30. 9. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 267/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1890/97 of 26 September 1997 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway 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 8 and 9 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consultations within the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Complaint (1) In August 1996, the Commission announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(?), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway. The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged jointly by the Scottish Salmon Growers’ Association Ltd (SSGA) and the Shetland Salmon Farmers’ Association (SSFA), on behalf of their members whose collective production of farmed Atlantic salmon constitues a major proportion of the total Community output of this product. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the product concerned originating in Norway, and of material injury resulting therefrom which was considered sufficient to justify the opening of a proceeding. (2) A parallel anti-subsidy proceeding was initiated on the same date (*) with regard to the same imports and has been the subject of a separate investigation from the present anti-dumping proceeding. (') 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 C 253, 31. 8. 1996, p. 18. () OJ C 253, 31. 8. 1996, p. 20. Q) 2. Initiation of investigations The Commission officially, advised the producers, exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainants of the initiation of an investiga- tion and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. In view of the large number of parties concerned by this proceeding and the strict time limits to be complied with pursuant to Article 6 (9) of Regula- tion (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regulation’), sampling of Community produ- cers and Norweégian producers/exporters was carried out as follows. As far as producers supporting the complaint are concerned, the Commission decided to limit the investigation of some injury aspects to a represent- ative sample of 16 Community producers, in ac- cordance with Article 17 (1) and (2) of the Basic Regulation. A far as Norwegian producers/exporters are concerned, two separate representative samples of six farmers and six exporters were selected by the Commission in consultation with, and with the consent of, the parties concerned, in accordance with Article 17 (1) and (2) of the Basic Regulation. However, as one company, Saga Lax Norge A/S, which was initially included in the sample of exporters, did not provide the Commission with the information deemed necessary for the invest- igation, it was replaced by another company, Domstein Salmon A/S. The Commission sent questionnaires to the companies selected as part of the samples of Community producers, Norwegian farmers and Norwegian exporters as well as to related and un- related importers in the Community and also to associations of traders and processors which made themselves known and to their member companies.