L 20/6 Official Journal of the European Union 27.1.2015 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/110 of 26 January 2015 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Belarus, the People’s Republic of China and Russia and terminating the proceeding for imports of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Ukraine following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (!) (the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 9(4) and Article 11(2) and (5) thereof, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force (1)  The Council, following an anti-dumping investigation (‘the previous investigation’), by Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008 (3, imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel currently falling within CN codes ex 7306 30 41, ex 7306 30 49, ex 7306 30 72 and ex 7306 30 77 originating in Belarus, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Thailand and Ukraine (‘the definitive anti-dumping measures’). The measures took the form of an ad valorem duty ranging between 10,1 % and 90,6 %. 2. Request for an expiry review (2)  Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry () of the definitive anti-dumping measures in force, the Commission received on 18 September 2013 a request for the initiation of an expiry review of these measures pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. The request was lodged by the Defence Committee of the welded steel tubes industry of the European Union (‘the applicant) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion of the total Union production of welded tubes and pipes, in this case more than 25 %. (3)  The request was based on the grounds that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the Union industry. 3. Initiation of an expiry review (4)  Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission announced on 19 December 2013, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) (the Notice of Initiation’), the initiation of an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. 4. Investigation 4.1.  Review investigation period and period considered (5)  The investigation of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 (‘the review investigation period’ or ‘RIP’). The examination of the trends relevant for the assessment of the likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury covered the period from 1 January 2010 to the end of the review investigation period (‘the period considered). 1 () OJL343,22.12.2009,p. 51. () OJL343,19.12.2008,p. 1. () 0JC136,15.5.2013,p. 25. () 0JC€372,19.12.2013,p. 21.