No L 161/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 6. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1735/90 of 21 June 1990 introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain types of footwear originating in South Korea and Taiwan THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing. the European Economic -‘Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports(*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3365/89 (3, and in particular Article -10 (1).thereof, Having consulted the committee set up by Regulation (EEC) No 288/82, Whereas : PROCEDURE In August 1988 certain Member States informed the Commission that imports into the Community of foot- wear originating in South Korea and Taiwan were con- tinuing to rise, in spite of the restrictive measures which- Italy (%) and France (*) had been authorized to impose. The said Member States and other Member States opposed to the application -of new regional measures asked -the Commission to re-examine the trend-of imports of foot- wear into the Community as a whole and their effect on- the Community industry. The Member States supported their request with evidence relating to the trend-of imports of the products in ques- tion and the terms of sale, including price. Information was also provided on the impact on Commu- nity production of like and competing products. Having decided, following consultations, that the evidence in its possession was sufficient to warrant an investigation, the Commission published a notice. in the Official Journal of the European Communities (°) announcing the opening of a Community investigation into imports into the Community of footwear originating in South Korea and Taiwan.. The Commission officially informed the importers known. to be concerned ; it gave all interested parties the oppor- () OJ No. L 35 van 9. 2. 1982, p. 1. %) O] No. L 325 van 10. 11. 1989, p. 1. () OJ No. L 54 van 1. 3. 1988, p. 59. () OJ No. L 166 van 1. 7. 1988, p. 6. () OJ No. C 215 van 17. 8. 1988, p. 6. tunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. Many importers made their views known in writing by completing the questionnaire sent to them by the Commission. Arguments were put forward on behalf of Community producers by the various national footwear federations and by the European Footwear Confederation (CEC). The Commission also organized hearings throughout December 1988 in which the following organizations and companies took part: ‘ Producers — Confédération Européenne de I'Industrie de la Chaus- sure, B-1030 Bruxelles, — Fédération nationale de I'industrie de la chaussure de France, F-75008 Paris, — Hauptverband der Deutschen Schuhindustrie e. V., D-6050 Offenbach a/Main, — Associazione Nazionale Calzaturifici Italiani,‘I-ZO'I?i3 Milano, — Fédération belge de l'industrie de la chaussure, B-1030 Bruxelles, — PFederatie van  Nederlandse Schoenfabrikanten, NL-5037 AA Tilburg, — British Footwear Manufacturers Federation, UK London W1V SHB, — Federation of Irish: Footwear . Manufacturers, IRL Dundalk, — Skofabrikantforeningen, DK-1358 Kobenhavn K, — Hellenic Association of Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters, GR-11710 Athens; — Federacién de-industrias del-calzado espafiol, E-28006 Madrid, o — Associagio Portuguesa dos Industrias- de. Calgado, Componentes e Artigos de Peles. e seus. Sucedineos, P-4000 Porto. Importers into the EEC — Reebok France, F-78530 Buc, — Reebok Deutschland GmbH, D-8011 Heimstetten, — Reebok Intérnational Ltd, UK-Bolton BL1 1PP, — Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, B-1050 Bruxelles, representing : Nike (UK) Ltd, Nike International Ltd (Deutschland),