
Article 1 

1. A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,65 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 6,0 μΩ.m or less, falling within CN code ex 8545 11 00 (TARIC code 8545 11 00 10) and nipples used for such electrodes, falling within CN code ex 8545 90 90 (TARIC code 8545 90 90 10) whether imported together or separately originating in India.
2. The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, for products produced by the companies listed below in India shall be as follows:
Company Provisional duty TARIC additional code
Graphite India Limited (GIL), 31 Chowringhee Road, Kolkatta — 700016, West Bengal 5,7 % A530
Hindustan Electro Graphite (HEG) Limited, Bhilwara Towers, A-12, Sector-1, Noida — 201301, Uttar Pradesh 0 % A531
All others 5,7 % A999
3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning custom duties shall apply.
4. The release for free circulation in the Community of the product referred to above shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
Article 2 
Without prejudice to Article 20 of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which this Regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard orally by the Commission within 15 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Pursuant to Article 21(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, the parties concerned may comment on the application of this Regulation within one month of the date of its entry into force.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply for a period of six months.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 May 2004.
For the Commission
Pascal LAMY
Member of the Commission