The dumping margin established in the initial investigation was high (more than 50 %, leading to a duty of ECU 3 479 per tonne).

The form of the duty set out in that Regulation was a specific duty of EUR 3,98 per tonne for all Lithuanian exporting producers.

Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 8 500 tonnes (overall quantity for the two subheadings referring to tomato juice).

If a Community fishing vessel exceeds the maximum catch laid down for each vessel, a duty of EUR 25 per tonne shall be payable.

( 1 ) Including a fishery by this Member State of 1865 tonnes of mackerel in ICES Division IIIa and in EC waters of ICES Division IVab (MAC/3A/4AB).

A maximum guaranteed quantity (MGQ) per marketing year of 443 500 tonnes of sun-dried fodder for which the aid referred to in Article 3 (3) may be granted is hereby established.

Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 82 700 tonnes (overall quantity for the four subpositions referring to orange juice), of which not more than 20 000 tonnes may be imported in packings of a capacity of two litres or less.

A Maximum Guaranteed Quantity (MGQ) per marketing year of 4412400 tonnes of dehydrated fodder for which the aid referred to in Article 3 (2) may be granted is hereby established.

A maximum guaranteed quantity (MGQ) per marketing year of 4 394 million tonnes of dehydrated fodder for which the aid referred to in Article 3 (2) may be granted is hereby established.

A Maximum Guaranteed Quantity (MGQ) per marketing year of 443 500 tonnes of sun-dried fodder for which the aid referred to in Article 3 (3) may be granted is hereby established.

The quality characteristics shall be established on the basis of a representative sample of the lot offered, consisting of samples taken at the rate of once every delivery for at least every 60 tonnes.

Within the framework of the tariff quota, imports of third-country bananas shall be subject to a levy of ECU 100 per tonne and imports of non-traditional ACP bananas shall be subject to a zero duty.

(b) proof that the applicant has lodged a security of EUR 85 per tonne with the competent authority of the Member State of release for free circulation.

Imports of the product concerned rose in absolute terms from 1997 to 2001, with the first increase of 60 000 tonnes taking place between 1997 and 1998, and a further increase of 60 000 tonnes between 1998 and 2001. Likewise, significant increases can be observed in relation to the total production and in relation to production sold.

A full load displacement exceeding 500 tonnes with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, exceeding 35 knots in a significant wave height of 3,25 m (Sea State 5) or more;

A full load displacement exceeding 1 500 tonnes with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, exceeding 25 knots in a significant wave height of 4 m (Sea State 6) or more.

(b) proof is provided that the tenderer has lodged a tendering security of EUR 70 per tonne, in the Member State where the tender is submitted, for the tendering round in question before the closing date for submission of tenders.

(b) shall be accompanied by proof that a security of EUR 150 per tonne requested has been lodged in accordance with title III of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85(3), together with the appropriate supporting documents.

An ad valorem duty of 2.5 % within an annual Community tariff quota of 18 700 metric tons, shall be applicable to imports into the Community of products listed below and originating in Turkey:

1. A maximum guaranteed quantity (MGQ) per marketing year of 4855900 tonnes of dehydrated and/or sun-dried fodder for which the aid provided for in Article 4(2) may be granted is hereby established.

If the quantity caught each year by Community vessels in Mozambique's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) exceeds this weight, the amount referred to above shall be proportionately increased at the rate of EUR 75 per additional tonne.

The amount of duty shall be equal to the fixed amount in euro per tonne of KCl shown below per category and grade (standard potash is to be understood as potash in powder form):

A tariff quota per marketing year of 32 000 tonnes of rice falling within CN code 1006 originating in and coming from Egypt, benefiting from a reduction in customs duties of an amount equal to 25 % of the value of those duties as calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, shall be opened in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.

The abovementioned price of ECU 117/tonne in the IP is 23 % lower than the Chinese price charged in the Community during the same period and 2,5 % below the minimum price established by the preceding measures for the Community.

The percentage referred to in the first paragraph shall be equal to the ratio between the quantities respectively, of 73000 tonnes for the period 1999/2000 to 2003/2004 and 61500 tonnes for the 2004/2005 marketing years, and the total of the reference quantities available on each holding on 31 March 2000. It shall apply for each producer only to the reference quantities available to that producer on 31 March 2000."

Applications for import licences with regard to subquota II totalling 34450 tonnes may be lodged only by operators who have been approved in advance for such purposes by the competent authority in the Member State where they are entered in the VAT register.

The new system subjects imports of garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00, outside of a GATT quota, to a customs duty comprising an ad valorem rate of 9,6 % and a specific amount, fixed at EUR 1200 per tonne net.

The tariff quota for the marketing year 2002/03 is to be equal to 85313 tonnes, white sugar equivalent, for products of CN code 1701 11 10. For each of the following marketing years, the quotas shall be increased by 15 % over the quotas of the previous marketing year.

The flat-rate aid of ECU 15 per tonne fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 shall be granted for a quantity of 12 000 tonnes per year for the supply of barley harvested on the island of Limnos to the other smaller Aegean Islands.

Licences shall be issued subject to the payment to the Fundo de Fomento Pesqueiro of an annual advance of EUR 3000 per tuna seiner and EUR 1500 per surface longliner, which corresponds to the fees payable for catches of 120 tonnes and 60 tonnes respectively of tuna and related species in Mozambique's EEZ.

A premium of ECU 18,43 per tonne of starch produced shall be paid to undertakings producing potato starch for the quantity of potato starch up the quota limit referred to in Article 2 (2), provided that they have paid to potato producers the minimum price, referred to in Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (1), for all the potatoes necessary to produce starch up to that quota limit.

(6) Given that the tax of EUR 30/tonne on exports of ferrous scrap applied as of 1 January 2003 has not been lifted nor diminished, it is appropriate to set the quantitative limits for the year 2004 at the same level as for the year 2003,

During the period from 1 April to 31 July and within the limits of 75000 tonnes per year, the intervention agencies shall buy in the quantities of paddy rice which are offered to them provided the offers comply with conditions, in particular in respect of quantity and quality, to be determined.

Even though the Chinese CIF sales prices to the United States increased from 1994 to 1995 by 80 % starting from a very low level, they have decreased since and remained considerably below the EU minimum price of ECU 112 t imposed in 1993.

In addition to the security provided for in the last sub-paragraph of point 1, at the latest on the day on which the sugar is declared to the customs authorities Emesa shall lodge a bank guarantee of USD 28/tonne at the customs office where the formalities of release for free circulation are completed.

the Norwegian party declares its firm objective to seek, through appropriate and efficient management measures, to reach a long term maximum sustainable TAC on a level of the historic mean of some 600 000 to 700 000 tonnes of Arcto Norwegian cod.

The quantity of by-products for feed or food uses likely to be made available as a result of the cultivation of oilseeds on land set-aside under paragraph 3 first indent shall be taken into account for the respect of the limit of 1 million tonnes referred to in Article 56(3).

whereas, following deliberations within the committee set up under Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 517/94, it was considered appropriate, in particular in the light of the situation of the Community industry concerned, to set annual quantitative limits for imports into the Community of products falling within categories 87 and 109 originating in North Korea of 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes respectively, which will be applicable from the date of entry into force of this Regulation;

OCT imports may reach the level of 160000 tonnes referred to in the first subparagraph, including the abovementioned 35000 tonnes, without prejudice to any increases referred to in subparagraphs 4 and 5, in so far as the ACP States do not actually use their direct export possibilities under the quota referred to in the first subparagraph.

It follows from the above that, as provided for by Article 11 (2) of the Basic Regulation, the variable anti-dumping duties in combination with a minimum price of ECU 120/tonne on imports of DBM originating in the People's Republic of China imposed by Regulation (EC) No 3386/93 should be maintained,

whereas, on the one hand, imports of bananas from third countries would be subject to a tariff of ECU 100 per tonne, which corresponds to the current rate under the Common Customs Tariff, and, on the other hand, imports of non-traditional bananas from the ACP would be subject to zero duty in accordance with the abovementioned agreements;

In December 1993, definitive anti-dumping measures were imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 3386/ 93 (2) in the form of a variable duty associated to a minimum import price of ECU 120/tonne on imports of dead-burned (sintered) magnesia (hereinafter DBM) originating in the People's Republic of China.

Finally, the analysis of the cooperating importers' questionnaire responses revealed that, for significant sales of CCM used for agricultural purposes, the exporters' cif sales price was just at the minimum price level of ECU 112 t, suggesting that these prices were limited by the anti-dumping measures presently applicable.

Resale prices of US imports in the Community were substantially below the Community industry's sales prices in 1995 and 1996. The downward pressure of 17 % on the Community industry's sales prices from 1995 to 1996 occurred at the same time MEA imports from the USA almost doubled and the resale price of US imports of MEA dropped by 14% to ECU 605 per tonne, lowering the Community industry's sales price by 22 % to ECU 647 per tonne.

The Community has concluded an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters with Canada providing for the opening of a 650000 tonne tariff quota for newsprint (order number 09.0015), 600000 tonnes of which, in accordance with Article XIII of the GATT, is reserved until 30 November of each year for products from Canada alone; the Agreement also provides for a mandatory 5 % increase in the share of the quota reserved for imports from Canada in the event of that share being exhausted before the end of a given year;

A premium of EUR 22,25 per tonne of starch produced shall be paid to undertakings producing potato starch for the quantity of potato starch up the quota limit referred to in Article 2(2), provided that they have paid to potato producers the minimum price, referred to in Article 4a, for all the potatoes necessary to produce starch up to that quota limit."

Whereas, in order to comply with the Community quantitative limit of 43 000 tonnes provided for this scheme, each Member State should inform the Commission at the beginning of the marketing year of overall quantities granted; whereas, where appropriate, it is necessary to provide for methods of reducing the overall quantities if the maximum quantitative limit is exceeded;

The import security of EUR 5 per tonne referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released in respect of the quantity of products imported under each quota which complies with the criteria referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, as the case may be. Should the tests referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 show that the quality of the imported product is below standard, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 (10), shall apply.

If this Agreement does not enter into force at the beginning of a calendar year, Member States of the Community shall, for the period from the date of entry into force of this Agreement until the beginning of the next calendar year, open tariff quotas of one twelfth of the tonnages mentioned in Article 2 for each month between the date of entry into force of this Agreement and the beginning of the next calendar year.

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1543/93 of 14 June 1993 fixing the amount of the premium paid to producers of potato starch during the 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1995/96 marketing years (4) provided for the Council to decide what measures to take if the production of potato starch within the Community exceeded 1,5 million tonnes in the marketing year 1993/94 or 1994/95;