L 131/14 Official Journal of the European Union 18.5.2011 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 477/2011 of 17 May 2011 initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2010 on imports of certain molybdenum wires originating in the People’s Republic of China by imports of certain molybdenum wires consigned from Malaysia and Switzerland, whether declared as originating in Malaysia and Switzerland or not, and making such imports subject to registration 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 13(3), 14(3) and 14(5) thereof, After having consulted the Advisory Committee in accordance with Articles 13(3) and 14(3) of the basic Regulation, Whereas: A. REQUEST The European Commission (the Commission) has received a request pursuant to Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of the basic Regulation to investigate the possible circum- vention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain molybdenum wires originating in the People’s Republic of China and to make imports of certain molybdenum wires consigned from Malaysia and Switzerland, whether declared as originating in Malaysia and Switzerland or not, subject to registration. The request was lodged on 4 April 2011 by the European Association of Metals (Eurometaux) on behalf of a Union producer of certain molybdenum wires. B. PRODUCT The product concerned by the possible circumvention is molybdenum wire, containing by weight at least 99,95 % of molybdenum, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1,35 mm but does not exceed 4,0 mm, originating in the People’s Republic of China, currently falling within CN code ex 8102 96 00 (the product concerned). The product under investigation is the same as that defined in the previous recital, but consigned from Malaysia and Switzerland, whether originating in Malaysia and Switzerland or not, currently falling within the same CN code as the product concerned. () OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. C. EXISTING MEASURES The measures currently in force and possibly being circumvented are anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2010 (3. D. GROUNDS The request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain molybdenum wires originating in the People’s Republic of China are being circumvented by means of the tran- shipment via Malaysia and Switzerland. The evidence submitted is as follows: The request shows that a significant change in the pattern of trade involving exports from the People’s Republic of China, Malaysia and Switzerland to the Union has taken place following the imposition of measures on the product concerned, and that there is insufficient due cause or justification other than the imposition of the duty for such a change. This change in the pattern of trade appears to stem from the transhipment of certain molybdenum wires orig- inating in the People’s Republic of China via Malaysia and Switzerland. Furthermore, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the remedial effects of the existing anti- dumping measures on the product concerned are being undermined in terms of quantity. Significant volumes of imports of the product under investigation appear to have replaced imports of the product concerned. In addition, the Commission is in possession of sufficient evidence that imports of the product under investigation are made at prices well below the non-injurious price established in the investigation that led to the existing measures, adjusted for the decrease in the prices of the raw material costs. Finally, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the prices of the product under investi- gation are dumped in relation to the normal value previously established for the product concerned, adjusted for the decrease in the prices of the raw material costs. () O] L 150, 16.6.2010, p. 17.