No L 107/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 4. 90 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1048/90 . of 25 April 1990 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of small-screen colour television receivers originating in the Republic of Korea and collecting definitively the provisional duty THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establlshnng 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 abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. Provisional measures (1) The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 3232/89 (3, imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports- into the Community of small- . screen colour television receivers (hereafter referred ‘to as SCTVs) originating in the Republic of Korea - and falling within CN code 8528 10 71. The duty was extended for a maximum period of two months by Council:Regulation (EEC) No- 374/90 (3). B. Subsequerit pi‘dcedug;e ()  Following the imposition of the provisional anti- dumping duty, all the exporters mentioned by name in Regulation (EEC) No 3232/89, as well as the representatives of the complainants, requested and were granted an opportunity to be heard by the Commission. They also made written submissions making known their views on the findings. (3) The Commission continued to seek and verify all information it deemed to be necessary for its deter- minations. For this purpose, investigations .were carried out at the premises of the following: () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 314, 28. 10. 1989, p. 1. () OJ No L 41, 15. 2. 1990, p. 1. “ O © ™ Importers in the Community — Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG, Tirkheim, Federal Republic of Germany, — Yoko International BV, Halfweg, Netherlands. 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: were also granted a period within which to make representations subsequent to these disclosure " meetings. Their oral and written comments were considered and, where appropriate, the Commis- sion’s findings were modified to take account of them. Owing to the complexity of the proceedings, in particular to the detailed verification of the volumi- nous data involved and the numerous arguments put forward, the investigation could not be concluded within the time limit provided for in Article 7 (9) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. C. Like product, product under consideration, Community industry In its provisional findings (recitals 7 to 9 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3232/89) the Commission found that all Community-produced SCTVs. are like products to the SCTVs exported from Korea. In its findings the Commission indicated what it consi- dered to be the principal characteristics of the SCTV sector of the colour television market in the Community. In addition, it listed the main features on which it based its comparisons between Korean and Community-produced models, and explained - that certain higher-range Community models had - been excluded from the comparison exercises — but not from the like prodict definition — in order to ensure an overall equivalence of features between the models compared . and to avoid possibly misleading results. .. The Commission’s inclusion within the scope of the proceeding of all-SCTVs up to and including sets with a diagonal screen measurement of 42 cm (or 16 inches) was questioned, after the imposition of provisional duties, by a group of exporters which had not previously made themselves known to the Commission, requesting the exclusion of 6-inch