L 4/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 1. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 18/98 of 7 January 1998 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of synthetic fibre ropes originating in India THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Com- munity ('), as amended by  Regulation (EC) No 2331/96 (%), and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1) In June 1997, an anti-dumping proceeding con- cerning imports of synthetic fibre ropes originating in India was terminated without imposition of measures on the grounds that although some factors appeared to indicate the existence of injury, the overall degree of injurious impact of the dumped imports was not sufficiently established to justify the imposition of measures in the light of the information available in relation to the investigation period. However, information made subsequently  available to the Commission contained sufficient prima facie evidence that the situation of the Community industry may have further deteriorated as a result of continued dumped imports from India. In these special circumstances, and given that the new information could not be taken into consideration within the context of the abovementioned proceeding, the Commission decided to initiate a new anti- dumping proceeding on the basis of Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Basic Regulation’). The initiation of this proceeding was announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communi- t7e5() in July 1997. (2) The Commission officially advised the producers exporters and importers known to be concerned and the representatives of the exporting country, about the initiation of the proceeding. Interested () OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. () OJ L 317, 6. 12. 1996, p. 1. () OJ C 201, 1. 7. 1997, p. 8. parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. The Commission sent questionnaires to all ex- porters and importers known to be concerned and received replies from one Indian exporting producer. None of the importers replied to the Commission’s questionnaire. Given the large number of Community producers supporting the proceeding, the Commission decided to investigate injury on the basis of a selec- tion of Community producers in accordance with Atrticle 17 of the Basic Regulation. Detailed ques- tionnaires were sent to this selection of Com- munity producers and information was received from them. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed necessary for the assessment of preliminary determination of dumping and injury and carried out investigations at the premises of the following companies: Community producers — Randers (Denmark), — Oliveira SA (Portugal), — Verto Portugal (Portugal), — Bihr Freres (France), — Quintas & Quintas (Portugal), — Cotesi (Portugal), — Sicor (Portugal), — Geo Gleistein & Sohn (Germany); Producer/exporter — Garware-Wall Ropes Limited, Pune, India. The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 July 1996 to 31 May 1997 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the investigation period’). The exam- ination of injury covered the period from 1993 up to the end of the investigation period. B. PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT 1. Product concerned The product under consideration is twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics of polyethylene or polypropylene, other than binder and baler twine,