4.4.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 94/55 COMMISSION DECISION of 3 April 2007 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of pentaerythritol originating in the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States of America (2007/214[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Communities (1) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Initiation (), On 2 December 2005, the Commission received a complaint lodged pursuant to Article 5 of the basic Regulation by CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) (the complainant) on behalf of producers repre- senting a major proportion, in this case more than 50 %, of the total Community production of pentaerythritol. This complaint contained evidence of dumping of pentaerythritol from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United States of America (USA) and of material injury resulting there from, which was considered sufficient to justify the opening of a proceeding. On 17 January 2006, the proceeding was initiated by the publication of a notice of initiation (3 in the Official Journal of the European Union. (") OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (O] L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17). () 0] C 11, 17.1.2006, p. 4. 2. Parties concerned by the proceeding The Commission officially advised the complainant, the Community  producers, the exporting producers, importers, users, suppliers and associations known to be concerned and the representatives of the exporting countries concerned of the initiation of the proceeding. Interested parties were given an opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the notice of initiation. The complainant producers, other Community producers, exporting producers, importers, users and suppliers made their views known. All interested parties, who so requested and showed that there were particular reasons why they should be heard, were granted a hearing. In order to allow exporting producers in the PRC and Ukraine to submit a claim for market economy treatment (MET) or individual treatment (IT), if they so wished, the Commission sent claim forms to the Chinese and Ukrainian authorities and to the exporting producers in those two countries known to be concerned. One company in the PRC requested MET pursuant to Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation or IT should the investi- gation establish that they do not meet the conditions for MET. The sole Ukrainian producer requested only IT. In the notice of initiation, the Commission indicated that sampling may be applied in this investigation for expo- rters/producers in the PRC. However, since only one company cooperated and indicated its willingness to be included in the sample, sampling was not required. Questionnaires were sent to all parties known to be concerned and to all other companies that made them- selves known within the deadlines set out in the notice of initiation. Replies were received from three Community producers, one of them having two production plants, three unrelated importers, five users, one supplier, one exporting producers in the PRC, one exporting producer in Turkey, one exporting producer in Ukraine and one producer which accepted to cooperate in a possible analogue country, Chile.