As indicated above, this investigation is a combination of an expiry review based on Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation and an interim review based on Article 11(3), the latter having been initiated to examine the allegation that the injurious dumping had increased.

Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission initiated an investigation pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.

For the reasons set out in recitals 23 to 25, Poland was also used as an appropriate market-economy third country to determine the normal value for the expiry review.

It should also be noted that, since this is an expiry review investigation, this investigation should also show the impact of the existing measures in particular on users consumers and traders.

It should also be noted that, since this is an expiry review investigation, this investigation should also show the impact of the existing measures in particular on users, consumers and traders.

It was also contended by an Indonesian exporter who did not cooperate, that there is a contradiction between the conclusion stated in recital 118 and the fact that there is sufficient evidence to open an expiry review on the PRC.

It was also contended by an Indonesian exporter which did not cooperate, that there is a contradiction between the conclusion stated in recital 138 and the fact that there is sufficient evidence to open an expiry review on the PRC.

(42) The interested parties were informed of the facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the termination of the present partial interim review and the expiry review without the imposition of measures and were given an opportunity to comment.

Furthermore, as the present investigation is an expiry review, it allows analysis of a situation in which anti-dumping measures have already been in place and to assess any undue negative impact on the parties concerned by the current anti-dumping measures.

These duties were imposed further to an expiry review concerning the definitive anti-dumping measures imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3433/91 and extended by Regulation (EC) No 192/1999, in accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.

Based on the findings for the expiry review and as provided for by Article 11 (2) of the basic Regulation, the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of polyester stable fibres, originating in Belarus should be maintained.

In this respect, it should be recalled that the scope of an expiry review is to analyse the situation of the Community market as against the likelihood that dumping and injury would continue or recur should the measures in force be removed.

In this respect, it should be recalled that the scope of an expiry review is to analyse the situation of the Community market in the perspective of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury should the measures in force be removed.

(5) The Commission officially advised the applicant, the producers in the exporting country and their representatives of the initiation of the interim review and the expiry review, and gave all parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing.

(31) According to the application for the expiry review, which in this respect was based on information in the Metal Bulletin of August 2001, the total Chinese production capacity for the product under consideration is around 1203000 tonnes per year.

The request for expiry review was lodged by the International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee ('CIRFS') acting on behalf of Community producers representing a major proportion of the total Community production of PSF.

It follows from the above that the purpose of an expiry review, regardless of the level of imports from a given country concerned, is to determine whether the expiry of anti-dumping measures is likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.

It should be noted that the volume of the exports by the cooperating exporter constituted 80 % of the imports registered by Eurostat and was higher than the total volume of the product under consideration imported from the PRC during the IP of the previous expiry review.

Having determined, after consultation of the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry and an interim review pursuant to Articles 11(2) and 11(3) of the basic Regulation, the Commission published a notice of initiation in the Official Journal of the European Communities ( fn ) and commenced the investigation.

Imports of Korean CTVs into the United States of America were subject to anti-dumping measures since 1984. However, in November 1998 the United States of America allowed the anti-dumping measures to expire given the failure of the USA domestic industry to reply to the notice of initiation of the expiry review.

It should also be noted that, in the context of an expiry review, the scrutiny of a situation in which anti-dumping measures have been in place allows assessment of any negative, undue impact of the anti-dumping measures in force on the parties concerned.

In this respect, the request for the expiry review was mainly based on the grounds that the Belar-ussian exports to third countries were made at dumped prices and that the exporting producer has significant spare capacity.

Following the publication on 23 July 1998 (3) of a notice of impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures in force with regard to imports of ethanolamines originating in the USA, the Commission received a request to review these measures pursuant to Article 11(2) and 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (the 'Basic Regulation'), i.e. a request for an expiry and interim review.

As indicated above, this investigation is a combination of an expiry review based on Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation and an interim review based on Article 11(3), the latter having been initiated to examine information contained in the request for review indicating that the injurious dumping had increased.

Having determined, after consultation of the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission initiated an investigation pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities ().

The applicant Community producers did not request the initiation of an expiry review concerning imports originating in Croatia on the grounds that available statistics show very low exports worldwide and, accordingly, no reliable evidence concerning the likely recurrence of injurious dumping.

Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission initiated the present investigation pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation by the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of tne European Communities on 30 April 1999( 8 ).

Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry ( fn ) of the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of CTVs originating in China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, the Producers of European Televisions in Cooperation (Poetic), requested an expiry review of the measures in force pursuant to Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (the basic Regulation).

Consequently, and in the absence of any other reliable source, the analysis regarding the likelihood of recurrence of dumping, should the measures be allowed to expire, was based on information provided in the request for a review as well as information obtained in the course of the investigation from the Community industry and users of TCS.

Given the intention to obtain a global view of the impact of the imports from all the countries concerned on the Community industry, the data gathered in the investigation concerning Turkey was examined in conjunction with that gathered in the framework of the expiry and the interim reviews of measures against China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

By Regulation (EC) No 821/94 (), following an expiry review, the Council imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of silicon carbide, falling within CN code 2849 20 00, originating in the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as 'China'), the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as 'Russia') and the Ukraine.

In relation to the information available for the parallel expiry review against China, it emerged that the average undercutting margin found when prices were compared on a grade-by grade basis was in line with the margin found when Eurostat average import price was compared to Community industry average price.

(12) As in the previous expiry review, the investigation has shown that the silicon, produced in the PRC and sold domestically, as well as that exported to the Community, the silicon produced and sold on the domestic market of the analogue country (Norway) and that manufactured and sold in the Community by the applicant Community producers have the same basic physical and chemical characteristics, and the same basic uses.

The measures in relation to imports originating in Croatia have since expired ( fn ), but those in relation to imports originating in Thailand and China, as extended to imports consigned from Chinese Taipei, remain in force by virtue of the initiation of an expiry review ( fn ), pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96. The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1514/2002 ( fn ), also imposed anti-dumping measures on imports of tube and pipe fittings originating in the Czech Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Slovakia.

If an expiry review is carried out, the anti-dumping measure remains in force pending the outcome of the review.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXPIRY REVIEW

Such an expiry review shall be initiated on the initiative of the Commission, or upon request made by or on behalf of Community producers, and the measure shall remain in force pending the outcome of such review.

Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry(3) of the anti-dumping measures in force, the Commission received a request for an expiry review lodged by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) on behalf of two producers, together representing a major proportion (more than 80 %) of the total Community production of powdered activated carbon (PAC).

Following the publication, on 24 February 2000, of the notice of the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia(8), the Commission received a request for an expiry and an interim review pursuant to Article 11(2) and (3) of the basic Regulation, lodged by EFMA on behalf of producers representing a major proportion of Community production of ammonium nitrate ("applicant Community producers").

Following the publication, in September 2000, of a notice(6) of the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures in force, the Commission received a request for an expiry review lodged by the Defence Committee of EU Steel Butt-welding Fittings Industry, on behalf producers representing a major proportion of the total Community production of certain tube or pipe-fittings of iron or steel.

The investigation period for dumping for the expiry review is 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 ("expiry IP").

During the IP of the previous expiry review, the volume of silicon imports from the PRC to the Community was 10199 tonnes.

In accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the purpose of an expiry review is to determine whether the expiry of the measures is likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping.

The period considered for the assessment of the situation of the Community industry, as applied in the expiry review, covered the period from 1 January 1997 to the end of the expiry IP ("the period considered").

In the light of the results of the interim review leading to the expiry of the anti-dumping measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 2398/97, the procedure concerning the expiry review should be terminated accordingly.

The measures on imports of 3,5" microdisks originating in Japan, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China are currently subject to an expiry review(5).

More importantly, in December 1999, pursuant to an expiry review, it was concluded that the removal of these measures would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping(10).

The investigation has revealed that the import volume of the product under consideration from China was higher than in the IP of the previous expiry review and that it had clearly remained at dumped levels.

The Commission examined the evidence submitted by the applicant and considered it sufficient to justify the initiation of an interim review and an expiry review in accordance with the provisions of Article 11(2) and (3) of the basic Regulation.

As in the previous expiry review, in the notice of initiation of this expiry review, Norway was proposed as analogue country for the purposes of establishing normal value.