29. 8. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2464/84 of 24 August 1984 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain shovels originating in Brazil THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) In October 1983, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Deutscher Schaufel- Verband eV on behalf of German producers representing a major proportion of the Commu- nity production of the shovels in question. 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 certain shovels made of iron or steel, falling within heading No ex 82.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 82.01-10, originating in Brazil. The Commission then commenced an investigation. (2) The Commission officially so advised the exporter and importer known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives 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 parties concerned made their views known in writing and requested and were granted hearings. (3) The Commission sought and verified all the information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () O] No C 348 23. 12. 1983, p. . () (6) ) carried out investigations at the premises of the following : EEC producer: Idealspaten-Bredt KG, Herdecke, Federal Repub- lic of Germany, non-EEC exporter: Metalurgica Timboense S/A, Timbo-Santa Cata- rina, Brazil. During the course of the investigation the exporter and importer claimed that the complain- ants were not entitled to lodge a complaint under the terms of Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84. In this context they alleged that the esti- mate made in the complaint of the German share of total Community production far exceeded the real figure and therefore could not be called a major proportion of Community production. In this respect the Commission considers that, given the lack of published Community statistics for the product concerned, the complainants made a reasonable attempt at estimating the German share of total Community production. Though certain errors have been pointed out by the exporter and importer in the figures used by the complainants for this purpose, these do not alter the Commission’s preliminary view that the collective output of the German producers consti- tutes a major proportion of the total Community production of the product concerned and that they are therefore entitled to lodge an anti- dumping complaint. The investigation of dumping covered the period 1 January to 31 December 1983. B. Normal value The normal values were established on the basis of the actual prices of domestic sales in Brazil. C. Export prices Export prices were determined on the basis of the prices actually paid or payable for the products sold for export to the Community.