
Article 1 

1. A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of ironing boards, whether or not free-standing, with or without a steam soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top, including sleeve boards, and essential parts thereof, i.e. the legs, the top and the iron rest originating in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine, falling within CN codes ex 3924 90 90, ex 4421 90 98, ex 7323 93 90, ex 7323 99 91, ex 7323 99 99, ex 8516 79 70 and ex 8516 90 00 (TARIC codes 3924 90 90 10, 4421 90 98 10, 7323 93 90 10, 7323 99 91 10, 7323 99 99 10, 8516 79 70 10 and 8516 90 00 51).
2. The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, for products manufactured by the companies listed below shall be as follows:
Country Company Anti-dumping duty TARIC additional code
PRC Foshan City Gaoming Lihe Daily Necessities Co. Ltd, Foshan 34,9 % A782
Guangzhou Power Team Houseware Co. Ltd, Guangzhou 36,5 % A783
Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd, Guangzhou 0 % A784
Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares and Hardware Co. Ltd, Foshan 18,1 % A785
Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd, Guzhou 26,5 % A786
All other companies 38,1 % A999
Ukraine All companies 10,3 % —
3. The release for free circulation in the Community of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security, equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2 
Without prejudice to Article 20 of 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 one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Pursuant to Article 21(4) of 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 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, 30 October 2006.
For the Commission
Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission