25. 8. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 215/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2346/93 ' of 23 August 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3308/90 by imposihg an additional anti-dumping duty on imports of woven polyolefin sacks originating in the People’s Republic of China THE COUNCIL 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 sub- sidized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Articles 12 and 13 (11) and 14 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) By Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051/90 (), a ‘ provisional anti-dumping duty of 43,4 % was imposed on imports on woven polyolefin sacks originating in the People’s Republic of China. This duty was confirmed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/90 (%). (2 The Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Association for Textiles Polyolefin (EATP) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion of ‘Community production of woven polyolefin sacks, alleging that oll or part of the anti-dumping duty had been borne by the expor- ters concerned. (3)  Since the complaint contained evidence of absorp- tion of anti-dumping duty by the exporters, the Commission announced the initiation of an inves- tigation as provided for in Article 13 (11) of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2423/88, in a notice published in () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () O] No L 187, 19. 7. 1990, p. 36. () OJ No L 318, 17. 11. 1990, p. 2. the Official Journal of the European Communities (- (49 The Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned and gave interested parties the opportunity to make their views known in writing. §) Replies to the Commission’s questionnaire were received on behalf of nine Chinese exporters. Only two of the replies of the importers to whom ques- tionnaires were sent contained substantive informa- tion. These two importers accounted for approxi- mately 36 % of the total imports into the Com- munity of woven polyolefin sacks originating in the People’s Republic of China. (6) None of the interested parties requested the Commission to undertake a full review Regulation (EEC) No 3308/90 pursuant to Article 14 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2423/88. Moreover, on the basis of the information available, the Commission did not consider that circumstances had changed suffi- ciently to justify the need for such a review on the Commission’s initiative. (7  The investigation into absorption of the anti- dumping duty by the exporters covered the original . investigation period, 1 January to 31 December 1988, which had been taken into account for calcu- lation of the anti-dumping duty, and the nine- month period following the imposition - of the provisional anti-dumping duty and prior to the initiation of the present investigation, ie. from 1 August 1990 to 30 April 1991. B. Product © (8)  The product under consideration is identical to the product subject to the definitive anti-dumping duty referred to in recital 1, i.e. woven polyolefin sacks (polyethylene or polypropylene) falling within CN code 6305 31 91. () OJ No C 157, 15. 6. 1991, p. 5.