AI-assisted research summary: This regulation updates the anti-dumping duty measure for prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels from Thailand to reflect a company name change from Sun Sweet Co., Ltd. to Sunsweet Public Company Limited.
| Official Journal of the European Union | EN L series ---|---|--- * * * | 2024/967 | 3.4.2024 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/967 of 2 April 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 imposing a definitive anti- dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in the Kingdom of Thailand following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 (2). ---|--- (2) | Sun Sweet Co., Ltd., TARIC (3) additional code A792, a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate of 11,1 %, informed the Commission on 7 March 2023 that it had changed its name to Sunsweet Public Company Limited. ---|--- (3) | The company requested the Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to benefit from the individual anti-dumping duty rate applied to it under its previous name. ---|--- (4) | The Commission examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name was properly registered with the relevant authorities and did not result in any new relationship with other groups of companies involved with sales of the product concerned which were not investigated by the Commission. ---|--- (5) | Accordingly, this change of name does not affect the findings of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 and in particular the anti-dumping duty rate applicable to it. ---|--- (6) | The name change should take effect as of 7 March 2023. The company was contacted regarding the applicable date. The company confirmed that whilst the name changed took place as of 4 September 2017, it only requested the Commission to confirm the name change as of 7 March 2023. ---|--- (7) | Given the considerations in the recitals above, the Commission considered it appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 to reflect the changed name of the company previously attributed to additional TARIC code A792. ---|--- (8) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1\. Article 1(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 is amended as follows: ‘Sun Sweet Co., Ltd, 9 M. 1, Sanpatong, Chiang Mai 50120, Thailand | 11,1 | A792’ ---|---|--- is replaced by: ‘Sunsweet Public Company Limited, 9 M. 1, Sanpatong, Chiang Mai 50120, Thailand | 11,1 | A792’ ---|---|--- 2\. The TARIC additional code A792 previously attributed to Sun Sweet Co., Ltd., shall apply to Sunsweet Public Company Limited, as of 7 March 2023. Any definitive duty paid on imports of products manufactured by Sunsweet Public Company Limited in excess of the anti-dumping duty established in Article 1(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 as regards Sun Sweet Co., Ltd., shall be repaid or remitted in accordance with the applicable customs legislation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 April 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1996 of 28 November 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in the Kingdom of Thailand following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 (OJ L 310, 2.12.2019, p. 6). (3) The Integrated Tariff of the European Union. * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/967/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *