No L 174/4 Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1648/94 of 6 July 1994 imposing a provisional .anti-dumping duty on imports of furazolidone originating in the People’s Republic of China . 8.7.94 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 Communities ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 522/94 (3, and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee ; Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In November 1993 the Commission announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of furazolidone originating in the People’s Republic of China. The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged by Orphahell BV, a Community producer representing the total Community production of the product concerned. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the product originating in the People’s Republic of China, and of material injury resulting therefrom ; this evidence was considered sufficient to justify opening a proceeding. () The Commission officially advised the producers, exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. (3  One producer and a number of exporters in the People’s Republic of China, two importers and the complainant Comunity producer made their views () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No C 302, 9. 11. 1993, p. 2. @ ® Q) @ ® ® known in writing. Representatives of the Chinese producer and exporters requested and were granted a hearing. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out an investigation at the premises of the Community producer, Orphahell BV, Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Since the People’s Republic of China is a non- market economy country, normal value was established by reference to a market economy third country, namely India (as explained in recitals 11 and 12). Information was requested and received from an Indian producer and subsequently verified at its premises : Kemwell Private Ltd — Bangalore The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 October 1992 to 30 September 1993 (herei- nafter referred to as ‘the investigation period’). B. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION, LIKE PRODUCT AND COMMUNITY INDUSTRY I. Description of the product concerned The product covered by the proceeding is furazoli- done which is an antibiotic product, with the chemical name 3-(S-nitrofurfurlideneamino)-2- oxazolidone, falling within CN code 2934 90 40. Furazolidone is used in medicated feedstuffs for the treatment of diseases in swine and poultry and can also be used for the treatment of cholera and other human or veterinary diseases. There exists only one type of furazolidone. This product is not subject to significant differences in quality or use. II. Like product The Commission found that furazolidone produced by the Community industry and the Indian producer was comparable in its essential physical characteristics, application and use to that produced in the People’s Republic of China and exported to the Community.