No L 83/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 4. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 823/95 of 10 April 1995 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of disodium carbonate originating in the United States of America THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 522/94 (3, and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EEC) No 3337/84 (*) the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of disodium carbonate orignating in the United States of America. Two companies offered price undertakings which were accepted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2253/84 (). (2 Commission Decision 90/507/EEC (°) terminated the review of the anti-dumping measures which had entered into force in 1984 concerning sodium carbonate originating in the United States of America, since the United States market share at that time was negligible, though the American producers were found to have dumped by up to 12,8 %. 3) In June 1993, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), acting on behalf of Community producers and representing allegedly 85% of the Community’s sodium carbonate production. The complaint contained evidence that imports of the product concerned originating in the United States of America were being dumped and were causing injury, and this evidence was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of the proceeding. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No L 311, 29. 11. 1984, p. 26. () OJ No L 206, 2. 8. 1984, p. 15. () OJ No L 283, 16. 10. 1990, p. 38. O O] (6) " Subsequently, in August 1993, the Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (f) the initi- ation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of sodium carbonate originating in the United States of America. The Commission officially advised the producers, exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting countries and the complainants. Interested parties directly concerned were given the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. The exporters and the complainant Community producers made their views known in writing. Submissions were also made by a number of importers. Some of these parties requested and were granted hearings. Pursuant to Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regu- lation’), an exporter requested an opportunity to meet representatives of the Community industry. However, no meeting took place as the other parties concerned did not want to attend such a meeting. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it considered necessary for a preliminary deter- mination of dumping and injury and carried out investigations at the premises of the following: (a) Complaining Community producers : United Kingdom : — Brunner Mond & Co. Ltd, Northwich ; Belgium : — Solvay SA, Brussels; The Netherlands : — Akzo Chemicals BV, Amersfoort ; France : — Solvay SA, Paris, — Rhoéne Poulenc SA, Courbevoie ; () OJ No C 213, 6. 8. 1993, p. 12.