No L 34/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 2. 90 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 1 February 1990 terminating the proceeding under Article 13 (10) of Regul‘ationr(EEC) No 2423/88 concerning plain paper photocopiers assembled or produced in the Community by Ricoh Industrie France SA (90/47/EEC) 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 13 (10) thereof. After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under Regulation, (EEC). No 2423/88 Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) In January 1988, the Commission received a complaint lodged by CECOM, the Committee of European Copier Manufacturers, on behalf of producers of plain paper - photocopiers (PPCs) whose collective output constitutes a major propor- tion of Community production of the product in question. The complaint contained sufficient evidence of the fact that, following the opening of the investigation concerning PPCs originating in Japan () which led: to the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 535/87 (°) imposing a defini- tive anti-dumping duty on imports of those products, a number of companies were assembling PPCs in the Community under the conditions- () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 194, 2. 8. 1985, p. 5. () OJ No L 54, 24. 2. 1987, p. 12. referred to in Article 13 (10) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. (2 On 17 February 1988 the Commission announ- ced (*) that it had commenced an investigation in respect of PPCs assembled in the Community by Canon Inc, Konishoroku Photo Industry Co., Matsushita Electric Co. Ltd, Minolta: Camera Co. Ltd, Ricoh Company Ltd, Sharp Corporation and Toshiba Corporation. By Council Regulation (EEC) No 3205/88() and ~ Commission Decision 88/519/EEC (%), the:findings of the investigation were made known. Subsequent to this investigation, the Commission established that Ricoh Company Ltd had begun “production or assembly of the product concerned at its wholly-owned subsidiary in France, Ricoh Industrie France SA. On the basis of these facts, the Commission consi- dered. it appropriate that. it should investigate the assembly of PPCs in the Community by Ricoh Industrie France SA. Accordingly, after consultation, the Commission announced ‘by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (°), the initi- ation of the investigation under the said Article 13 (10) of Regulation (EEC). No 2423/88 concerning PPCs assembled or produced in the Community by Ricoh’ Industrie France SA. () OJ No C 44, 17. 2. 1988, p. 3. ) OJ No L 284, 19. 10. 1988, p. 36. 9 OJ No L 284, 19. 10. 1988, p. 60. () OJ No C 113, 4. 5. 1989, p. 6.