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1. Subject to paragraph 2, anti-dumping duties and undertakings shall lapse five years after the date on which they took effect or were last varied or confirmed.

2. Anti-dumping duties and undertakings shall also lapse on the expiry of the transitional measures applicable to the product in question pursuant to the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal.

3. At least six months before the expiry of the five-year period referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, after consultation of interested Member States, publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities of the impending expiry of the measures in question and shall inform the Community producers known to be concerned. The notice shall state the period within which interested parties may make written representations and may apply to be heard orally by the Commission in accordance with Article 5 (5). Where an interested party shows that the expiry of the measure would lead again to injury or threat of injury, the Commission shall carry out a review of the measure. The measure shall remain in effect pending the outcome of the review.

Where anti-dumping duties and undertakings lapse pursuant to this Article, the Commission shall publish a notice to that effect in the Official Journal of the European Communities.