18.4.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 106/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 325/2012 of 12 April 2012 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of oxalic acid originating in India and the People’s Republic of China THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 1.2. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE (4)  Subsequent to the disclosure of the essential facts and Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European considerations on the basis of which it was decided to Union, impose provisional anti-dumping measures (‘provisional disclosure), several interested parties made written Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of subrr.u?swns. maklng their | views known on the 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports provisional findings. The parties who so reque sted were from countries not members of the European Community (') granted an opﬁortunltfy to be dheard. In paénculzr, one (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, exporting producer - from India requested - an was afforded a hearing in the presence of the Hearing Officer of the Directorate-General for Trade. Having regard to the proposal submitted by the European Commission (the Commission) after having consulted the Advisory Committee, (5 The Commission continued to seek information it deemed necessary for its definitive findings. Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (6)  Recital 150 of the provisional Regulation invited Chinese companies which had not yet made themselves known 1.1. PROVISIONAL MEASURES but considered that an individual duty should be estab- lished for them to come forward within 10 days from (1)  The Commission, by Regulation (EU) No 1043/2011 (?) publication. No Chinese company did so. (‘the provisional Regulation’) imposed a provisional anti- dumping duty on imports of oxalic acid originating in Indla. a.nd the Peop les.Rep ubl}c of China (the PRC) A The (7)  Subsequently, all parties were informed of the essential provisional anti-dumping duties ranged from 14,6 % to £ . . . A 522 9%, facts and considerations on the ba§1§ of which it was ’ intended to recommend the imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of oxalic acid originating (2) The proceeding was initiated as a result of a Complajnt in India and the PRC and the definitive collection of the lodged on 13 December 2010 by the European Chemical amounts secured by way of the provisional duty (final Industry Council (CEFIC) on behalf of Oxaquim S.A. (the disclosure). All parties were granted a period within complainant’), representing a major proportion, in this which they could make comments on this final case more than 25 %, of the total Union production of disclosure. oxalic acid. (3)  As set out in recital 9 of the provisional Regulation, the (8) The oral and- written  comments submitted by -the investigation of dumping and injury covered the period interested parties were .c0n51dered and were taken into from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010 (investi- account where appropriate. gation period” or ‘IP). The examination of the trends relevant for the assessment of injury covered the period from 1 January 2007 to the end of the investigation 1.3. PARTIES CONCERNED BY THE PROCEEDING period (‘period considered’). (9 In the absence of any comments with regard to the () OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. () OJ L 275, 20.10.2011, p. 1. parties concerned by the proceeding, recitals 3 to 8 of the provisional Regulation are hereby confirmed.