Opinion of Advocate General Lenz delivered on 14 April 1994

1 Original language: German.

2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 165/90 of 23 January 1990 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain types of electronic microcircuits known as DRAMs (dynamic random access memories) originating in Japan, accepting undertakings offered by certain exporters in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of these products and terminating the investigation in their respect (OJ 1990 L 20, p. 5).

3 See the definition given in the footnote to recital (15) of Regulation No 165/90.

4 In the third paragraph of section II of the order for reference, italics in the original.

5 OJ 1989 L 282, p. 1.

6 OJ 1988 L 298, p. 1.

7 My italics.

8 My italics.

9 My italics.

10 OJ 1990 L 38, p. 44.

11 See paragraph 5 above.

12 See paragraph 4 above.

13 See paragraph 6 above.

14 See paragraph 7 above.

15 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1361/90 (OJ 1990 L 131, p. 6).

16 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2112/90 of 23 July 1990, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain types of electronic microcircuits known as DRAMs (dynamic random access memories) originating in Japan and collecting definitively the provisional duty (OJ 1990 L 193, p. 1).

17 See paragraphs 2 and 7 above.

18 See paragraph 4 above.

19 A SRAM is a static random access memory; see paragraph 15 above.

20 See the judgment in Case C-364/92 SAT Fluggesellschaft v Eurocontrol [1994] ECR I-43, paragraph 9, and the judgment in Case 44/65 Hessische Knappschaft v Singer [1965] ECR 965, at p. 970.

21 See the judgment in Case 247/86 Alsatel v Novasam [1988] ECR 5987, paragraph 8.

22 See the judgment in Alsatel v Novasam, referred to in the preceding footnote, paragraph 22.

23 See the judgment in Case 17/81 Pabst & Richarz v Hauptzollamt Oldenburg [1982] ECR 1331, paragraphs 11 and 12.

24 See paragraphs 16 and 19 above.

25 For an example of this concerning an anti-dumping regulation, see the Judgment in Case C-136/91 Findling Wälzlager v Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe [1993] ECR I-1793, paragraph 11, and the references therein.

26 See paragraph 14 of the judgment in Findling Wälzlagerand, commenting on that judgment, the Opinion of Advocate General Van Gerven in Case C-304/92 Lloyd-Textil v Hauptzollamt Bremen-Freihafen [1993] ECR I-7007, paragraph 10.

27 For an example of a case of that kind, see the judgment in Lloyd-Textil v Hauptzollamt Bremen-Freihafen [1993] ECR I-7007, especially paragraphs 12 and 13.

28 See paragraph 2 and footnote 2 above.

29 See recitals (17) to (35) of the regulation at issue.

30 See paragraph 4 above.