No L 162/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 6. 97 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1114/97 of 17 June 1997 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of outer rings of tapered roller bearings originating in Japan and repealing the anti-dumping measures imposed on such imports 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 Article 9 and Article 11 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consultation within the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE n In June 1994, the Commission received a request for a review of the definitive anti-dumping measures on imports of outer rings of tapered roller bearings (hereafter referred to as ‘Cups’) originating in Japan imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 55/93(%). This request was lodged by the Federation of European Bearing Manufacturers’ Associations (FEBMA) on behalf of Community producers whose collective output was stated to constitute a major proportion of total Community production of Cups. () The request asserted that the anti-dumping measures in force were not or no longer sufficient to counteract the dumping which is causing injury, as both dumping and injury resulting therefrom were alleged to have increased. (3)  Considering that there was sufficient evidence to warrant the initiation of a review under Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of () OJ No L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2331/96, O] No L 317, 6. 12. 1996, p. 1. % OJ No L9, 15. 1. 1993, p. 7. the European Economic Community () the Commission published on 20 October 1994 a notice of initiation of a review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of Cups originating in Japan (%). (4)  The Commission officially advised the Community producers, the importers and the Japanese produ- cers/exporters known to be concerned as well as the representatives of Japan of the opening of the investigation and gave the parties concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. (5) The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purpose of its determination. (6) The investigation period applied in the present proceeding for establishing whether dumping and undercutting existed was from 1 October 1993 to 30 June 1994. For the analysis of the trends of the factors analysed for the purposes of establishing whether the Community industry suffered injury caused by the imports in question the period from 1 January 1991 to 30 June 1994 was used. In order to ensure comparability of the data relating to the investigation period with that relating to the previous calendar years, this was extrapolated to reflect the situation in a twelve months’ period. Since this review was initiated before the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden meaning that the investigation period ended before that accession, the investigation of injury is based on an analysis of facts pertaining to the Community of Twelve. (7 The investigation has exceeded the normal time period because of the complexity of the assessment of the injury and causality aspects of the proceed- ing, which was mainly due to the high number and degree of diversity of the types within the product investigated. (8)  The complainant, FEBMA, lodged the request for a review on behalf of the following producers: () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. Regulation replaced by Regula- tion (EC) No 384/96. () OJ No C 292, 20. 10. 1994, p. 5.