Protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community, Uruguay Round

Parliament approved the Commission's proposal, subject to the eight amendments it had introduced. These sought: - to limit the duration of the provisional duties to 15 months after undertaking the procedure; - to establish that the investigation shall be closed 15 months after it has opened, and that definitive measures shall be adopted, or in the absence of measures; - to set the time limit for closing the investigations to 18 months, unless special circumstances apply; - to limit to 15 months, after undertaking the procedure, the possible extension to the application of provisional duties; - to ensure that the workers concerned shall be consulted in order to determine whether it is in the Community interest that the measures are adopted; - to provide for the consultation of workers' representative associations in order to determine the Community interest; - to make it compulsory that requests from parties be heard when the said requests mention the particular reasons for such a hearing; - to ensure that the Commission submits each year to Parliament and to the Council a report on the measures which can be applied to protect against subsidized imports from countries which are not members of the European Union; - to set the date of entry into force of the Regulation for 1.01.1995. �