7.9.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 226/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2463/93 of 1 September 1993 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of fluorspar originating in the People’s Republic of China THE COMMISSION 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 subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In April 1992 the Commission announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(*), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of fluorspar, falling within CN codes 2529 22 00 and ex 2529 21 00, originating in the People’s Republic of China. (2)  This notice followed the receipt of a complaint lodged by the Association of European Metal Industries (Eurométaux) which represented a major part of Comunity production. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product originating in the People’s Republic of China and of material injury resulting therefrom. This evidence was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission officially informed the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives of the exporting country and the complainants. It requested the parties concerned to reply to the questionnaires which had been sent to them and gave them the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. (3)  All the complainant Community producers, repre- sented by Eurométaux, replied to the question- naires. Also a Community producer originally not included in the list of producers supporting the complaint made itself known to the Commission o L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. o C 105, 25. 4. 1992, p. 23. Z2Z ©) (6) @ and replied to the questionnaire. The cooperating Community producers all together represent around 90 % of Community production of fluorspar. Eurométaux made its views known in writing and requested a hearing, which the Commission granted. Two Chinese trading organizations (Shanghai Metals and Minerals Import and Export Corpora- tion and Citic Trading Inc.), hereafter referred to as ‘the Chinese exporters’, replied to the question- naires. Only two importers, which were not related to the Chinese exporters, submitted a full and satisfactory " reply to the questionnaire. The Commission investigated and verified all infor- mation considered necessary for the purposes of the proceeding. To this end it carried out an inves- tigation at the premises of the following compa- nies. (a) Community producers: — Sogerem, Paris La Défense, France, -— Secme, Paris La Défense, France, — Laporte  Minerals, Derbysire,  United Kingdom, — Weardale Fluorspar Ltd, Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom, —-— Minerales y Productos Derivados SA, Bilbao, Spain, ) — Mineraria Silius SpA, Cagliari, Italy. (b) Importers into the Community: — Elf Atochem SA, Lyon, France, — Aussimont SpA, Milano, Italy. The Commission also sought information from producers in the Republic of South Africa which was selected as reference country for the establish- ment of normal value (see recitals 13 and 14). To this end a questionnaire was sent to several South African producers and a verification was carried out at the premises of one company. The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1992 (the investi- gation period).