No L 293/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 10. 91 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 30%91/91 of 21 October 1991 - imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of video tapes in cassettes originating in the People’s Republic of China and definitively collecting the provisional duty THE COUNCIL 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: 12 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consultation within the Advisory Committee, as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : " A. PROVISIONAL MEASURES (),  The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/91 (3, (hereinafter referred to as the Provisi- onal Duty Regulation), imposed a provisional anti- dumping duty on imports into the Community of video tapes in cassettes originating in the People’s Republic of China and falling within CN code ex 85231300. The Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 2525/91 () extended this duty for a period not exceeding two months. . B. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE (2  Following the imposition of the provisional anti- dumping duty, the interested parties who so requested were granted an opportunity to be heard by the Commission. They also made written submissions making known their views on the findings. (3)  Upon request, parties were informed of. the essen- tial facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the imposition of definitive duties and the definitive collection of amounts secured by way of a provisional duty. They () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. (® OJ No L 106, 26. 4. 1991, p. 15. () O] No L 236, 24. 8. 1991, p. 1. “) © ©) ® ® were also granted a period within which to make representations subsequent to the disclosure. The oral and written comments submitted by the parties were considered and, where appropriate, the Commission’s findings were modified to take account of them. Due to the complexity of the proceeding, in parti- cular to the detailed verification of the voluminous data involved and the numerous arguments put forward, including the study of related issues which arose during the proceeding and which could not have been foreseen at its outset, the investigation could not be concluded within the normal time limit. C. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION — LIKE PRODUCT — COMMUNITY INDUSTRY No comments from any of the interested parties were received concerning the conclusions of the Commission as set out in recitals 7 to 11 of the Provisional Duty Regulation, relating to the - product under consideration, the like product and ‘the Community industry. The Council confirms these conclusions. . D. DUMPING (a) Normal Value For the purposes of provisional findings the Commission for the reasons and in the manner described in recitals 12 to 17 of the Provisional Duty Regulation, established normal value on the basis of the price payable in the Community for ‘the like product. The Chinese exporters strongly objected to the use of Community prices as normal value and requested that normal value should be established, . in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, by using Hong Kong as a market economy for reference. In this context, several Hong Kong producers of video cassettes, which had previously refused to cooperate in the investigation, stated, immediately prior to