7. 1. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 5/23 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 34/89 of 5 January 1989 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of serial impact fully formed (SIFF) character printers originating in Japan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establlshlng the European Economic Community, .Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 _July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted  after ,Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, consultation within the Advisory Whereas : (1) @ &) “ A. Provisional action The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 2005/88 (3, imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of serial impact fully formed character (daisywheel) printers originating in Japan. That duty was extended for a maximum period of two months by Regulation (EEC) No 3451/88 (3. B. Subsequent procedure Following the imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, a number of exporters, a number of independent importers and the complainant Community industry, requested, and were granted, an opportunity to be heard by the Commission. They also made written submissions making known their views on the findings. Upon. request, parties were also informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the imposition of definitive duties and the definitive collection of amounts secured by way of a provisional duty. They were also granted a period within which they could make representations subsequent to these disclosure meetings. Their comments were considered and, where appropriate, the Commission’s findings were modified to take account of them. In addition to the investigations leading to the preliminary  determinations, the Commission () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 177, 8. 7. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 302, 5. 11. 1988, p. 30. ) © @ ® ® carried out further investigations at the premises of the complainant companies. C. Product under consideration, like-product and Community industry In its provisional findings, the Commission concluded that the products under consideration were serial impact fully-formed character (SIFF) printers. The Commission considered that the similarities of all SIFF printers, as far as their technical and physical characteristics, as well as their application and end use, are concerned, outweigh, for the purposes of these proceedings, their differences and that, therefore, all SIFF printers are like products. Finally, the Commission interpreted the term ‘Community industry’ as referring to the two Community producers which are members of Europrint. No arguments contesting these findings by the Commission were submitted. The Council confirms the Commission’s conclusions as regards the product under consideration, like products and Community industry as stated in recitals 6 to 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2005/88. D. Normal value Normal value was, for the purpose of definitive findings, established on the basis of the methods used for the provisional determination of dumping, taking into account new evidence concerning the cif Community frontier value of the product under investigation submitted by the parties concerned. The Council confirms the Commission’s provisional findings that neither of the two exporters concerned - which cooperated in the investigation had sold, on the domestic market, a volume of own-brand sales of the like product more than the threshold, established by the Commission in previous cases, of 5% of the volume of exports of these models to the Community. It was thus considered that such own-brand sales were insufficient to be representative and that, accordingly, normal value for own-brand sales should be determined for all models on the basis of the constructed value. The constructed value was established on the basis of thé costs, both fixed and variable in the country of origin of materials and manufacture for the model exported to the