L 128/18 Official Journal of the European Union 14.5.2011 COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 452/2011 of 6 May 2011 imposing a definitive anti-subsidy duty on imports of coated fine paper originating in the People’s Republic of China THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (') (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the European Commission (‘the Commission’) after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE 1.1. INITIATION (1)~ On 17 April 2010, the Commission published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) (Notice of initiation’), on the initiation of anti-subsidy proceedings with regard to imports into the Union of coated fine paper originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or the ‘country concerned). (2)  The anti-subsidy proceedings were initiated following a complaint lodged on 4 March 2010 by CEPIFINE, the European association of fine paper manufacturers, (the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion, in this case more than 25 %, of the total Union production of coated fine paper. The complaint contained prima facie evidence of subsidisation of coated fine paper and of material injury resulting that subsidisation, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of proceedings. (3)  Prior to the initiation of the proceedings and in accordance with Article 10(7) of the basic Regulation, the Commission notified the Government of the PRC (the GOC) that it had received a properly documented complaint alleging that subsidised imports of coated fine paper originating in the PRC were causing material injury () O] L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 93. () 0] C 99, 17.4.2010, p. 30. () () O] 0] to the Union industry. The GOC was invited for consul- tations with the aim of clarifying the situation as regards the contents of the complaint and arriving at a mutually agreed solution. The GOC accepted the offer of consul- tations and consultations were subsequently held. During the consultations, no mutually agreed solution could be arrived at. However, due note was taken of comments made by the authorities of the GOC as regards the alle- gations contained in the complaint concerning the lack of countervailability of the schemes. Following the consultations, submissions were received from the GOC. 1.2. ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING On 18 February 2010, the Commission published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (%), on the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Union of coated fine paper originating in the PRC. On 17 November 2010, by Regulation (EU) No 1042/10 (¥, the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of coated fine paper orig- inating in the PRC. The injury analyses performed in the present anti-subsidy and the parallel anti-dumping investigation are identical, since the definition of the Union industry, the represen- tative Union producers and the investigation period are the same in both investigations. For this reason, comments on injury aspects put forward in both these proceedings were taken into account in both proceedings. 1.3. PARTIES CONCERNED BY THE PROCEEDING The Commission officially notified the complainant, other known Union producers, the known exporting producers in the PRC and an association of producers (a paper association), the representatives of the country concerned, known importers and known users of the initiation of the proceedings. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the Notice of initiation. C 41, 18.2.2010, p. 6. L 299, 17.11.2010, p. 7.