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( 1 ) OJ NO L 339 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 158 , 25 . 6 . 1980 , P . 5 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2573/80

OF 7 OCTOBER 1980

EXTENDING THE PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON MECHANICAL ALARM CLOCKS ( OTHER THAN TRAVEL ALARMS ) ORIGINATING IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND THE USSR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3017/79 OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ON PROTECTION AGAINST DUMPED OR SUBSIDIZED IMPORTS FROM COUNTRIES NOT MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 11 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1579/80 ( 2 ), THE COMMISSION IMPOSED A PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON MECHANICAL ALARM CLOCKS ( OTHER THAN TRAVEL ALARMS ) ORIGINATING IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND THE USSR ;

WHEREAS THE EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS IS NOT YET COMPLETE ; WHEREAS , IN PARTICULAR , FURTHER CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE QUESTION OF ALLOWANCES FOR DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS , IN THE LIGHT OF THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS HAD CARRIED OUT ;

WHEREAS THE EXPORTERS CONCERNED , PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF INTENTION FROM THE COMMISSION , HAVE NOT OBJECTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON MECHANICAL ALARM CLOCKS ( OTHER THAN TRAVEL ALARMS ) ORIGINATING IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND THE USSR , IMPOSED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1579/80 IS HEREBY EXTENDED FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING TWO MONTHS .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ARTICLE 11 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3017/79 AND TO ANY OTHER DECISION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL , IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF AN ACT OF THE COUNCIL ADOPTING DEFINITIVE MEASURES OR , AT THE LATEST , UNTIL THE EXPIRY OF A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS BEGINNING ON 20 OCTOBER 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 7 OCTOBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . THORN