applicants) for indi- vidual partial interim reviews of the existing measures pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation. (7)  The applicants alleged and provided sufficient prima facie evidence that a comparison of normal value based on their own costs/domestic prices and their export prices to the Community would lead to a removal of dumping. Therefore, the continued imposition of the existing measures at the existing levels, which were based on the level of dumping previously established, were no longer necessary to offset dumping. (8)  Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of partial interim reviews, the Commission published notices of initiation and commenced an inves- tigation (5). L 183, 20.5.2004, p. 16. Regulation as amended by Regulation ) No 588/2005 (O] L 98, 16.4.2005, p. 11). % OJ L 143, 7.6.2005, p. 11. L 182, 19.5.2004, p. 23. C 93, 17.4.2004, p. 2 and p. 3.