Brussels, 12/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 11 March, the European Commission brought forward a new proposal for a regulation to set up definitive anti-dumping duties on the import of certain compressors from China. The investigation into these imports, opened in 2006, “found significant dumping, which caused material damage to the Community industry. It also showed that there was no compelling Community interest aspect against the imposition of definitive anti-dumping measures,” states the summary of the reasons for the proposed action. “However, given the magnitude of the burden of the possible duties and considering that the envisaged scenario of increased production in the Community might also not materialise, it is proposed to impose definitive measures for a limited period of two years only and to monitor closely,” it goes on. Claiming that these duties would not be in the Community interest, given that only 8% of compressors sold in the EU are made here and that 50% of imports are from China, Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson initially argued that they should not be imposed. Under internal pressure at the Commission and from 13 member states, he had to do a U-turn at the end of February (see EUROPE 9614). The text of the proposal is available at the following address: http: //eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM: 2008: 0148/FIN: EN: PDF (E.H.)