14.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L155/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1011/2002 of 10 June 2002 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of powdered activated carbon (PAC) originating in the People's Republic of China THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 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 Community (!), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION (1) By Regulation (EC) No 1006/96 of 3 June 1996 (), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of powdered activated carbon originating in the People's Republic of China. B. PRESENT INVESTIGATION (2)  Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry () of the anti-dumping measures in force, the Commission received a request for an expiry review lodged by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) on behalf of two producers, together repre- senting a major proportion (more than 80 %) of the total Community production of powdered activated carbon (PAC). The request alleged that injurious dumping of imports originating in the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to recur if the measures expired. (3)  Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Commiittee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initia- tion of a review, the Commission initiated an invest- () OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 22382000 (Of L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2). () O] L 134, 5.6.1996, p. 20. () O] C 349, 6.12.2000, p. 5. igation (¥ pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (the basic Regulation). (4 The investigation into the likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 June 2000 to 31 May 2001 (IP). The exam- ination of trends relevant for the assessment of a likeli- hood of a continuation or recurrence of injury covered the period from 1997 up to the end of the IP (analysis period). (5)  The Commission officially advised the applicant Community producers, the exporters and exporting producers in China, importers/traders, users and suppliers, which were known to be concerned, of the initiation of the review. The Commission sent question- naires to all these parties and to those who made them- selves known within the time limit set in the Notice of initiation. The Commission also gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. (6)  The Commission sent out 26 questionnaires to unrelated importers/traders and 49 questionnaires to exporters and exporting producers in China. Furthermore, due to the apparent high number of exporters and exporting producers of the product concerned in China, the Commission sent out a questionnaire asking specific information on average sales volume and prices of PAC (sample questionnaire) of each exporter and exporting producer concerned, in order to determine whether sampling was necessary. No answer was received from importers|traders, and one exporter in China replied to the sample questionnaire, but subsequently stopped cooperating. (7)  The Commission also sent questionnaires to all other parties known to be concerned and received replies from the two Community producers on whose behalf the request for review was lodged and from two suppliers of raw materials and two users. (*) Notice of initiation: O] C 163, 6.6.2001, p. 7.