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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. ANNEX List of professional camera systems not qualified as television camera systems (broadcast camera systems), which are exempted from the measures

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community, (the basic Regulation),

Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas: PREVIOUS PROCEDURES

(1) The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems (TCS) originating in Japan.

(2) In September 2000, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 confirmed the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (as subsequently amended) pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.

(3) In Article 1(3)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000, the Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty camera systems listed in the Annex to that Regulation (the Annex), representing high-end professional camera systems technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of that Regulation, but which cannot be regarded as television camera systems.

(4) The Commission, by notice of 29 September 2005, initiated a review, pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 which imposed the existing anti-dumping measures on imports of TCS originating in Japan.

(5) The Commission, by notice of 18 May 2006, initiated an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain camera systems originating in Japan pursuant to Article 5 of the basic Regulation. Given that the product scope of this proceeding includes the products subject to measures by Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000, the Commission also initiated by the notice of 18 May 2006, a review, under Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation, of the existing measures.

INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NEW MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEMS Procedure

(6) One Japanese exporting producer, Hitachi Denshi (Europa) GmbH (Hitachi) informed the Commission that it intended to introduce a new model of professional camera systems into the Community market and requested the Commission to add this new model of professional camera systems to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 and thus exempt it from the scope of the anti-dumping duties.

(7) The Commission informed the Community industry accordingly and commenced an investigation limited to the determination of whether the product under consideration falls within the scope of the anti-dumping duties and whether the operative part of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 should be amended accordingly.

Model under investigation

(8) The request for exemption was received for the following model of camera systems, supplied with the relevant technical information: Hitachi: This model was presented as a successor model of the already exempted V-35 camera head.

Camera head V-35W.

Findings

(9) Camera head V-35W falls within the product description of Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. However, as with its predecessor model, it is mainly used for professional applications and it is not sold with the corresponding triax system or adaptor on the EC market.

(10) Therefore, it was found that it qualifies as a professional camera system within the meaning of Article 1(3)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. As a result, it should be excluded from the scope of the existing anti-dumping measures and added to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000.

(11) In accordance with the established Community institutions' practice, the new model should be exempted from the anti-dumping duty from the date of receipt by the Commission services of the relevant request for exemption. Therefore, all imports of the following camera model imported on or after 11 April 2006 should be exempted from the anti-dumping duty from that date: Hitachi:

Camera head V-35W.

Information of the interested parties and conclusions

(12) The Commission informed the Community industry and the exporting producer of TCS concerned of its findings and provided them with an opportunity to present their views. None of the parties objected to the Commission's findings.

(13) In view of the above, it is proposed to amend the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 shall be replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2. This Regulation shall apply to imports of the following model produced and exported to the Community by the following exporting producer: Hitachi from 11 April 2006

Camera head V-35W.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006. For the Council The President J.-E. Enestam

ANNEX

ANNEX

ANNEX List of professional camera systems not qualified as television camera systems (broadcast camera systems), which are exempted from the measures

Company name Camera heads Viewfinder Camera control unit Operational control unit Master control unit Camera adapters Sony — Ikegami — Hitachi — — Matsushita — — JVC — — Olympus Camera OTV-SX

DXC-M7PK

DXC-M7P

DXC-M7PH

DXC-M7PK/1

DXC-M7P/1

DXC-M7PH/1

DXC-327PK

DXC-327PL

DXC-327PH

DXC-327APK

DXC-327APL

DXC-327AH

DXC-537PK

DXC-537PL

DXC-537PH

DXC-537APK

DXC-537APL

DXC-537APH

EVW-537PK

EVW-327PK

DXC-637P

DXC-637PK

DXC-637PL

DXC-637PH

PVW-637PK

PVW-637PL

DXC-D30PF

DXC-D30PK

DXC-D30PL

DXC-D30PH

DSR-130PF

DSR-130PK

DSR-130PL

PVW-D30PF

PVW-D30PK

PVW-D30PL

DXC-327BPF

DXC-327BPK

DXC-327BPL

DXC-327BPH

DXC-D30WSP

DXC-D35PH

DXC-D35PL

DXC-D35PK

DXC-D35WSPL

DSR-135PL

DXF-3000CE

DXF-325CE

DXF-501CE

DXF-M3CE

DXF-M7CE

DXF-40CE

DXF-40ACE

DXF-50CE

DXF-601CE

DXF-40BCE

DXF-50BCE

DXF-701CE

DXF-WSCE

DXF-801CE

HDVF-C30W

CCU-M3P

CCU-M5P

CCU-M7P

CUU-M5AP

RM-M7G

RM-M7E

CA-325P

CA-325AP

CA-325B

CA-327P

CA-537P

CA-511

CA-512P

CA-513

VCT-U14

HC-340

HC-300

HC-230

HC-240

HC-210

HC-390

LK-33

HDL-30MA

HDL-37

HC-400

HC-400W

HDL-37E

HDL-10

HDL-40

HC-500

HC-500W

VF15-21/22

VF-4523

VF15-39

VF15-46

VF5040

VF5040W

MA-200/230

MA-200A

MA-400

CCU-37

CCU-10

RCU-240

RCU-390

RCU-400

RCU-240A

CA-340

CA-300

CA-230

CA-390

CA-400

CA-450

SK-H5

SK-H501

DK-7700

DK-7700SX

HV-C10

HV-C11

HV-C10F

Z-ONE (L)

Z-ONE (H)

Z-ONE

Z-ONE A (L)

Z-ONE A (H)

Z-ONE A (F)

Z-ONE A

Z-ONE B (L)

Z-ONE B (H)

Z-ONE B (F)

Z-ONE B

Z-ONE B (M)

Z-ONE B (R)

FP-C10 (B)

FP-C10 (C)

FP-C10 (D)

FP-C10 (G)

FP-C10 (L)

FP-C10 (R)

FP-C10 (S)

FP-C10 (V)

FP-C10 (F)

FP-C10

FP-C10 A

FP-C10 A (A)

FP-C10 A (B)

FP-C10 A (C)

FP-C10 A (D)

FP-C10 A (F)

FP-C10 A (G)

FP-C10 A (H)

FP-C10 A (L)

FP-C10 A (R)

FP-C10 A (S)

FP-C10 A (T)

FP-C10 A (V)

FP-C10 A (W)

Z-ONE C (M)

Z-ONE C (R)

Z-ONE C (F)

Z-ONE C

HV-C20

HV-C20M

Z-ONE-D

Z-ONE-D (A)

Z-ONE-D (B)

Z-ONE-D (C)

Z-ONE.DA

V-21

V-21W

V-35

DK-H31

V-35W

GM-5 (A)

GM-5-R2 (A)

GM-5-R2

GM-50

GM-8A

GM-9

GM-51

RU-C1 (B)

RU-C1 (D)

RU-C1

RU-C1-S5

RU-C10 (B)

RU-C10 (C)

RC-C1

RC-C10

RU-C10

RU-Z1 (B)

RU-Z1 (C)

RU-Z1

RC-C11

RU-Z2

RC-Z1

RC-Z11

RC-Z2

RC-Z21

RC-Z2A

RC-Z21A

RU-Z3

RC-Z3

RU-Z35

RU-3300N

CA-Z1

CA-Z2

CA-Z1SJ

CA-Z1SP

CA-Z1M

CA-Z1M2

CA-Z1HB

CA-C10

CA-C10SP

CA-C10SJA

CA-C10M

CA-C10B

CA-Z1A

CA-Z31

CA-Z32

CA-ZD1

CA-Z35

EA-Z35

WV-F700

WV-F700A

WV-F700SHE

WV-F700ASHE

WV-F700BHE

WV-F700ABHE

WV-F700MHE

WV-F350

WV-F350HE

WV-F350E

WV-F350AE

WV-F350DE

WV-F350ADE

WV-F500HE

WV-F-565HE

AW-F575HE

AW-E600

AW-E800

AW-E800A

AW-E650

AW-E655

AW-E750

AW-E860L

AK-HC910L

AK-HC1500G

WV-VF65BE

WV-VF40E

WV-VF39E

WV-VF65BE

WV-VF40E

WV-VF42E

WV-VF65B

AW-VF80

WV-RC700/B

WV-RC700/G

WV-RC700A/B

WV-RC700A/G

WV-RC36/B

WV-RC36/G

WV-RC37/B

WV-RC37/G

WV-CB700E

WV-CB700AE

WV-CB700E

WV-CB700AE

WV-RC700/B

WV-RC700/G

WV-RC700A/B

WV-RC700A/G

WV-RC550/G

WV-RC550/B

WV-RC700A

WV-CB700A

WV-RC550

WV-CB550

AW-RP501

AW-RP505

AK-HRP900

AK-HRP150

WV-AD700SE

WV-AD700ASE

WV-AD700ME

WV-AD250E

WV-AD500E

AW-AD500AE

AW-AD700BSE

KY-35E

KY-27ECH

KY-19ECH

KY-17FITECH

KY-17BECH

KY-F30FITE

KY-F30BE

KY-F560E

KY-27CECH

KH-100U

KY-D29ECH

KY-D29WECH

VF-P315E

VF-P550E

VF-P10E

VP-P115E

VF-P400E

VP-P550BE

VF-P116E

VF-P116WE

VF-P550WE

RM-P350EG

RM-P200EG

RM-P300EG

RM-LP80E

RM-LP821E

RM-LP35U

RM-LP37U

RM-P270EG

RM-P210E

KA-35E

KA-B35U

KA-M35U

KA-P35U

KA-27E

KA-20E

KA-P27U

KA-P20U

KA-B27E

KA-B20E

KA-M20E

KA-M27E

MAJ-387N

MAJ-387I

OTV-SX 2

OTV-S5

OTV-S6

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