17.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 338/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1342/2013 of 12 December 2013 repealing the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in the Russian Federation following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 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 Articles 9(2) and 11(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the European Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 (3 the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables (SWR) originating in the Russian Federation, Turkey, Thailand, and the Czech Republic. Those measures will hereinafter be referred to as ‘the original measures’ and the investigation that led to those measures will hereinafter be referred to as ‘the original investigation’. (20 The Commission had accepted in August 2001 a price undertaking offer by a Russian producer (JSC Severstal- Metiz). That undertaking agreement was repealed in October 2007 (%) because it was considered unworkable due to difficulties in the proper classification of the large number of product types exported by the company. (3) By Regulation (EC) No 1279/2007 (*) the Council, following partial interim and expiry reviews, maintained () O] L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. () O] L 211, 4.8.2001, p. 1. () O] L 285, 31.10.2007, p. 52. (4 O] L 285, 31.10.2007, p. 1. O] O] the original measures for the Russian Federation in accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. Those measures will hereinafter be referred to as ‘the measures in force’ and the expiry review investigation will hereinafter be referred to as ‘the last investigation’. Regulation (EC) No 1279/2007 also terminated the measures concerning imports of steel ropes and cables originating in Turkey and Thailand. Currently (°), there are also measures in force against SWR from Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China, which were extended to imports of SWR consigned from Morocco, Moldova and the Republic of Korea. 2. Request for a review On 27 October 2012, the Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union the initiation of an expiry review (notice of initi- ation’) (%) of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of SWR originating in the Russian Federation pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. The review was initiated following a substantiated request lodged by the Liaison Committee of European Union Wire Rope Industries (hereafter referred to as EWRIS’ or ‘the applicant) on behalf of Union producers repre- senting more than 50 % of the total Union production of certain iron or steel ropes and cables. The request was based on the grounds that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in continuation of dumping and recurrence of injury to the Union Industry (‘UT). 3. Investigation 3.1. Review investigation period and period considered The investigation of continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012 (the ‘RIP’). The L 36, 9.2.2012, p. 1. C 330, 27.10.2012, p. 5.