No L 107/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 4. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 997/85 of 18 April 1985 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of glycine originating in Japan THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) In July 1984 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federations (CEFIC) on behalf of a producer of glycine whose output was said to constitute all Community production of the product in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping, and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered suffi- cient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities (), the initiation of an anti- dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of glycine falling within subheading 2923 D IV of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code 29.23-77, origi- nating in Japan, and commenced an investiga- tion. (2) The Commission officially so advised the expor- ‘ ters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. (3) The exporters known to the Commission and most of the known importers made their views () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No C 265, 4. 10. 1984, p. S. (4) (%) (6) ) (8) ©) known in writing. The exporters and some of the importers requested and were granted hearings. Both exporters requested the opportunity to meet the complainant for the purpose of presenting their opposing views. The Commission was prepared to grant this request but the exporters withdrew it after they had been informed that the complainant was only prepared to attend such a meeting without users being present. Submissions were made by some of the main Community users of glycine. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (@) the complainant . Tessenderlo Chemie SA, Brussels; (b) a former Community producer: Société de Produits Chimiques Industriels (SPCI), Paris; : (c) non-EEC producers/exporters : — Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Showa Denko KK, Tokyo. In the course of the investigation it was established that Rexim SA (France) is also a producer of glycine, but so far only of a small quantity. ' The investigation of dumping covered the period 1 April to 30 September 1984. B.'Normal value Normal value was provisionally determined on the basis of the monthly weighted average domestic prices of those producers who exported to the Community and who provided sufficient evidence concerning prices actually paid in the ordinary course of trade for the like product intended for consumption in Japan. The exporters claimed that because of the diffe- rences in the quantities sold on the domestic market and for export to the Community, the normal value should be based on a restricted sample of transactions which most resembled the quantities sold in the export transactions.