No L 192/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 8. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1984/95 of 10 August 1995 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of powdered activated carbon originating in 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 3283/94 of 22 December 1994 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Commu- nity (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1251/95 (%), and in particular Article 23 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (*), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 522/94 (¥}, and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In September 1993, the Commission received a’ complaint lodged by the Conseil European de I'Industrie Chimique (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cefic’) on behalf of Community producers alle- gedly representing the vast majority of Community production of powdered activated carbon. The complain contained evidence of dumping of the said product originating in the People’s Repu- blic of China and of material injury resulting therefrom which was considered sufficient ot justify the initiation of a proceeding. (2) The Commission announced by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of powdered acti- vated carbon originating in the Peoples’s Republic of China and commenced an investigation. (3)  The Commission officially notified the exporters and importers known to be concerned and the representatives of the exporting country of the initiation of the proceeding and gave the parties () OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L 122, 2. 6. 1995, p. 1. () O No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () O] No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No C 64, 2. 3. 1994, p. 5. ®) concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. Representatives of only one Chinese exporter, Shanghai Chemicals Import & Export Corporation, Shanghai, requested and were granted a hearing and made their views known in writing. The repre- sentatives of several importers of the product in question were also granted hearings and made their views known in writing. Representatives of Cefic requested and were granted a hearing and made their views known in writing. One Community producer which was not a signa- tory to the complaint, VCA Srl Monopoli, Italy, also made its views known in writing but did not reply to the Commission’s questionnaire, nor did it request a hearing. The Commission sought and verified all the infor- mation it deemed to be necessary for the purpose of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following: (a) Community producers : — CECA SA, Paris, France, — Chemviron Carbon, Brussels, Belgium, — Norit NV, Amersfoort, Netherlands ; (b) importers/distributors : — Germany : — Europe Asia International Trade Deve- lopment GmbH, Hamburg, — Lurgi Aktivkohle GmbH, Frankfurt- am-Main ; — Italy: — Camel Chemicals SpA, Milan, — Carboclean SpA, Milan, — Hydro-line SpA, Milan. The Commission also received and used informa- tion from two other importers in the Community which replied to the relevant questionnaire. Questionnaires were sent to six known exporters in the People’s Republic of China and to two compa- nies situated in Hong Kong which were known to trade in Chinese activated carbons. Only Shanghai Chemicals Import & Export Corporation replied to the Commission’s questionnaire. No cooperation was therefore received from any other Chinese exporters or Hong Kong trading company.