No L 113/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 4. 85 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 April 1985 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain titanium mill products originating in Japan and the United States of America (85/252/EEC) 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 9 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) In July 1984 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Comité de Liaison des Industries de Métaux non-ferreux on behalf of producers of certain titanium mill products whose collective output constitutes practically all Community production of the products in ques- tion. The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting there- from, 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 Communi- ties (*) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceed- ing concerning imports into the Community of certain titanium mill products falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading ex 81.04 K IT corresponding to NIMEXE codes 81.04 ex 59 and ex 61 and originating in Japan and the United States of America and commenced an investigation. (2) The Commission officially so advised the expor- ters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives 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. The Community producers, all the known Japa- nese and US exporters and some importers made their views known in writing. In addition, some of the Japanese and US exporters concerned requested, and were granted, hearings. () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No C 237, 7. 9. 1984, p. 2. A number of submissions were also made by processors of the products concerned in the Community. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : EEC producers : Cezus SA, Paris, France, IMI  Titanium  Ltd, Kingdom, Birmingham, - United Schmiedewerke Krupp & Kloéckner GmbH, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, Thyssen Edelstahlwerke AG, Krefeld, Federal Republic of Germany ; Japanese and US exporters : Kobe Steel Ltd, Tokyo, Nippon Mining Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Nippon Stainless Steel Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd, Tokyo; Martin Marietta Aluminium Inc, Los Angeles, California, NF & M Corporation, New York, Metallurgical ~ Corporation, Albany, Oregon Oregon, RMI Company, Niles, Ohio, Teledyne Allvac, Monroe, North Carolina, Titanium Metals Corporation of America, Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania ;. EEC importers : Armco International SA, Paris, France, SNECMA SA, Paris, France. The Commission requested and received detailed written submissions from all the complainant Community  producers, all the exporters concerned and some importers and verified the information therein to the extent considered necessary. The investigation of dumping covered the period January to August 1984. The investigation covered all imports of the products concerned during the reference period from both Japan and the USA.