No L 370/30 Official _]ournal‘ of the European Communities 30. 12. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3983/86 of 22 December 1986 introducing safeguard measures on imports into Spain of urea originating in certain third countries 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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/86 (%), and in particular Article 15 (1) thereof, After consultations within the advisory committee set up by that Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE 1. The Spanish authorities informed the Commission " by letter of 30 May 1986 that imports of urea from the countries covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 had been and were still increasing by such amounts and on such terms as to cause or threaten to cause substantial injury to the Spanish industry concerned. The Spanish authorities requested that measures to restrict imports be taken within five days. 2. After consultations the Commission concluded that the information submitted to it was not sufficient to justify adoption of the measures requested and that the most which could be done was to initiate a Community investigation proceeding on the trend of imports into Spain of urea originating in coun- tries covered by Regulation (EEC) No 288/82, the terms of such imports and their effects on Commu- nity production. 3. . By a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(?), the Commission announced the initiation of this proceeding. At the same time it began its investigation. 4. The Commission officially informed the non-Com- munity exporting countries known to be concerned, the importers known to it and the two () OJ No L 35, 9. 2. 1982, p. 1. () OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1986, p. 1 () OJ No C 154, 20. 6. 1986, p. 2. Spanish producers concerned. It gave the parties concerned the opportunity of making their views known in writing and of requesting a hearing, if necessary. The producers concerned and a number of impor- ters took the opportunity to make their views known in writing by replying to questionnaires sent to them. Some of them asked to be heard orally by the Commission and were. In addition to the producers and importers referred to above, the Commission received written submis- sions from Spanish users of the product concerned and, in certain cases, granted them a hearing: undertakings producing compound fertilizers and urea glues and resins, and the National Farmers Confederation. The Common Market Committee of the Nitrogenous and Phosphatic Fertilizers Industry also submitted written comments to the Commission. During the investigation the Spanish authorities requested the Commission, by letter of 22 July 1986 and further letters received on 1 and 4 August, to take urgent measures conceming imports into Spain of urea originating in the coun- tries covered by Regulation (EEC) No 288/82. This request was backed up by information on the past and likely future trend of imports of the product in question, the terms of such imports and their effects of Spanish production of urea. Having found the information supplied by the Spanish authorities to be largely confirmed by the preliminary results of the current Community investigation, the Commission decided after consultations that the critical situation of the Spanish industry concerned required, pending an overall assessment of the situation, in the light of all the relevant factors and on the basis of the defi- nitive results of that investigation, that imports into Spain of urea from non-Community countries covered by Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 should be limited to 15000 tonnes up to 31 October 1986. To this end it adopted a Regulation (EEC) No 2565/86 (*). () OJ No L 229, 15. 8. 1986, p. 8.