No L 179/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 7. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1878/95 of 28 July 1995 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of refractory chamottes 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 3283/94 of 22 December 1954 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Commu- nity ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1251/95 (%), and in particular Article 23 thereof, 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 (%), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultation with the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) In April 1993 the Commission announced by a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Commu- nity of certain types of refractory chamottes origi- nating in the People’s Republic of China falling within CN codes ex 2507 and 2508. (2  This notice followed the receipt of a written complaint lodged by Société Argiles et Minéraux AGS (‘AGS)), Clérac, F-17270 Montguyon allegedly representing a major proportion of the total Community production of refractory chamottes. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product and of material injury resulting therefrom. This evidence was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. (3) The Commission officially advised the producers and exporters in the exporting country and impor- ters known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant. Parties directly concerned were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. (4  Two associations and two companies of the user industry made their views known in writing. () OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. () O] No L 122, 2. 6. 1995, p. 1. () O No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () O] No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. () OJ No C 104, 15. 4. 1993, p. 8. ) @ ® No producer or exporter nor any other intersted party from the People’s Republic of China made their views known during the investigation or replied to the questionnaires sent to them by the Commission. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investi- gations at the premises of the following: (a) Community producers : Société Argiles et Minéraux AGS Clérac F-17270 Montguyon Arcichamotas (Arcillas y Chamotas Asturianas, SL) C/Uria, No 76, 3° D E-Oviedo ; (b) Unrelated importers : Frank & Schulte GmbH Alfredstr. 154 D-45131 Essen Possehl Erzkontor GmbH Beckergrube 38-52 D-23552 Libeck. The investigation of dumping covered the period 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993. B. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND LIKE PRODUCT Description of the product The product concerned is unprocessed, also called ‘kiln-run’, refractory chamottes (sometimes called ‘calcined fireclay’ or ‘calcined fintclay’ or ‘calcined clay’ or ‘calcined kaolin’) with an alumina content of at least 40 % but not exceeding 55 %. These chamottes are produced from clays or ores mainly based on kaolinite, i.e. hydro alumina silicates, calcined at high temperatures. The calcination process is mainly carried out in rotary kilns. They are used in the manufacture of shaped or unshaped silico-alumina products. The complaint and the notice of initiation covered both processed and unprocessed refractory chamottes. However, the investigation showed that a distinction has to be made between processed and non-processed refractory chamottes. This distinc-