L 142/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 5. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1002/98 of 13 May 1998 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of unwrought unalloyed magnesium 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 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Commun- ity ('), 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) A complaint concerning imports of unwrought unalloyed magnesium originating in the People’s Republic of China was lodged on 7 July 1997 by the Comité de Liaison des Industries de Ferro- Alliages (Euro Alliages) on behalf of the sole known Community producer of that product, Pechiney Electrometallurgie, France (PEM). The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the product concerned originating in the People’s Republic of China and of material injury resulting therefrom. (2)  Having decided, after consultation, that there was sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a proceeding, the Commission announced the opening of an investigation by notice published in the Official Journal of the European Commun- ities °) (hereinafter referred to as ‘notice of initi- ation’). (3  The Commission officially advised the producers, exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant of the initiation of an investiga- tion and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. 4)  The Commission sent questionnaires to the parties known to be concerned and to those who identified () OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. () OJ L 128, 30. 4. 1998, p. 18. () OJ C 256, 21. 8. 1997, p. 3. themselves within the time period stipulated in the notice of initiation. Replies to these questionnaires were received from the sole Community producer, 10 Chinese exporters, three unrelated importers in the Community and an unrelated trader located in Switzerland. In addition, six users and an associa- tion of users in the Community replied to the Commission’s questionnaire and provided informa- tion which was sufficiently complete so that it could be used for the assessment of Community interest. The Commission then sought and verified all information it deemed necessary for the purpose of a preliminary determination and carried out in- vestigation visits at the premises of the following companies: — Community producer: — Pechiney Electrometallurgie, France. — Analogue country producer: — Norsk Hydro ASA, Hydro Magnesium Norge, Porsgrunn, Norway, and the sales coordination company, — Hydro Magnesium Marketing SA, Belgium. — Importers in the Community: — Ayrton and Partners Ltd, United Kingdom, — EHC Egger Consulting and Handelsgesell- schaft GmbH, Germany, — NV Specialty Metals SA, Belgium. Although the Commission did not carry out an investigation visit at the premises of the trader, Ferrolegeringar AG, Switzerland, information included in its response was used (in conjunction with the responses from the three Community based importers) because it was considered reliable. The investigation of dumping covered the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘investigation period’). The examination of injury covered the period from 1993 up to the end of the investigation period. The present proceeding follows an earlier anti- dumping proceeding concerning the same product originating in Russia, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan which resulted in anti-dumping measures consist-