No L 10/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 1. 97 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1996 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of tapered roller bearings originating in Japan (97/27/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 Com- munity ('), and in particular Article 23 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or sub- sidized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Community (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 522/94 (*), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Following consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the said Regulation, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1 In November 1993, the Commission received a complaint 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 tapered roller bearings (hereinafter referred to as ‘TRBs’). () OJ No L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. %) OJ No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. —_ (2 The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. After consultation within the Advisory Committee, the Commission accordingly announced, by notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%), the initi- ation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of tapered roller bearings originating in Japan. (3)  The Commission officially advised the Community producers, the importers and the Japanese produ- cers known to be concerned as well as the repres- entatives of Japan of the opening of the investiga- tion and gave the parties concerned the opportu- nity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. 4) The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purpose of its determination. (5)  The investigation period applied in the present proceeding 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 applied. 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. () OJ No C 181, 2. 7. 1994, p. 7.