4. 12. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 332/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2398/97 of 28 November 1997 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of cotton-type bed linen originating in Egypt, India and Pakistan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 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 ('), and in particular Articles 9(4) and 10(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1069/97 (3 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the provisional Regulation’) the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports into the Community of cotton- type bed linen falling within CN codes 6302 21 00, 6302 22 90, 6302 31 10, 6302 31 90 and 6302 32 90 originating in Egypt, India and Pakistan. (2)  Following the imposition of the provisional anti- dumping duty, certain interested parties submitted comments in writing. Those parties, who so requested, were granted an opportunity to be heard by the Commission. Parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the imposi- tion of definitive anti-dumping duties and the de- finitive collection, at the level of these duties, of (') OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2331/96 (O] L 317, 6. 12. 1996, p. 1). () OJ L 156, 13. 6. 1997, p. 11. “) amounts secured by way of provisional duties. They were also granted a period within which to make representations subsequent to this disclosure. The oral and written comments submitted by the interested parties were analysed and, where deemed appropriate, taken into account for the definitive findings. B. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND . LIKE PRODUCT 1. Requests for exclusion from the proceeding Following the disclosure of provisional findings, the Commission received various requests for exclusion of certain product types from the pro- ceeding: — certain parties repeated their request for exclu- sion of ‘seersucker, a type of bed linen produced with the use of chemicals, claiming there to be no more production of such items in the Community, ~ some parties repeated the request for exclusion of bleached bed linen which is intended for institutional use (i.e. hospitals, hotels etc.). Moreover, one party argued for the exclusion of institutional dyed bed linen. In support of their requests, they claimed that the user institutions require a special quality of the product in ques- tion, namely products made from fabric of a particularly heavy weaving construction, which they claimed were not produced in the Community, — a request was also received to exclude items made from fabric woven on looms operated purely by hand or foot (‘handloom’).