No L 227/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 8. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2450/87 of 12 August 1987 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of mercury originating in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 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 subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (*), as amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1761/87 (%, and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) . In October 1986 the EEC Liaison Committee for the Non-Ferrous Metal Industries lodged a complaint with the Commission on behalf of Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes SA, Madrid, a firm _accounting for 90 % of the Community production ‘of mercury. The complaint included evidence of dumping and consequent material injury which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission therefore published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities (°) announcing the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of mercury originating in the . USSR, put up in flasks of a net capacity of 34,5 kilograms (standard weight) or other, falling within subheading 28.05 D of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE codes 28.05-71 and 28.05-79; it then commenced investigations. The Commission also published a notice under Article 13 (4) (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 concerning allegations by the complainant that the importer was or should have been aware that the exporter was dumping and that such dumping would cause injury (¥). (2 The Commission officially informed the exporter, the importers known to be concerned and the () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p. 9. () OJ No C 53, 28. 2. 1987, p. 5. () O] No C 67, 14. 3. 1987, p. 3. complainant and gave interested parties the oppor- tunity to make known their views in writing or request a hearing. (3 The Community producer, the exporter and five importers made known their views in writing. 4 A number of Community buyers of the product submitted comments. (5 The Commission gathered and checked all infor-- mation it considered necessary to make a prelimi- nary assessment of dumping, and carried out inspections at the premises of the following companies : Community producer Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, SA, Madrid, Spain ; Community importers — Lambert Metals Ltd, London, United Kingdbm, — Corﬁsup Trading, London, United Kingdom, — Derby and Co. Ltd, London, United Kingdom ; Producer in reference country Pl»acer US Inc., San Francisco, United States ; Producer/exporter The Commission also visited the premises of Raznoimport London, representing the Soviet exporter Raznoimport Moscow. The Commission sought and received = detailed written = submissions from the complainant Community producer, the exporter and the impor- ters and checked the information thus received where necessary. (6)  The investigation of dumping and price differences related to the period 1 July 1986 to 28 February 1987. ' (7)  This proceeding has no bearing on the investiga- tions being carried out under Council Regulation No 17 (%), concerning possible price agreements between producers in the Community and in third countries. () OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.