18. 4. 86 , Official Journal of the European Communities No L 102/31 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 April 1986 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ball bearings and tapered roller bearings originating in Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union , (86/100/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 4 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee provided for in that Regulation, Whereas : A. Proceeding 1. In March 1985 and September 1985 the Commission on its own initiative commenced investigations of the declarations of commitment of the exporters of ball bearings and of tapered roller bearings falling within Common Customs Tariff heading ex 84.62, NIMEXE codes 84.62-01, 84.62-09 or 84.62-17 and originating in Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union. Notice of these investigations, conducted in accordance with Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84, was published in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities (%). 2. The Commission officially so advised the exporters -~ 7 known to be concerned and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. 3. All the exporters, a number of importers and the . Community producers made known their views in () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () O] No C 77, 23. 3. 1985, p. 3. OJ No C 183, 23. 7. 1985, p. 9. OJ No C 238, 19. 9. 1985, p. 4. writing and requested a hearing. These requests were granted. . No statements were submitted by Community custo- mers for the products in question. . The Commission collected and reviewed all the data which it considered necessary for the clarification of the facts and carried out checks on the premises of the following undertakings : — FLT Metall GmbH, Neuss, Germany (FR), — FLT & Metals Ltd, Brentford, United Kingdom, — Métalexfrance, Paris, France, — Import Standard Office ISO, Paris, France, — Koyo Nederland BV, Nieuwpoort, Netherlands, — Patrice Sales Ltd, London, United Kingdom, — Lipe Rollway NV, Aartselaar, Belgium, — Magra GmbH, Hattersheim, Germany (FR), — Rodaimport SA, Torrejon, Spain. 6. The investigation of dumping covered the period 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1985 in the case of Romania and the Soviet Union and the period 1 September 1984 to 30 August 1985 in the case of Poland. B. Dumping . In order to determine whether the goods imported from Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union were dumped, the Commission had to take into account the fact that these countries do not have market economies. The Commission therefore had to base its determination on the normal value in a market- economy country. Here the Commission opted to use — as in previous proceedings concerning ball and tapered roller bearings from Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union — the Japanese market. Some of the exporters objected to this choice. These objections