Commission Regulation (EC) No 1082/2008 of 4 November 2008 on initiating a new exporter review of Council Regulation (EC) No 192/2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating, inter alia , in Malaysia, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporter in this country and making these imports subject to registration

A review of Regulation (EC) No 192/2007 is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 in order to determine if and to what extent the imports of polyethylene terephthalate having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higher, according to ISO Standard 1628-5, falling within CN code 39076020 originating in Malaysia, produced and sold for export to the Community by Eastman Chemical (Malaysia) SDN.BHD (TARIC additional code A898) should be subject to the antidumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 192/2007.

The anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 192/2007 is hereby repealed with regard to the imports identified in Article 1.

The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports identified in Article 1. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

1 Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit the replies to the questionnaire mentioned in recital 10(a) of this Regulation or any other information, unless otherwise specified, within 40 days of the entry into force of this Regulation. Interested parties may also apply in writing to be heard by the Commission within the same 40-day time limit.

2 All submissions and requests made by interested parties must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified) and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the interested party. All written submissions, including the information requested in this Regulation, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis shall be labelled as ‘Limited’ and, in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, shall be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which will be labelled ‘FOR INSPECTION BY INTERESTED PARTIES’. Any information relating to the matter and/or any request for a hearing should be sent to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Trade Directorate H Office: N-105 4/92 B-1049 Brussels Fax (32-2) 295 65 05

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