No L 152/24 Official  Journal of the European Communities 16. 6. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1613/90 of 13 June 1590 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ball bearings with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 30 mm originating in Thailand THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the- Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : M &) S A. PROCEDURE In June 1988 the Commission announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European - Communities(?), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of ball bearings with a_greatest external diameter not exceeding 30 mm originating in Thailand (hereinafter referred to as ball bearings), and commenced an investigation. The product investigated fell within CN code 848210 10. The proceeding was initiated as a result -of a complaint lodged in December 1987 by  the Federation of European Bearing Manufacturers’ Associations (FEBMA) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion of all Community production  of ball bearings. This complaint contained evidence of dumping of this product originating in Thailand and _of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered suffi- cient -to justify opening a proceeding. The Commission officially advised. the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives: of the exporting country and the complainants, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. All the known exporters and importers, and the majority of Community producers, represented by () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 147, 4. 6. 1988, p. 6. 4 () ™ the complainant, made their views known in writing. The Commission sought-and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investi- gations at the premises of the following: (a) Community producers: — FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schifer KGaA, Schweinfurt, Germany, — Georg Miiller Nirnberg AG, Niirnberg, Germany, — Gebriider Reinfurt GmbH & Co. KG, Wiirz- burg, Germany, — SKF Industrie SpA, Turin, Italy, — SKF . Roulements Thomery, France, Spécialisés  (ADR), — SKF France, Clamart, France, — ROL Rolamentos Portugueses SARL, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal ; (b) Thai producers/exporters: — NMB Thai Ltd, Ayutthaya, Thailand, — Pelmec Thai Ltd, Bang. Pa-in, Ayutthaya, Thailand. These two companies are wholly-owned sub- sidiaries of Minebea Co. -Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, which was also visited by the Commission ; (c) Importers: — NMB GmbH, Neu Isenburg, Germany, — NMB Italia, Mazzo di Rho, Milan, Italy, — NMB (UK) Ltd, Bracknell, United Kingdom. The investigation of dumping covered the period 1 April 1987 to 31 March 1988 (the investigation period). This. investigation -has exceeded the normal time period because of the volume and complexity of the data initially- gathered- and examined, and because the completion of the investigation has required the study of related issues which arose during the proceeding and which could not have been foreseen at its outset.