It invoked the long history of such handicraft in China, its affordability and the different consumer perception between Chinese handmade items versus non-handmade items produced in the Union.

They further argued that: (a) chassis and hydraulics, on the one hand, and hand pallet trucks, on the other hand, are different products and that for chassis and hydraulics no dumping and injury assessment was carried out and, therefore, no anti-dumping duty can be imposed; (b) the inclusion of parts without following the procedure of Article 13 of the basic Regulation would unduly penalise assemblers of hand pallet trucks in the Community and (c) chassis and hydraulics are also imported for servicing purposes and the imposition of a ...[+++] duty on chassis and hydraulics would unduly penalise current users.

These balls, which are hand stitched by children for a few cents, are the same designer and FIFA endorsed footballs which are sold in sports shops in the west for tens of dollars.

1. Strongly criticises the Commission for not officially transmitting the progress report required under Article 15 of the OLAF Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council until 31 July 2003, more than a year late; notes that the report has already been overtaken by events, because it provides no answers to serious problems in the Office's investigative activities which had long been discernible and have now become obvious as a result of the Eurostat case; regards this as further proof that it was a mistake to concentrate the competences for drawing up the budget and keeping accounts and for combating fraud in the hands of on ...[+++]e Member of the Commission, because this inevitably creates a conflict of interest; insists that this conflict of interest be avoided in future;

The reason for the exemption is that, because these carpets are hand-made, spot checks are, by definition, impossible, while separate testing of each carpet would seriously damage the product.

These costs are defined as the total quarterly costs incurred by the employer in the employment of labour (Article 2(2)).