No L 54/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 3.9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 394/96 of 4 March 199% imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester staple fibre originating in Belarus THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  The Commission officially advised the producers, exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and gg::rlx:lgu;?tg; rd to the Treaty establishing the European the complainants. Interested parties directly ’ concerned were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3283/94 of hearing. 22 December 1994 on protection against dumped imports from. countries not members of the Eu.ropean Com- (4  One producer in the country concerned, several munity ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No importers and the complainant Community 1251/95 (), and in particular Article 23 thereof, industry made their views known in writing. Parties who so requested were granted a hearing. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsi- (5) The Commission sent questionnaires to the parties dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- known to be concerned and received information pean Economic Community (), as last amended by Regu- from the complaining Community producers, from lation (EC) No 522/94("), and in particular Article 11 one Belarussian exporter, and from two cooperating thereof, importers in the Community. After consulting the Advisory Committee, (6)  Submissions were also made by or on behalf of Community purchasers of processors of the product in question. Whereas: (7  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. PROCEDURE i (a) Complainant Community producers: o — Hoechst AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (1) In August 1994, the Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities() the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerr}ing imports of — Montefibre Spa Enichem, Milano, Italy, polyester staple fibre originating in Belarus. — Du Pont de Nemours, Bad Homburg, Germany, — Akzo Fibres and Polymers Division, Arnheim, Netherlands, () The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged by the International Committee — Wellman International Ltd, Co Meath, of Rayon and Synthetic Fibres (CIRFS), acting on Ireland, behalf of Community producers allegedly represen- — La Seda de Barcelona SA, El Prat de ting a major proportion of the total production of Llobrega, Spain, fibre in the C ity. polyester staple fibre in the Community — Nurel SA, Hospitalet de Llobrega, Spain; . . . . ¢ . The ct?mplalnt contained ev1de{1ce -Of dumpmg. © (by Three producers in two market-economy coun- the said product and of material injury resulting tries: therefrom which was considered sufficient to justify ) the initiation of a proceeding. — Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Cooperation, Taiwan, 1) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. o ) ] 8 Oj Ng L 122, 2. 6. 1995, p.pl. — Tuntex Distinct Cooperation, Taiwan, 8 8} Eg lI: 2(6)913 g iggi g }0 -— Zaklady Wlokien Chemicznych Elana SA, () OJ No C 212, 3. 8. 1994, p. 5. Poland.