7. 11. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 304/19 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 November 1997 terminating the anti-dumping review concerning imports of video tapes in cassettes originating in the People’s Republic of China {(97/750/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 Commun- ity (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2331/96 (%), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Measures in force (1) By Regulation (EEC) No 3091/91 (%), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of video tapes in cassettes originating in the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as ‘China’) falling within CN code ex 8523 13 00. 2. Request for a review (2) Following the publication in April 1996 of a notice of the impending expiry () of the measures in force, the Commission received in July 1996 a request for a review lodged by the Conseil Euro- péen de I'Industrie Chimique (CEFIC) on behalf of two Community producers allegedly representing a major proportion of the total production of the product concerned in the Community. The request contained evidence of dumping of the product originating in the People’s Republic of China, and of material injury likely to result in the event of expiry of the existing measures. 3 On 24 October 1996, considering that there was sufficient evidence to warrant the initiation of a review under Article 11 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as the 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. 317, 6. 12. 1996, p. 1. 293, 24. 10. 1991, p. 2. 119, 24. 4. 1996, p. 3. olniniw ) ®) ‘Basic Regulation’) the Commission announced by a notice (°) published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Notice of Initiation’) the initiation of an expiry and interim review of Regulation (EEC) No 3051/91. 3. Investigation The Commission officially advised the Community producers, the importers and the Chinese produ- cers/exporters known to be concerned as well as the representatives of China 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 within the time-limit set in the Notice of Initiation. The Commission commenced the review, which included the distribution of questionnaires to all parties involved seeking the information necessary for the assessment of dumping, injury and likeli- hood of dumping and of recurrence of injury. No replies to the questionnaire were received from any Chinese producer/exporter of the like product. B. WITHDRAWAL OF THE REQUEST Initially, in its request for an expiry review CEFIC referred to two Community producers: — BASF Magnetics GmbH (Germany), — TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. (Luxem- bourg). TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. informed the Commission that it would not actively support the request for the review. Consequently, it did not submit a response to the Commission question- naire. In view of the absence of cooperation from this company, it was excluded from the definition of the ‘Community industry’ for the purpose of the injury or likelihood of recurrence of injury deter- mination. () OJ C 314, 24. 10. 1996, p. 3.