16.11.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 298/27 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1036/2010 of 15 November 2010 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of zeolite A powder originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty of 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: (") ¢ O] 0] 1. PROCEDURE 1.1. Initiation On 17 February 2010, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) (Notice of Initiation’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of zeolite A powder originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged on 4 January 2010 by Industrias Quimicas del Ebro SA, MAL Magyar Aluminium, PQ Silicas BV, Silkem d.o.0. and Zeolite Mira Srl Unipersonale (the ‘complainants’), representing a major proportion, in this case more than 25 % of the total Union production of zeolite A powder. 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. 1.2. Parties concerned by the proceeding The Commission officially advised the complainants, other known Union producers, the exporting producer group in BiH, importers, users, and other parties known to be concerned, and represen- tatives of BiH 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 complainants, Union producers, the exporting producer group in BiH, importers and users 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 and importers, 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, all known Union producers and importers 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 2.1. below) during the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009. As explained in recital (16) 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 having the largest volume of production/sales in the Union. L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. C 40, 17.2.2010, p. 5.