14.5.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 129/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 430/2013 of 13 May 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand and terminating the proceeding with regard to Indonesia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (3)  As set out in recital 15 to the provisional Regulation, the investigation of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 January to 31 December 2011 (investigation Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European petiod’ or ‘IP). The examination of trends re!evant for Union the assessment of injury covered the period from ’ 1 January 2008 to the end of the IP (‘period considered). Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports 2. Subsequent procedure from countries not members of the European Community (') . . (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 9 thereof, (4)  Subsequent to the disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was decided to impose provisional anti-dumping measures (‘provisional . . disclosure), several interested parties made written Having regard to the proposal submitted by the European submissions making their views on the provisional Commission after having consulted the Advisory Committee, findings known. The parties who so requested were also granted the opportunity to be heard. Whereas: (5)  The Commission continued to seek and analyse all the information it deemed necessary for its definitive A. PROCEDURE findings 1. Provisional measures (), On 15 November 2012 by Regulation (EU) No 1071/2012 (3  (the provisional —Regulation) the B. PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT Europ can COIn.mISSIOI-I (the Commlssmn) imposed a (6)  One interested party claimed that the product they provmona} antl—dun.qp.1ng duty on imports O.f thread.ed import should not be part of the product concerned, Fubs or pp ;1 cals)t ﬁtltl,n gi’{ of brlr.lallez;blghFast {iﬁn’ POI{ICg’_ since its product had certain technical peculiarities. madlr_}%l lfl d ¢ reopies Bepublic o ina_(the ) Those malleable fittings use tapered threads, contrary to an anand. the parallel threads of the other imported malleable fittings. (2)  The proceeding was initiated by a notice of initiation (?) published on 16 February 2012, following a complaint lodged on 3 January 2012 by the Defence Committee of (7)  However, the investigation has shown that, apart from Tube or Pipe Cast Fittings, of Malleable Cast Iron of the European Union (the complainant) on behalf of producers representing more than 50 % of the total Union production of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings of malleable cast iron (threaded malleable fittings). OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. (3 OJ L 318, 15.11.2012, p. 10. O] C 44, 16.2.2012, p. 33. those technical specifications, those taper threaded fittings have the same physical and technical character- istics as the other imported malleable fittings. Furthermore, as concerns the use, the investigation has shown that the taper threaded fittings are used in a similar way to the other imported malleable fittings. Indeed, in one Member State where both types are used, they have been found to be interchangeable. The claim was therefore rejected.