19. 7. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 169/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1748/95 of 17 July 1995 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of peroxodisulphates (persulphates), 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 1994 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 sub- sidized 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 consultating the Advisory Committee, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In November 1993, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) representing the totality of the Community production. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product originating in the People’s Republic of China and of material injury resulting therefrom which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. (2 The Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(%), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of persulphates originating in the People’s Republic of China, falling within CN code ex 2833 40 00 and commenced an investigation. (3 The Commission officially notified the com- plainants, the exporters and importers known to be concerned and the representatives of the exporting country of the initiation of the proceeding and gave No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. No L 122, 2. 6. 1995, p. 1. No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. No L 66, 10. 3. 1994, p. 10. No C 64, 2. 3. 1994, p. 4. O (6) @) ®) ® the parties concerned thé opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. The three complainant Community producers, represented by CEFIC, replied to the questionnaire. Two Chinese exporters, Guangdong Chemicals Import & Export Corporation and Fujian Provincial Chemicals Import & Export Corporation, and two independent importers, replied to the Commis- sion’s questionnaire. Representatives of Guangdong Chemicals Imports and Export Corporation and Fujian Provincial Chemicals Import & Export Corporation were granted a hearing and made their views known in writing. The Commission sought and verified all the infor- mation it deemed to be necessary for the purpose of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (a) Community producers : ~— Peroxid Chemie GmbH, Pullach, Germany, — Degussa AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, — Air Liquide Chimie (Chemoxal), Paris, France ; (b) Irriporters in the Community : — Sinochem Trading Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, — Copci, Paris, France. The Commission also sent questionnaires to two producers in Japan which was selected as reference country for the establishment of normal value and verifications were carried out at the premises of these two companies. The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 January to 31 December 1993 (the in- vestigation period). B. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND LIKE PRODUCT 1. Definition of product The product concerned is peroxodisulphates (ammonium persulphate ((NH,),5,0q), sodium persulphate (Na,S,0,) and potassium persulphate (K;S,04)) (hereinafter referred to as ‘persulphates’).