No L 255/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2376/94 of 27 September 1994 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of colour television receivers originating in Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or sub- sidized imports from countries not. members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (!), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 522/94 (3, and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In November 1992, the Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(®), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of colour television receivers (hereinafter referred to as CTVs) exported from or originating in Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey, and commenced an investigation. The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged by the Society for Coherent Anti-dumping Norms (SCAN), on behalf of pro- ducers whose collective output of colour television receivers was alleged to represent a major propor- tion of the Community production of these televi- sion receivers. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of this product originating in or exported from the countries indicated above, and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered suffi- cient to justify opening a proceeding as regards Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey. (2)  The complaint was also directed against Japan and Hong Kong. However, in view of the apparently () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () O] No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No C 307, 25. 11. 1992, p. 4. 3) “ ©) Q) declining or low level of imports concerned, the evidence of material injury in respect of these two countries was considered, at that time, insufficient to initiate a proceeding. The Commission officially notified the producers, exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting countries, and the complainant, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. The Hong Kong, Thai and Turkish authorities, most exporters, certain importers, all complainant producers and some non-complainant producers made their views known in writing. All parties who so requested were granted a hearing. The Commission sent questionnaires to parties known to be concerned and received detailed infor- mation from the complainant Community pro- ducers, certain producers in the exporting countries and some importers in the Community. The Commission also received a limited amount of information from five Community producers who, though not members of SCAN, supported the complaint. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed necessary for the purposes of the preliminary determination of dumping and injury, and carried out investigations at the premises of the following firms : (a) Complainant Community producers: — Bang & Olufsen AS, Struer, Denmark, — Grundig AG, Firth, Germany, and its sub- sidiaries in France, Italy and the United Kingdom, — Nokia GmbH, Pforzheim, Germany and its subsidiaries in France, Italy and the United Kingdom, — Philips Consumer Electronics BV, Eind- hoven, Netherlands, and its factories and/or subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, — Séleco SpA, Pordenone, Italy, — Thomson CE, SA, Courbevoie, France, and its factories and/or subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.