Investigation period

Investigation Period

Investigation period

Investigation period

Investigation period

Investigation Period

6 The adjustment made for start-up operations shall reflect the costs at the end of the start-up period or, if that period extends beyond the period of investigation, the most recent costs which can reasonably be taken into account by the authorities during the investigation.

The vessel shall not be detained for a period longer than that which is strictly necessary to complete the investigations into relevant offences.

Fluctuations in exchange rates shall be ignored and in an investigation the authorities shall allow exporters at least 60 days to have adjusted their export prices to reflect sustained movements in exchange rates during the period of investigation.

13.2 Furthermore, throughout the period of investigation, Members the products of which are the subject of the investigation shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to continue consultations, with a view to clarifying the factual situation and to arriving at a mutually agreed solution.[115]

If prices which are below per unit costs at the time of sale are above weighted average per unit costs for the period of investigation, such prices shall be considered to provide for recovery of costs within a reasonable period of time.

Any statute of limitations applicable to the offence of bribery of a foreign public official shall allow an adequate period of time for the investigation and prosecution of this offence.

Where an investigation has been held at the Disciplinary Board's initiative, the time limit shall be four months, provided that this period is commensurate with the degree of complexity of the case.

When authorities, in the course of an investigation, examine whether a duty lower than the margin of dumping would be sufficient to remove injury, these periods may be six and nine months, respectively.

When the Prosecutor has deferred an investigation in accordance with paragraph 2, the Prosecutor may request that the State concerned periodically inform the Prosecutor of the progress of its investigations and any subsequent prosecutions.

If the immediate execution of a request would interfere with an ongoing investigation or prosecution of a case different from that to which the request relates, the requested State may postpone the execution of the request for a period of time agreed upon with the Court.

If evidence or information is not accepted, the supplying party should be informed forthwith of the reasons therefor, and should have an opportunity to provide further explanations within a reasonable period, due account being taken of the time limits of the investigation.

By mutual agreement, the competent authorities of two or more Member States may set up a joint investigation team for a specific purpose and a limited period, which may be extended by mutual consent, to carry out criminal investigations in one or more of the Member States setting up the team.

6.8 In cases in which any interested party refuses access to, or otherwise does not provide, necessary information within a reasonable period or significantly impedes the investigation, preliminary and final determinations, affirmative or negative, may be made on the basis of the facts available.

Unless already reflected in the cost allocations under this sub paragraph, costs shall be adjusted appropriately for those non recurring items of cost which benefit future and/or current production, or for circumstances in which costs during the period of investigation are affected by start up operations.[34]

6.1.1 Exporters or foreign producers receiving questionnaires used in an anti dumping investigation shall be given at least 30 days for reply.[43] Due consideration should be given to any request for an extension of the 30 day period and, upon cause shown, such an extension should be granted whenever practicable.

12.7 In cases in which any interested Member or interested party refuses access to, or otherwise does not provide, necessary information within a reasonable period or significantly impedes the investigation, preliminary and final determinations, affirmative or negative, may be made on the basis of the facts available.

No investigation or prosecution may be commenced or proceeded with under this Statute for a period of 12 months after the Security Council, in a resolution adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, has requested the Court to that effect; that request may be renewed by the Council under the same conditions.

12.1.1 Exporters, foreign producers or interested Members receiving questionnaires used in a countervailing duty investigation shall be given at least 30 days for reply.[111] Due consideration should be given to any request for an extension of the 30 day period and, upon cause shown, such an extension should be granted whenever practicable.

Our investigations of patients with acute and chronic periodontitis have demonstrated that, as well as metalloproteinases, cysteine proteinases, cathepsine B, L and H and their endogenous inhibitors, such as tissue derived stefins A and B, cystatin C, kininogens, a variety of salivary cystatins (S, SN, SA) and alpha-2 marcroglobulin, play an active reole in the process.

Authorities shall consider all available evidence on the proper allocation of costs, including that which is made available by the exporter or producer in the course of the investigation provided that such allocations have been historically utilized by the exporter or producer, in particular in relation to establishing appropriate amortization and depreciation periods and allowances for capital expenditures and other development costs.

9.5 If a product is subject to anti dumping duties in an importing Member, the authorities shall promptly carry out a review for the purpose of determining individual margins of dumping for any exporters or producers in the exporting country in question who have not exported the product to the importing Member during the period of investigation, provided that these exporters or producers can show that they are not related to any of the exporters or producers in the exporting country who are subject to the anti dumping duties on the product.

The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 March 2003 (the investigation period, or IP).

The investigation of subsidisation covered the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 March 2003 (investigation period or IP).

The investigation period covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 (the IP).

The investigation of subsidisation and injury covered the period from 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002 (investigation period or IP).

It is recalled that the investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 (investigation period "IP").

It is recalled that the investigation of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002 (investigation period or IP).

The investigation period for dumping and injury covered the period from 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002.

Accordingly, information relating to a period subsequent to the investigation period shall, normally, not be taken into account.

The investigation period of this reinvestigation (new IP) ran from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003.

It is recalled that the investigation period of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002 ("IP").

Between 2001 and the investigation period they rose sharply by almost 14000 tonnes; i.e. by more than one third.

In the course of the investigation, it was found that during the investigation period, only two sales transactions to the Community were recorded, for a respective volume of 40 and 20 tonnes.

it did not export to the Community the products described in Article 1(1) during the investigation period (1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002) and

More than 80 companies identified themselves, provided the requested information within the three-week period and had exported the product concerned to the Community during the investigation period.

A number of Community importers replied by declaring that they had not imported any steel ropes and cables from Moldova during the investigation period.

One importer reported that it had two deliveries of the product concerned amounting to 196 tonnes declared as of Moldovan origin during the investigation period.

First it should be noted that, in line with a consistent Community practice, events relating to a period subsequent to the investigation period can only be taken into account if they are manifest, undisputed and lasting.

Three other importers/users declared that they would not reply to the questionnaire because they had only imported very marginal quantities of the product concerned during the investigation period.

In establishing whether the prices in the Community had moved sufficiently, the price levels charged during the new IP were compared to those charged during the original investigation period (original IP) which had covered the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.