11.5.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 124/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 402/2012 of 10 May 2012 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium radiators originating in the People’s Republic of China THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (') (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Initiation (1)  On 12 August 2011, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) (Notice of Initi- ation’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of aluminium radiators originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). (2)  The proceeding was initiated following a complaint lodged by the International Association of Aluminium Radiator Manufacturers Limited Liability Consortium (AIRAL Scrl - ‘the complainant), representing a major proportion, in this case more than 25 % of the total Union production of aluminium radiators. The complaint contained prima facie evidence of dumping of the said product and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of an investigation. 2. Parties concerned by the proceeding (3)  The Commission officially advised the complainant, other known Union producers, the exporting producers in the PRC, producers in the analogue country, importers, () OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. OJ C 236, 12.8.2011, p. 18. distributors, and other parties known to be concerned, and representatives of the PRC 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 initi- ation. The complainant, other Union producers, the exporting producers in the PRC, importers and distributors 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 view of the apparent high number of Union producers, importers and exporting producers sampling was envisaged in the notice of initiation, in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation. In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling would be necessary and if so, to select a sample, importers and exporting producers were asked to make themselves known to the Commission and to provide, as specified in the notice of initiation, basic information on their activities related to the product concerned (as defined in section 3 below) during the period from July 2010-June 2011. In order to allow exporting producers to submit a claim for market economy treatment (MET) or individual treatment (1T), if they so wished, the Commission sent claim forms to the Chinese exporting producers known to be concerned and to the authorities of the PRC. Only one group of companies, Sira (Tianjin) Aluminium Products Co. Ltd and Sira Group (Tianjin) Heating Radiators Co. Ltd (the ‘Sira Group’), came forward and requested MET. Requests for IT were received from Zhejiang Flyhigh Metal Products Co., Ltd. and Metal Group Co., Ltd. As regards the Union producers and as duly explained in recital 24 below, eight Union producers provided the requested information and agreed to be included in a sample. On the basis of the information received from the cooperating Union producers, the Commission selected a sample of four Union producers on the basis of their sales/production volume, their size and geographic location in the Union.