22.1.2015 Official Journal of the European Union L 15/31 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/83 of 21 January 2015 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the People’s Republic of China 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 11(2), (5) and (6) thereof, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force (1)  Following an anti-dumping investigation (the original investigation’), the Council imposed, by means of Regulation (EC) No 1187/2008 (), a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘China). (2)  The imposed measures took the form of an ad valorem duty rate of 39,7 %, with the exception of Hebei Meihus MSG Group Co. Ltd (33,8 %), Tongliao Meihua Bio-Tech Co. Ltd (33,8 %) and Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Co. Ltd (36,5 %). 2. Request for an expiry review (3)  Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry (}) of the anti-dumping measures in force, the Commission received a request for the initiation of an expiry review of these measures pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. (4)  The request was lodged by Ajinomoto Foods Europe SAS (the applicant), the sole Union producer of monosodium glutamate, thus representing 100 % of the total Union production of monosodium glutamate. (5)  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 (6)  Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission announced on 29 November 2013, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) (Notice of Initiation’), the initiation of an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. 4. Parallel anti-dumping investigation (7)  In parallel, on the same date, the Commission announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation pursuant to Article 5 of the basic Regulation with regard to imports into the Union of monosodium glutamate originating in Indonesia (%). () OJL343,22.12.2009,p. 51. (*) Council Regulation (EC) No 1187/2008 of 27 November 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the People’s Republic of China (O] L 322, 2.12.2008, p-1). () 0JC60,1.3.2013, p. 10. () O] C349,29.11.2013, p. 14. () Notice of Initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of monosodium glutamate originating in Indonesia (OJ C 349, 29.11.2013, p. 5).