24. 3. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 80/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 757/84 of 22 March 1984 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic scales originating in Japan THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 of 30 December 1979 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1580/82 (3, and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) On 6 April 1983 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Committee of Weighing Instrument Manufacturers (CECIP) on behalf of producers accounting for about 80 % of Community production of electronic scales. The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting therefrom which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concer- ning imports into the Community of scales for use in the retail trade which incorporate a digital display of the weight, unit price and price to be paid and sometimes a printout of these three functions, and are commonly referred to as elec- tronic scales falling within heading No ex 84.20 of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 84.20-81 and originating in Japan. The Commission then commenced an investigation. () OJ No L 339, 31. 12. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 178, 22. 6. 1982, p. 9. () O] No C 236, 3. 9. 1983, p. S. (2) The Commission officially so advised the expor- ters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country 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 and most importers made their views known in writing and some of them requested and were granted hearings. (3) For the purpose of a preliminary determination the Commission requested and received detailed written submissions from complainant Commu- nity producers, exporters and importers. The information received was also checked by means inter alia of investigations carried out at the premises of Community producers and Japanese producers and/or exporters, including W & T Avery Ltd, Ishida Scales Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Kubota Ltd, Teraoka Seikosno Co. Ltd, Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd, Yamato Scales Co. Ltd and C. Itoh Electronics Ltd. (4) The investigations revealed that the complainants Berkel GmbH and Alfred Herbert & Sons Ltd had links with the Japanese exporters of the products in question and had consequently, by virtue of Article 4 (5) of the abovementioned Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79, to be deleted from the list of complainants in the proceeding in hand. In the light of this, complainant Community producers represent 72 % of the Community’s production of electronic scales. (5) The investigation of dumping covered the period September 1982 to August 1983. B. Normal value (6) For imports of all scales from Kubota and Ishida and some Yamato and Teraoka models, normal value was provisionally determined on the basis of the actual prices of domestic sales in Japan. For Kubota the domestic selling prices were adjusted to take account of the fact that the goods had been sold at a loss, the adjustment being equiva- lent to the loss plus an 8 % profit margin, which was considered reasonable in the light of the