Pending a ruling by the Pre-Trial Chamber, or at any time when the Prosecutor has deferred an investigation under this article, the Prosecutor may, on an exceptional basis, seek authority from the Pre-Trial Chamber to pursue necessary investigative steps for the purpose of preserving evidence where there is a unique opportunity to obtain important evidence or there is a significant risk that such evidence may not be subsequently available.

Given the nature of this scheme, which is equivalent to a one-time grant, the commercial interest rate during the investigation period in India, i.e. 10 %, was considered appropriate.

Given the nature of this subsidy, which is equivalent to a one-time grant, the long-term commercial interest rate during the IP in India was considered appropriate.

These loans were reported as loans without any interest payments by the company during the investigation period and where the principal amounts of the loans were granted in one-off grants.

The increase in consumption from 1997 to the investigation period was mainly due to a one-off increase in demand from retailers arising from the introduction of the euro.

The increase in consumption in 1997 and the investigation period was mainly due to a one-off increase in demand from retailers arising from the introduction of the Euro ('Euro-effect').

The increase in consumption in 1997 and the investigation period was mainly due to a one-off increase in demand from retailers arising from the introduction of the euro ('euro-effect').

Indeed, should the investigation have been formally concluded, one of the consequences could have been the imposition of measures on all disposable gas-fuelled pocket lighters, i.e. refillable or non-refillable, piezo or flint originating in the countries subject to the present investigation.

Therefore, it was considered that a review in accordance with Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation (interim review) should be opened as regards Regulation (EC) No 1824/2001 in order to allow any amendment or repeal necessary in the light of the investigation under Article 5 of the basic Regulation concerning all disposable lighters originating in the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Regarding the definitive anti-dumping measures in force against non-refillable flint lighters and certain refillable lighters originating in the People's Republic of China or consigned from or originating in Taiwan, the Commission considered that should it be determined that, on the basis of the findings of the investigation initiated in accordance with Article 5 of the basic Regulation, measures are to be imposed on disposable lighters originating in the People's Republic of China, the continued imposition of the measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1824/2001 would no longer be appropriate, and Regulation (EC) No 1824/2001 would have to be amended or repealed accordingly.

The sales price of the imported Chinese disposable lighters was, during the investigation period, significantly below the average sales price of the comparable disposable lighters produced by the Community producers.

In the course of the investigation, the Commission examined Taiwanese export statistics of disposable non-refillable flint lighters.

As in previous investigations, the whole range of models of disposable flint lighters was, therefore, considered as forming one single category of product.

As stated above, during the investigation period, imports of disposable flint lighters originating in Japan continued to be dumped.

In the original investigation, the importers alleged that the interests of consumers would be adversely affected by anti-dumping measures on disposable flint lighters.

It is therefore considered appropriate to terminate the circumvention investigation with regard to imports of disposable non-refillable flint lighters from Hong Kong.

The investigation has shown that disposable, refillable flint lighters are being imported into the Community at an average cif price of ECU 0,046.

In the course of the present investigation, it was determined that disposable, refillable flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China were a like product to disposable, non-refillable flint lighters.

In addition, overall imports of disposable flint lighters increased by 74 % from 1992 to the investigation period, an increase much higher than the increase of consumption during that period.

The increase in consumption in 1997 and the investigation period was mainly due to a one-off increase in demand from retailers arising from the introduction of the Euro ("Euro-effect").

The investigation also established that the disposable flint lighters imported from the country concerned, on the one hand, and those produced by the Community industry and sold in the Community market, on the other hand, possess similar basic technical characteristics and are intended for the same use.

The disposable, refillable flint lighters from China were identical in all respects to the disposable, non-refillable flint lighters in the preceding investigation, except for the addition of a refill valve which was determined to be an ineffectual addition for a lighter which in practice was perceived and treated by consumers as disposable (see recitals 16 to 21).

During the investigation period, unused capacity at the exporter's Japanese plant accounted for a bigger quantity than the 56,6 million disposable flint lighters Tokai Corporation exported from Japan in 1989 (i.e. the investigation period of the original investigation.

For large-scale serological surveys and rapid screening, sera could be tested at a single dilution of 1:5 (Appendix 1). Alternatively, 10 sera can be tested over a dilution range from 1:5 to 1:640 (Appendix 2).

Imports recorded as originating in Hong Kong during the investigation period represented just over 1 % of Community consumption of disposable, non-refillable flint lighters and 3,8 % of total Community imports of disposable, non-refillable flint lighters.

The increase in consumption in 1997 and the investigation period was mainly due to a one-off increase in demand from retailers arising from the introduction of the euro ("euro-effect").

The average fob Chinese frontier export price of disposable refillable flint lighters from the two cooperating companies, referred to in recital 11, during the investigation period was ECU 0,044.

Following disclosure of the essential findings of the investigation, the importer which cooperated claimed that a Hong Kong Company, Cli-Claque Ltd, allegedly manufacturing flint disposable lighters in the Philippines, should also have been contacted.

Concerning the existence of production in the country of export, it would appear, according to information made available to the Commission, that there was no production of finished disposable flint lighters in Hong Kong during the investigation period.

This evolution of quantities and prices coincided in time with the start of the review investigation on Chinese disposable, non-refillable flint lighters at the end of 1993 (6), and the imposition of a higher dumping duty in 1995.

However, in the course of the investigation, cooperating parties indicated that, to their knowledge, there is no genuine production of disposable non-refillable flint lighters in Taiwan except, perhaps, for sale in the domestic market.

As regards the disposable flint lighters produced and sold domestically in Japan, the investigation showed that such products were in all respects identical to, or closely resembling, those exported to the Community from the country in question.

In the course of the investigation further information was received indicating that there is no production of disposable, non-refillable flint lighters in Hong Kong, due to security regulations which restrict the storage of gas in the territory.

Disregarding Tokai Seiki GmbH's production, the three Community producers which cooperated with the present investigation (including their subsidiaries) represented almost the totality of Community production of disposable flint lighters.

However, information was obtained from one cooperating importer which purchased disposable, refillable flint lighters during the investigation period and from a Hong Kong company, related to the cooperating producer in Macao, which exported them to the Community.

In a small size placebo-controlled study of patients with documented early age-related macular degeneration (n=9), sildenafil (single dose, 100 mg) demonstrated no significant changes in visual tests conducted (visual acuity, Amsler grid, colour discrimination simulated traffic light, Humphrey perimeter and photostress).

In the course of the investigation carried out by the Commission, it was found that such a narrow definition of the product under consideration would not be justified, notably because the alleged divisibility of the disposable flint lighters market into segments, which is based on differences in physical characteristics and consumers' perception of the product, is not confirmed by facts.

The ensuing investigation resulted in a finding of a dumping margin of 80,3 % and the imposition, by Regulation (EC) No 1006/95 (4), of a specific anti-dumping duty on imports of disposable non-refillable flint lighters from the People's Republic of China of ECU 0,065 per piece, (hereinafter referred to as the 'existing measures`).

As a result, the Commission found that imports of disposable, non-refillable flint lighters from Hong Kong represented only 2 % of the total imports of non-refillable flint lighters, including Chinese refillable flint lighters, into the Community during the investigation period.

General remarks (39) It should be stressed that the present review investigation was carried out further to a request from the Community industry alleging that dumping of Chinese disposable flint lighters had dramatically increased since the conclusion of the original investigation and claiming that the measures in force should be amended in order to remove further injury caused to the Community industry.

With regard to quantities, according to Eurostat, during the investigation period, imports from Taiwan represented 2,5 % of the total Community disposable flint lighter market, and 4,8 % of total imports (including Chinese refillable flint lighters) as compared to 0,3 % and 1,1 % respectively in 1993.

Despite the fact that the latter price is significantly higher than that established for cooperating parties, as it also includes genuinely refillable flint lighters, it is comparable to the dumped and injurious customs duty paid import price established for disposable, non-refillable flint lighters in the previous investigation (ECU 0,081).

The sole exporter in the investigation concerning, inter alia, imports originating in Mexico further to which definitive anti-dumping measures were imposed in March 1997 - was a fully owned and controlled subsidiary of the Tokai group developed after the imposition of anti-dumping measures on disposable flint lighters originating in Japan (see recitals 9 and 36 to Regulation (EC) No 423/97).

It was concluded, on the basis of the information available from the complainants and Eurostat, that disposable, non-refillable flint lighters of Chinese origin but consigned to the Community from Taiwan were imported at dumped prices, when compared to the normal value established in the previous investigation.

In terms of prices, the average import price, customs duty paid, for disposable, refillable flint lighters, reported by cooperating companies during the investigation period was ECU 0,047, while the equivalent price for all refillable flint lighters based on Eurostat figures was ECU 0,095.

In the present investigation, Tokai Seiki GmbH, a subsidiary of Tokai Corporation, a producer of the product concerned in the Community and the only cooperating importer in the Community of disposable flint lighters originating in Japan, was not included in the definition of the Community industry in accordance with Article 4(1)(a) of the Basic Regulation as it was the sole importer of the product under consideration and a 100 % subsidiary of Tokai Corporation Japan.

In view of the above, it is concluded that, even if Article 2 (6) were to be considered applicable to imports originating in a non-market economy country, it would not be appropriate in the context of the current investigation to establish normal value on the basis of the prices on the domestic market of the country of export, since there was no production of finished disposable flint lighters in Hong Kong and, additionally, no reliable comparable price would exist for these products in that territory.

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