22. 9. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 254/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2681/84 of 18 September 1984 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of pentaerythritol originating in Canada and accepting an undertaking given in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of pentaerythritol originating in Sweden and terminating that proceeding 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 fiom countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Articles 10 and 11 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) In February 1984 the Commission received a supplementary complaint from the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federations (CEFIC) on behalf of the producers representing all Community production of pentaerythritol in which it was requested to extend the anti- dumping proceeding concerning imports of pentaerythritol originating in Spain to include imports of this product originating in Canada and Sweden. (2) The complaint contained evidence of dumping (3) and material injury therefrom, which was consi- dered sufficient to justify the extension of the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of pentaerythritol originating in Spain. 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 pentaerythritol falling within subheading ex 29.04 C I of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code 29.04-66, to include works originating in Canada and Sweden. The Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- ] No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. J No C 72, 13. 3. 1984, p. 2. A} (4) ) (6) ) (8) sentatives of the exporting countries and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. All of the known exporters made their views known in writing and have been granted a hearing. With regard to the importers the Commission received information from the following companies : — Ernst  Jager, Fabrik Chemischer Rohstoffe GmbH, Disseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany, — Usvico SpA, Milan, Italy. Furthermore, submissions were made on behalf of two users of the product concerned in the Community. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following companies : — EEC producers : — Degussa AG, Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, — Montedison-Resem, Castellanza, Italy; — non-EEC exporters : — Celanese Canada Inc., Canada and its subsidiary Celanese AG, Baar, Switzerland, — Perstorp Chemicals, Perstorp, Sweden ; — EEC importers : — KWR  Chemicals, Kingdom, London, United — Chimilux, Paris, France. The Commission also requested and received information from ICI Ltd, United Kingdom, who had stopped manufacturing the product concerned in the course of 1983. The investigation of dumping covered the following periods : — with regard to imports originating in Canada : I January 1983 to 31 January 1984, — with regard to imports originating in Sweden : 1 March 1983 to 29 February 1984.