
Article 1 

1. A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of electrolytic manganese dioxides (i.e. manganese dioxides produced through an electrolytic process) not heattreated after the electrolytic process, falling within CN code ex 2820 10 00 (TARIC code 2820 10 00 10) and originating in South Africa.
2. The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, of the products manufactured by the companies below shall be:
Company Anti-Dumping Duty TARIC Additional Code
Delta E.M.D. (Pty) Ltd 14,9 % A828
All other companies 14,9 % A999
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 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 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, 17 September 2007.
For the Commission
Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission