No L 239/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 10. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2352/95 of 6 October 1995 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of coumarin 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 sub- sidized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 522/94 (%), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) In February 1994, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), on behalf of Rhone- Poulenc SA, the only Community producer of coumarin. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product originating in the People’s Repu- blic of China and of material injury resulting there- from, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. (2) The Commission accordingly announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(®), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of coumarin originating in the People’s Republic of China, falling within the CN code ex 2932 21 00 and it commenced an investigation. (3) The Commission officially notified the producers/ exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant of the initiation of the pro- ceedings and gave the parties concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. () OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. % O] No L 122, 2. 6. 1995, p. 1. % O] No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. {) OJ No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No C 138, 20. 5. 1994, p. 9. ) ) 6 Most known importers and some users made their views known in writing. They requested and were granted hearings. The Commission sent a questionnaire to the parties known to be concerned and received detailed infor- mation from the complainant Community producer and most importers in the Community. out of the five producers/exporters contacted, only one, Tianjin No 1 Perfumery replied to the Commission’s request for information ; neverthe- less its reply was largely incomplete and in many parts illegible. The Commission sought and verified all the infor- mation it deemed necessary for the purpose of a preliminary determination and carried out investi- gations at the premises of the following: (a) Community producer : — Rhoéne-Poulenc SA, Courbevoie, France ; (b) Unrelated importers in the Community : — Paul Kaders GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, — Adrian SA, Marseille, France, — Irish  Flavours and  Fragrances Ltd, Drogheda, Ireland, ~~ Moelhausen Trading srl, Milan, Italy, — International Flavours and Fragances IFF {Nederland) BV, Hilversum, — The Netherlands, — Impex Quimica SA, Barcelona, Spain, — Amalgamated Metal Corporation Ltd, London, UK, — Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd, London, UK. As the United States of America has been used as an analogue country for the purpose of calculating normal value (see recital 15) the Commission conducted an investigation at the premises of Rhoéne-Poulenc Inc., the United States producer of coumarin. The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 April 1993 to 31 March 1994 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the investigation period’). B. PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION AND LIKE PRODUCT 1. Description of the product concerned The product concerned is coumarin, a whitish crys- talline powder with the characteristic odour of newly mown hay. Its main uses are as an aroma