8.4.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 9417 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 287/2009 of 7 April 2009 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil originating in Armenia, Brazil and the People’s Republic of China 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 Community (') (the basic Regulation), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Initiation (1) ~ On 28 May 2008, the Commission received a complaint concerning aluminium foil originating in Armenia, Brazil and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) lodged pursuant to Article 5 of the basic Regulation by Euro- métaux (the complainant) on behalf of producers rep- resenting a major proportion, in this case more than 25%, of the total Community production of aluminium foil. (2)  This complaint contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the opening of a proceeding. (3)  On 12 July 2008, the proceeding was initiated by the publication of a notice of initiation in the Official Journal of the European Union (2). 2. Parties concerned by the proceeding (4)  The Commission officially advised the complainant Community producers, exporting producers in Armenia, Brazil and the PRC, importers, traders, users, suppliers and associations known to be concerned, and the repre- sentatives of Armenia, Brazil and the PRC of the initiation of the proceeding. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the notice of initiation. () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. () 0] C 177, 12.7.2008, p. 13. ©) In order to allow exporting producers in Armenia and the PRC to submit a claim for market economy treatment (MET) or individual treatment (IT), if they so wished, the Commission sent claim forms to the Armenian exporting producer and Chinese exporting producers known to be concerned, the Armenian and Chinese authorities and to other Chinese exporting producers that made themselves known within the deadlines set out in the notice of initiation. The Armenian  exporting producer and six Chinese exporting producers together with their related sales companies, where appropriate, requested MET pursuant to Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation, or IT should the investigation establish that they did not meet the conditions for MET. In view of the apparent high number of exporting producers in the PRC and importers in the Community the Commission indicated in the notice of initiation that sampling might be applied in this investigation for the determination of dumping and injury in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation. In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling would be necessary and if so, to select a sample, all exporting producers in the PRC and importers in the Community were asked to make them- selves known to the Commission and to provide, as specified in the notice of initiation, basic information on their activities related to the product concerned during the period 1 July 2007-30 June 2008. Six exporting producers in the PRC responded to the sampling exercise. However one company withdrew from further cooperation with the investigation at an early stage, leaving only five exporting producers remaining. Sampling was therefore no longer necessary and all parties were informed that a sample would not be selected. Eight importersfusers responded to the sampling exercise. Sampling was therefore no longer necessary and all parties were informed that a sample would not be selected.