No. L 130/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 5. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1418/88 of 17 May 1988 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of serial-impact dot- - matrix printers originating in Japan THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/87 (), and in particular Article 11 thereof, ‘ . After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84, Whereas : ‘ ( ( 1) A. PROCEDURE In March 1987 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Committee of European Printer Manufacturers (Europrint) on behalf of producers whose collective output was alleged to constitute a major proportion of Community - production of the product in- question. The 2) complaint contained evidence of dumping of the product concerned originating in Japan and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The  Commission  accordingly 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 serial- impact dot-matrix printers corresponding to CN code ex 84719290 and originating in Japan and commenced an investigation. The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. Most of the known Japanese exporters, some importers and all complainant Community producers made their views known in writing. No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p. 9. No C 111, 25. 4. 1987, p. 2. 3 Submissions were also made by a number of dealers, end users and organizations representing Community purchasers of the product. The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (@) EEC producers : — Honeywell Information Systems Italia SpA, (Hisi), Italy, — Mannesmann-Tally GmbH, Germany, — Olivetti Peripheral Equipment SpA, Italy, — Philips  Kommunikationsindustrie ~ AG, Germany. These Community producers are all members of Europrint ; \ (b) Japanese exporters: — Alps Electrical Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Brother Industries Ltd, Nagoya, — Citizen Watch Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Copal Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Fujitsu Ltd, Tokyo, — Japan Business Yokohoma, — Nakajima All Precision Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — NEC Corporation, Tokyo, ~— OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd, Fukushima, — Seiko Epson Corporation, Matsumoto, — Seikosha Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Shinwa Digital Industry Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Star Micronics Co. Ltd, Shizuoka, — Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd, Tokyo, — Tokyo Juki Industrial Co. Ltd, Tokyo. Computer Co. Ltd, These exporters, with the exception of Japan Business Computer Co. Ltd, are members of the Committee of Japanese Printers (CJPRINT); (c) Importers in the Community : — Alps Electric Europa GmbH, Germany, — Brother International EurOpa Ltd, United Kingdom, : — Brothér International GmbH ‘Germany, — SA Brother International Belgium NV, Belgium,