29. 5. 98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 155/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1084/98 of 28 May 1998 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of stainless steel bars originating in India THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5) The Commission sought and verified all the infor- mation it deemed necessary for the purpose of a Having re?gard to the Treaty establishing the European preliminary determination and carried out invest- Community, igations at the premises of the following com- Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of panies: 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports (a) Community producers from countries not members of the European Com- munity (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) — Cogne Acciai Speciali Srl, Aosta, Italy, No 905/98 (%), and in particular Article 7 thereof, — Krupp Edelstahlprofile GmbH, Siegen, Germany, After consulting the Advisory Committee, — Rodacciai SpA, Bosisio Parrini, Italy, Wh : ereas — Sprint Metal Edelstahlziehereien GmbH, Hemer, Germany, A. PROCEDURE — Trafilerie Bedini Srl, Peschiera Borromeo, Italy, (1) In August 1997 the Commission announced by a — Ugine_Savoie SA’ Ugine’ France. notice (hereafter ‘notice of initiation’) published in the Official Journal of the European Commun- During the verification visit to Rodacciai SpA ities () the initiation of an anti-dumping proceed- the company withdrew its cooperation and ing with regard to imports into the Community of consequently the information provided by this stainless steel bars (hereafter ‘SSB’) originating in company ‘cou‘ld not be taken into account for India and commenced an investigation. the investigation. (2) The proceeding was initiated as a result of a (b) Exporting producers in India complaint lodged by the European Confederation — Bhansali  Brightbars Pvt  Ltd/Bhansali of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer) on behalf of Community producers representing a major proportion of the Community production of SSB. — Facor (Ferro Alloys Corp. Ltd), Nagpur, The com‘plai.nt. containeq evidence of dump.ing and — Grand Foundry Ltd, Mumbai, of material injury resulting therefrom, which was Ferromet Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a — Isibars Ltd, Mumbai, proceeding. — Mukand Ltd, Mumbai, (3) The Commission officially advised the Community — Panchmahal Steel Ltd, Baroda, producers, exporting producers and importers . . known to be concerned, the representatives of the — Raajratna Metal Industries Ltd. Ahmedabad, exporting country and the complainant of the initi- — Venus Wire Industries Ltd, Mumbai, ation of the proceeding; it gave the parties . . concerned the opportunity to make their views — Viraj Alloys Ltd, Mumbai. known in writing and to request a hearing. (c) Importers in the Community related to ex- A number of exporting producers in India as well porting Indian producers as some producers, importers and suppliers in the — Isibars GmbH, Diisseldorf, Germany, Community made their views known in writing. All parties who so requested within the time limits set in the notice of initiation were granted a hearing. (d) Importers in the Community not related to exporting Indian producers — Mukand International Ltd, London, United Kingdom. 4)  The Commission sent questionnaires to all parties known to be concerned and received replies from a — Thyssen  Schulte GmbH, Dortmund, number of companies in the Community and Germany, India. — Ibero Edelstahlhandel & Co KG, Milheim, Germany, ) OJ L 56, 6. 3. 1996, p. 1. o ) 8 O} L 128, 30. 4. 1998p, p- 18. — Metaalcompagnie ‘Brabant’, Valkenswaard, J C G 264, 30. 8. 1997, p. 2. Netherlands.