31978R1226

9 . 6 . 78 No L 153/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1226/78 of 6 June 1978 extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on kraft liner paper and board originating in the United States of America, and amending its method of calcu­ lation

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN the United States of America as set out below and COMMUNITIES, the free-at-frontier Community price, duty unpaid, per tonne net to the first importer. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, For the purpose of this Regulation, the fair market Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No prices in the United States of America brought up 459/68 of 5 April 1968 on protection against to a cif Community frontier basis, duty unpaid, are dumping or the granting of bounties or subsidies by as follows : countries which are not members of the European Per tonne Economic Community (*), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1411 /77 (2), and in particular Article 16 Nominal weight 175 grams or thereof, more per square metre : US$ 258 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Nominal weight 150 grams or more and less than 175 grams Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 51 1 /78 (3) the per square metre : US$ 268 Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping Nominal weight less than 150 duty on kraft liner paper and board originating in the grams per square metre : US$ 278 United States of America ; Whereas the examination of the facts of this matter has not yet been completed and the exporters and The above fair market prices : importers principally concerned have requested that the duty be extended for a period not exceeding three — shall be reduced by 1 % if the terms and months, conditions of sale provide for payment when the goods arrive in the Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — shall be net if payment is made within 30 days Article 1 of the arrival in the Community, — shall be increased by 1 % for each subsequent The provisional anti-dumping duty on kraft liner 30 day period of credit. paper and board originating in the United States of America, imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 511 /78, is hereby extended for a period not exceeding three Where prices are invoiced by reference to area, the months . fair market price per 100 square metres shall be calculated in accordance with the following Article 2 formula : Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 511 /78 shall be Fair market price in US$ per tonne x nominal replaced by the following : gram weight per square metre '2. The amount of such duty shall correspond to the difference between the fair market price in 10 000

(') OJ No L 93, 17. 4. 1968 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6 . 1977, p. 4 . The actual gram weight may vary by ± 5 % from (3) OJ No L 69, 11 . 3 . 1978 , p. 9. the nominal gram weight.'

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Article 3 Without prejudice to Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 459/68, it shall apply until the entry into force of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day an Act of the Council adopting definitive measures or, following its publication in the Official Journal of at the latest, until the expiry of a period of three the European Communities. months beginning on 11 June 1978 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Luxembourg, 6 June 1978 . For the Council

The President

K. B. ANDERSEN