Council Regulation (EC) No 193/1999 of 25 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan
L 22/10 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 1. 1999 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 193/1999 of 25 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, specifically excluded from the scope of the anti- dumping duty certain new models of professional cameras adding them to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Annex'). Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries the European Community (1), not members of B. INVESTIGATION MODELS OF CONCERNING NEW PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEMS Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consulting the Advisory Committee, 1. Procedure (5) (6) (7) Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURES By Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (2), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems (hereinafter referred to as ‘TCSs') originating in Japan. The Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty the professional TCSs listed in the Annex to that Regulation, representing high-end professional cameras technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2474/95 (3), but which cannot be regarded as broadcast cameras. In October 1995, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2474/95, amended Regulation (EC) No 1015/ 94, in particular as regards the like product defini- tion and as regards certain models of professional TCSs explicitly exempted from the scope of the definitive anti-dumping duty. In October 1997, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1952/97, amended the rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty for two companies concerned, namely for Sony Corporation and Ikegami Tsush- inki in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the the Council Basic Regulation'). Furthermore, Subsequently, four Japanese producers/exporters informed the Commission that they intended to introduce new models of professional TCSs into the Community market and requested that these new models of professional TCSs and their access- ories be added to the Annex, thus making them exempt from the scope of the anti-dumping duties. the Community The Commission informed industry accordingly and commenced an invest- igation limited to the determination of whether the products under consideration fall within the scope of the anti-dumping duties and whether Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 should be amended accordingly. 2. Models under investigation Applications were following models of TCSs, supplied with the relevant tech- nical information: received for the (i) Ikegami Tsushinki Co. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as ‘Ikegami') — camera head HDL-37, which was presented as a successor to the camera head HDL- 30MA and as a camera primarily used in the medical and technical sector; (ii) Hitachi Denshi, Ltd (hereinafter referred to as ‘Hitachi') (1) OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (OJ L 128, 30. 4. 1998, p. 18). (2) OJ L 111, 30. 4. 1994, p. 106. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1952/97 (OJ L 276, 9. 10. 1997, p. 20). (3) OJ L 255, 25. 10. 1995, p. 11. — camera head Z-ONE. DA, which was presented as a successor model of camera head Z-ONE. D, sold without a triax adaptor, and which was 29. 1. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/11 — new accessories to Z-ONE. DA: — camera adaptor CA-Z1A, which was presented as the new version of camera adaptor CA-Z1 and which is to be connected with the camera head model Z-ONE. DA, — viewfinder which GM-8A, was presented as the standard viewfinder for camera head model Z-ONE. DA and a successor model of viewfinder GM-5- R2 already included in the Annex; (iii) Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH (hereinafter referred to as ‘Olympus') — camera control unit OTV-S5, — camera control unit OTV-SX 2, — camera head MAJ-387N, — camera head MAJ-387I. All abovementioned models were represented as models used in the medical sector; concluded that completely identical. Furthermore, the almost small differences found did not affect the classi- fication of these TCSs as professional TCSs. The Commission consequently all requests for exclusion should be granted. The Commission informed the Community producers and the exporters of TCSs of its findings and provided them with an opportunity to present their views. On this basis and in the light of the fact that to the the interested parties did not object Commission’s conclusions, all models and related equipment listed in recital 7 are professional cameras. It follows that they should be exempted from the application of the anti-dumping duty applicable to certain TCSs originating in Japan, and that the Annex should be amended accord- ingly, (iv) Sony Logistics Europe BV (hereinafter referred HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: to as ‘Sony') new camera series DXC-D30WSPL, which was presented as a successor of DXC-D30P camera series, consisting of: — camera head DXC-D30WSP, — viewfinder DXF-701WSCE, — adaptor VCT-U14, and which was sold without a triax adaptor. Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 shall be replaced by the Annex hereto. 3. Findings (8) The Commission carried out a technical exam- ination including a detailed comparison of the models concerned with their predecessor models they were listed in the Annex and found that Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 January 1999. For the Council The President J. FISCHER L 22/12 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 1. 1999 ANNEX List of professional camera systems not qualified as broadcast camera systems which are exempted from the measures Company name Camera heads Viewfinder Camera control unit Operational control unit Master control unit (*) Camera adaptors Sony DXC-M7PK DXF-3000CE DXC-M7P DXC-M7PH DXF-325CE DXF-501CE DXC-M7PK/1 DXF-M3CE DXC-M7P/1 DXF-M7CE DXC-M7PH/1 DXF-40CE DXC-327PK DXF-40ACE DXC-327PL DXF-50CE DXC-327PH DXF-601CE DXC-327APK DXF-40BCE DXC-327APL DXF-50BCE DXC-327AH DXF-701CE DXC-537PK DXF-WSCE (1) RM-M7G — CCU-M3P CCU-M5P CCU-M7P CA-325P CA-325AP CA-325B CA-327P CA-537P CA-511 CA-512P CA-513 VCT-U14 (1) DXC-537PL DXC-537PH DXC-537APK DXC-537APL DXC-537APH EVW-537PK EVW-327PK DXC-637P DXC-637PK DXC-637PL DXC-637PH PVW-637PK PVW-637PL DXC-D30PF DXC-D30PK DXC-D30PL DXC-D30PH DSR-130PF DSR-130PK DSR-130PL PVW-D30PF PVW-D30PK PVW-D30PL DXC-327BPF DXC-327BPK DXC-327BPL DXC-327BPH DXC-D30WSP (1) 29. 1. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/13 Camera heads Viewfinder Camera control unit Operational control unit Master control unit (*) Camera adaptors CA-340 CA-300 CA-230 CA-390 CA-Z1 CA-Z2 CA-Z1SJ CA-Z1SP CA-Z1M CA-Z1M2 CA-Z1HB CA-C10 CA-C10SP CA-C10SJA CA-C10M CA-C10B CA-Z1A (1) Company name Ikegami VF15-21/22 MA-200/230 RCU-240 — VF-4523 VF15-39 HC-340 HC-300 HC-230 HC-240 HC-210 HC-390 LK-33 HDL-30MA HDL-37 — — RU-C1 (B) RU-C1 (D) RU-C1 RU-C1-S5 RU-C10 (B) RU-C10 (C) RC-C1 RC-C10 RU-C10 RU-Z1 (B) RU-Z1 (C) RU-Z1 RC-C11 RU-Z2 RC-Z1 RC-Z11 RC-Z2 RC-Z21 Hitachi SK-H5 SK-H501 DK-7700 GM-5 (A) GM-5-R2 (A) GM-5-R2 DK-7700SX GM-50 GM-8A (1) HV-C10 HV-C11 HV-C10F Z-ONE (L) Z-ONE (H) Z-ONE Z-ONE A (L) Z-ONE A (H) Z-ONE A (F) Z-ONE A Z-ONE B (L) Z-ONE B (H) Z-ONE B (F) Z-ONE B Z-ONE B (M) Z-ONE B (R) FP-C10 (B) FP-C10 (C) FP-C10 (D) FP-C10 (G) FP-C10 (L) FP-C10 (R) FP-C10 (S) FP-C10 (V) FP-C10 (F) FP-C10 FP-C10 A FP-C10 A (A) FP-C10 A (B) FP-C10 A (C) FP-C10 A (D) FP-C10 A (F) L 22/14 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 1. 1999 Company name Camera heads Viewfinder Camera control unit Operational control unit Master control unit (*) Camera adaptors FP-C10 A (G) FP-C10 A (H) FP-C10 A (L) FP-C10 A (R) FP-C10 A (S) FP-C10 A (T) FP-C10 A (V) FP-C10 A (W) Z-ONE C (M) Z-ONE C (R) Z-ONE C (F) Z-ONE C HV-C20 HV-C20M Z-ONE-D Z-ONE-D (A) Z-ONE-D (B) Z-ONE-D (C) Z-ONE-DA (1) Matsushita WV-F700 WV-VF65BE WV-RC700/B — — WV-AD700SE WV-F700A WV-VF40E WV-RC700/G WV-F700SHE WV-VF39E WV-RC700A/B WV-F700ASHE WV-VF65BE (*) WV-RC700A/G WV-F700BHE WV-VF40E (*) WV-RC36/B WV-AD700ASE WV-AD700ME WV-AD250E WV-AD500E (*) WV-F700ABHE WV-VF42E WV-F700MHE WV-F350 WV-F350HE WV-F350E WV-F350AE WV-F350DE WV-F350ADE WV-F500HE (*) WV-F565HE WV-RC36/G WV-RC37/B WV-RC37/G WV-CB700E WV-CB700AE WV-CB700E (*) WV-CB700AE (*) WV-RC700/B (*) WV-RC700/G (*) WV-RC700A/B (*) WV-RC700A/G (*) WV-RC550/G WV-RC550/B JVC KY-35E KY-27ECH KY-19ECH VF-P315E VF-P550E VF-P10E KY-17FITECH VP-P115E KY-17BECH VF-P400E KY-F30FITE VP-P550BE KY-F30BE VF-P116 RM-P350EG RM-P200EG RM-P300EG RM-LP80E RM-LP821E RM-LP35U RM-LP37U — — KA-35E KA-B35U KA-M35U KA-P35U KA-27E KA-20E KA-P27U 29. 1. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/15 Company name Camera heads Viewfinder Camera control unit Operational control unit Master control unit (*) Camera adaptors KY-27CECH KH-100U KY-D29ECH Olympus MAJ-387N MAJ-387I Camera OTV-SX RM-P270EG OTV-SX2 OTV-S5 (*) Also called master set-up unit (MSU) or master control panel (MCP). (1) Models exempted under the condition that the corresponding triax adaptor is not sold on the EC market. KA-P20U KA-B27E KA-B20E KA-M20E KA-M27E