No L 271/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 9. 86 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 September 1986 accepting undertakings given in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of artificial corundum originating in Hungary, Poland and the USSR, and terminating the investigation (86/464/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulations (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 10 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : (1) A. Procedure In June 1983 the Commission received a complaint from the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federations (CEFIC) on behalf of producers representing all Community production of artificial corundum, on the basis of which an anti-dumping proceeding was initiated (*) concern- ing imports of this products originating in the People’s Republic of China, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Yugoslavia. Dumping, on the part of certain exporters, and injury were found in the course of this investiga- tion, which was finally terminated (}) in December 1984 with the acceptance of price undertakings offered by those exporters for whom dumping had been determined. In May 1984 the Commission received a supple- mentary complaint from the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federations on behalf of producers representing all Community production of artificial corundum in which it was requested to extend the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of artificial corundum originating in the People’s Republic of China, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Yugoslavia to include imports of this product originating in Hungary, Poland and the USSR. () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No C 261, 30. 9. 1983, p. 2. () OJ No L 340, 28. 12. 1984, p. 82. ©) The complaint contained evidence of dumping and material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the extension of the anti-dumping proceeding already pending. The Commission accordingly announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(*) the extension of the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of artificial corundum falling within subheading 28.20 B of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code 28.20-30, to include imports originating in Hungary, Poland and the USSR. The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, and the complainants, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. All the known exporters made their views known in writing and have been granted a hearing. Furthermore, submissions were made on behalf of users’ associations and users themselves. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination from the following companies, where necessary carrying out investiga- tions at their premises : EEC producers : — Dynamit Nobel AG, Troisdorf, Federal Repu- blic of Germany, — Herman C. Starck Berlin GmbH, Diisseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany, — Lonza-Werke =~ GmbH,  Waldshut-Tiengen, Federal Republic of Germany, — Pechiney Electrometallurgie (ex SOFREM), Paris, France, — Samim Abrasivi SpA San Michele all’Adige, Italy ; ' : Non-EEC exporters : Hungalox Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna, Austria ; () OJ No C 201, 31. 7. 1984, p. 4.