24.3.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 77/55 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 March 2010 amending Decision 2006/109/EC by accepting three offers to join the joint price undertaking accepted in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain castings originating in the People’s Republic of China (2010/177/EV) 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 Articles 8 and 11(3) thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1) The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1212/2005 (?) (the definitive Regulation), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain castings originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This Regulation was last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 500/2009 (3). (2)  The Commission, by Decision 2006/109/EC (*) accepted a joint price undertaking from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Elec- tronics Products (CCCME) together with 20 cooperating Chinese companies or cooperating groups of companies. This Decision was amended by Commission Decision 2008/437[EC (). (3)  The definitive Regulation gives the possibility to new Chinese exporting producers to be granted the same treatment as the cooperating companies in the original investigation, on the condition that these producers have been granted the new exporting producer treatment (NEPT) in accordance with Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1212/2005. (4)  Following three requests for NEPT based on Article 1(4) of the definitive Regulation, the Council, by Regulation () O] L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. () OJ L 199, 29.7.2005, p. 1. () O] L 151, 16.6.2009, p. 6. (4 O] L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 59. () O] L 153, 12.6.2008, p. 37. (EC) No 426/2008 (°) amended the definitive Regulation and assigned an individual duty rate of 28,6 % to the exporting producers HanDan County Yan Yuan Smelting and Casting Co., Ltd (HanDan), XianXian Guozhuang Precision Casting Co., Ltd (XianXian) and Wuxi Norlong Foundry Co., Ltd (Norlong). (5)  Following a request for NEPT based on Article 1(4) of the definitive Regulation, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 282/2009 (') amended the definitive Regulation and assigned and individual duty rate of 28,6 % to the exporting producer Weifang Stable Casting Co., Ltd (Weifang). (6) It is recalled that all four exporting producers received individual treatment (IT) during the NEPT investigation. (7)  Two of the four above-mentioned exporting producers granted NEPT (XianXian and Weifang) submitted together with the CCCME formal offers to join the joint liability undertaking accepted by the Commission. (8) On 10 June 2009, the Commission, by a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (%), initiated a partial interim review of the definitive measures. The review is limited in scope to the examination of the form of the measures and in particular to the examination of the acceptability and workability of undertakings offered by exporting producers in the PRC. (9)  After the initiation of the partial interim review of the measures, yet another exporting producer granted NEPT, HanDan, submitted within the deadline, together with the CCCME a formal offer to join the joint liability under- taking accepted by the Commission. (10)  Another exporting producer granted NEPT, Norlong, submitted that it does not wish to adhere to the joint undertaking accepted by the Commission, but offered, within the deadline, a separate undertaking. () O] L 129, 17.5.2008, p. 1. () O] L 94, 8.4.2009, p. 1. (% O] C 131, 10.6.2009, p. 18.