L 240/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.8.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1845/98 of 27 August 1998 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain large electro- lytic aluminium capacitors originating in the United States of America and in Thailand 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (3, and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1)  In October 1997 a complaint was lodged by the Federation for Appropriate Remedial Anti- Dumping (FARAD) on behalf of Nederlandse Phil- ipsbedrijven BV (The Netherlands) and BHC Aerovox Ltd (United Kingdom). The complainants represented a major proportion of Community production of the like product. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. (2)  Consequently, on 29 November 1997, the Commission announced by a notice (hereinafter referred to as ‘Notice of Initiation’) published in the Official Journal of the European Commu- nities (}) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Community of certain large electrolytic aluminium capacitors originating in the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as ‘USA’) and in Thailand and commenced an investigation. (3  The Commission officially advised the producers/ exporters and importers known to be concerned as well as the representatives of the exporting coun- tries concerned and the complainant Community producers, about the initiation of the proceeding. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a () OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. () OJ L 128, 30. 4. 1998, p. 18. () OJ C 363, 29. 11. 1997, p. 2. hearing within the time limit set in the Notice of Initiation. A number of producers/exporters in the countries concerned, as well as complainant Community producers and importers made their views known in writing. All parties who so requested within the above time limit and indicated that there were particular reasons why they should be heard were granted a hearing. The Commission sent questionnaires to parties known to be concerned and to all the other com- panies which made themselves known to the Commission within the deadline set by the Notice of Initiation. The Commission sought and verified all the in- formation it deemed necessary for the purpose of a preliminary determination of dumping, injury and Community interest and carried out investigations at the premises of the following companies: (@) complainant Community producers: — Nederlandse Philipsbedrijven BV (Zwolle, The Netherlands) and its related company, Osterreichische Philips Industrie GmbH (Klagenfurt, Austria), (hereinafter referred to as ‘Philips’); (b) importers: — Acal Electronics Ltd (Bracknell, United Kingdom), — Beck Elektronik Bauelemente GmbH (Nurnberg, Germany); (c) producers/exporters — USA: — Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of America (Knoxville, USA), — United Chemi-con Corporation (Illinois, USA). The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997 (here- inafter referred to as the ‘investigation period’). The examination of injury covered the period from 1 January 1993 up to the end of the investigation period (hereinafter referred to as the ‘period consid- ered).