13.7. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 187/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2054/91 of 11 July 1991 lmposmg a provisional antl-dumplng duty on imports of dihydrostreptomycin originating in the People’s Republlc of China 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 consultation within the Advisory - Committee in accordance with the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A PROCEEDING () In April 1990, the Commission received a complaint from the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federations (Cefic) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the complainant’) on behalf of the -only Community producer of dihydrostreptomycin (hereinafter referred to as ‘DHS’) concerning imports of that product originating in the People’s Republic of China and Japan. (2)  The complaint contained evidence of the existence of dumping and of the resulting major injury, which was sufficient to justify the opening of an investigation. = The  Commission therefore announced, in a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%), the initi- ation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning the product in question, which falls within CN code 2941 20 10. (3) The Commission officially notified the exporters " and importers known to be concerned, and also the complainant, of the initiation of the proceeding. It also gave the parties concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and request a hearing. The Chinese and Japanese exporters requested and obtained a hearing. (4)  The Commission requested and received detailed written comments from the Community producer, the exporters, including the Chinese exporters, - () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 186, 27. 7. 1990, p. 33. ©) € ) ®) namely China National Medicines & Health Products, Import & Export Corporation, Sichuan Branch, Chengdu and Shanghai Fourth Pharma- ceutical Works, Shanghai, members of the China National Medicines & Health Products, Beijing, and certain importers. The Commission verified all the information which it considered necessary for a preliminary determination of dumping and conducted on-the-spot checks on the Community producer, Rhone-Poulenc Biochimie, Antony, France, the Japanese producer, Meiji Seika, Tokyo, Japan, and three independent Community impor- ters, Marcel Quarré, Paris, France, Helm AG, Hamburg, German and Siemsgliiss und Sohn, Hamburg, Germany. The investigation period set by the Commission for determining dumping was from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990. B. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION, LIKE PRODUCT AND COMMUNITY INDUSTRY 1. Product under consideration and like product ~ The product for which the notice of initiation of a proceeding was issued is DHS, an anti-infective obtained by hydrogenating streptomycin, a first- -generation antibiotic, used particularly for veteri- nary purposes and falling within CN code 2941 20 10. The DHS exported by Chinese and Japanese producers to the Community and the DHS sold by the Community producer have the same chemical formula, C,,;HgN,,0;S;. These DHS are interchan- geable. The Commission therefore considered that the DHS produced in the People’s Republic of China and Japan on the one hand and in the Community on the other were like products. 2. Community industry The Commission ascertained that the Community producer on whose behalf the complaint had been submitted manufactured all the Community output of the like product. The Commission therefore