18.10.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 2873 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1551/2006 of 17 October 2006 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain frozen strawberries 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 Communities (!) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. INITIATION On 19 January 2006 the Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3 the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Community of certain frozen strawberries originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged on 5 December 2005 by the Polish Freezing Industry Union (the complainant) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion, in this case more than 25 %, of the total Community production of certain frozen strawberries. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the product concerned and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. 2. PARTIES CONCERNED BY THE PROCEEDING The Commission officially advised the complaining Community producers, other Community producers, the exporting producers, suppliers, importers and users as well as user associations known to be concerned, and the representatives of the PRC of the opening of the proceeding. Interested parties were given an opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the notice of initiation. The complainant producers, other cooperating Community producers, exporting producers, importers, users and user associations made their views known. All interested parties, who so requested and showed that there were particular reasons why they should be heard, were granted a hearing. In order to allow exporting producers in the PRC to submit a claim for market economy treatment (MET) or individual treatment (IT), if they so wished, the Commission sent market economy treatment and individual treatment claim forms to the Chinese companies known to be concerned. Five companies requested MET pursuant to Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation or individual treatment should the investigation establish that they did not meet the conditions for MET and one company requested only IT. () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (O] L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17). () O] C 14, 19.1.2006, p. 14.