4. 8. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 195/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2172/93 of 30 July 1993 1mposmg provisional anti- dumpmg duties on imports of ethanolamine originating in the United States of America THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 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 (), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultation with the Advisory Committee as provided for unde}r the above Regulation, Whereas : ' A. PROCEDURE ()  In March 1992, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Conseil Européen des Fédérations des Industries Chimiques (Cefic) on behalf of the Community producers of ethanola- mine, representing almost all Community produc- tion of the product concerned, concerning the import of ethanolamines originating in the United States of America, (hereinafter called ‘the USA’). The complaint contained evidence, considered sufficient to justify the initiation of an anti- dumping proceeding, that the imports had been ~dumped and had caused material injury to the Community industry. (2) The Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(?), the initiation of such a proceeding concerning imports of ethanolamines originating in the USA, falling within CN codes 29221100, 29221200 and 292213 00 and commenced an investigation. (3 The Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, representa- tives of the exporting country and the complai- nants. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. (4  Representatives of the exporters, the related impor- ters and the complainants made their views known in writing. () OJ No L 209, 2.'8. 1988, p. 1. () O] No C 201, 8. 8. 1992, p. 12. ® (6) 9 The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination of dumping and injury and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (a) Community producers : — BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, — Huels AG, Marl, Germany, — ICI Ltd, Middlesborough, United Kingdom, — BP Chemicals Snc, Paris, France; (b) Producers in the USA: — Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, Connecticut, — Oxychem, Dallas, Texas, — Dow  Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, — Texaco Chemical Company, Houston, Texas ; (c) Related importers : ~— Dow Benelux NV, Rotterdam, Netherlands, — Dow International BV, Rotterdam, Nether- lands, — Texaco Chemical UK, London, United Kingdom, — Union Carbide Benelux NV, Antwerpen, Belgium. Information was also requested and obtained from Dow Europe SA and Union Carbide Europe SA which are both situated in Switzerland and which carried out certain functions concerning the impor- tation of the product into the Community. The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 (‘the investiga- tion period’). B. PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION Description of the product Ethanolamine is a chemical product derived from a reaction of ethylene oxide and aqueous ammonia.