29.6.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 169/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 627/2011 of 27 June 2011 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 2. Parties concerned by the proceeding (3)  The Commission officially advised the complainant, other Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European known Union produ.cers, the known exporting .producers Union and the representatives of the PRC, known importers, ’ suppliers and users, as well as their associations, of the initiation of the proceeding. The Commission also ) ) ) advised producers in the United States (the USA)) as it Having regard to Council Regul§t10n (EC) No 1225 / 2009 of was envisaged as a possible analogue country. Interested 30 Novemb.er 2009 on protection against dumped imports parties were given an opportunity to make their views f}rom countries not I’nember.s of the European Community () known in writing and to request a hearing within the (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 7 thereof, time limit set in the notice of initiation. After consulting the Advisory Committee, 4 All interested parties, who so requested and showed that there were particular reasons why they should be heard, were granted a hearing. Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (5)  In view of the apparent high number of exporting producers, unrelated importers and Union producers, 1. Initiation sampling was envisaged in the notice of initiation for the determination of dumping and injury, in accordance (1) On 30 September 2010, the European Commission (the with Article 17 of the basic Regulation. In order to Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the enable the Commission to decide whether sampling Official Journal of the European Union (), the initiation of would be necessary and, if so, to select a sample, all an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports of exporting producers, importers and Union producers certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel orig- were asked to make themselves known to the inating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or the Commission and to provide, as specified in the notice ‘country concerned’). of initiation, basic information on their activities related to the product under investigation during the investi- gation period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010. The (2)  The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint authorities of the PRC were also consulted. lodged on 16 August 2010 by the Defence Committee of the Seamless Stainless Steel Tubes Industry of the European Union (the Defence Committee’) on behalf of (@ Sampling of Chinese exporting two groups of Union producers (the complainants) producers representing a major proportion, in this case more than 50 %, of the total Union production of seamless (6)  Out of the 31 Chinese exporting producers or groups of pipes and tubes of stainless steel. 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 a proceeding. () O] L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. () 0] C 265, 30.9.2010, p. 10. exporting  producers which came forward, the Commission selected, in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation, a sample based on the largest repre- sentative volume of exports which could reasonably be investigated within the time available. The sample selected consisted of three (groups of) companies, repre- senting 25 % of the total imports recorded in Eurostat during the IP and over 38 % of the total volume of the