7609 | Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves) | Manufacture: –from materials of any heading, except that of the product, and–in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product | |

That importer argued that bodies of compression fittings have a different use and provided supporting evidence that the thread on the body of compression fittings can be easily distinguished from the thread on a standard fitting, because it is done according to a different ISO standard (4).

As bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid are now excluded from the product scope (see recitals 8 and 11 above), the amounts provisionally secured on imports of bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid should be released.

The same importer imports bodies of compression fittings, which it further assembles together with other parts into finished compression fittings.

It covers also the construction of two compressor stations, a metering station at the border and a short small diameter branch line to Pecs.

In its further comments in the letter sent today, the Commission asks the German regulator to ensure that the remedy is applied without further delay; that also stand-alone bitstream access (the provision of broadband access independent of the obligation to buy a telephone connection from Deutsche Telekom) should be imposed in the near future; and that access prices should prevent any margin squeeze and should therefore be sufficiently below Deutsche Telekom’s retail prices or, alternatively, be calculated efficiently by the regulator on the basis of actual costs, as provided in EU law.