10. 10. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 291/57 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 October 1989 accepting undertakings and terminating the investigation under Article 13 (10) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 concerning certain serial-impact dot-matrix printers assembled in the Community (89/543/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing 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 13 (10) thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1),  In November 1988, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Committee of European Printer Manufacturers (Euro Print) on behalf of the- procedures of serial-impact dot-matrix printers (SIDM printers) whose collective output represents a major proportion of Community production of the product in question. The complaint contained sufficient evidence of the. fact that, following the opening of the investigation concerning SIDM printers originating in. Japan (), which led to the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3651/88() imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of these products, a number of companies were assembling SIDM printers ‘in the Community under the conditions referred to in Article 13 (10) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. Accordingly, after consultation, the. Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(!), the initiation of the investigation under the said Article 13 (10) concerning SIDM printers assembled in the Community by companies related to or associated with -the following Japanese manufacturers whose exports were subject to a definitive anti-dumping duty : () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () O] No C 111, 25. 4. 1987, p. 2. () OJ No L 317, 24. 11. 1988, p. 33. (9 OJ No C 327, 20. 12. 1988, p. 8. @ 4 @ O (6 — Brother Industries Ltd, — Citizen Watch Co. Ltd, — Fujitsu Ltd, — Juki Corporation, — Matsushita- Electric Co., — NEC Corporation, — OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd, — Seiko Epson Corporation, — Seikosha Co. Ltd, — Star Micronics Co. Ltd, — Tokyo Electric Company. The Commission so advised the companies concerned, -the representatives- of Japan and the complainants, and gave the parties directly concerned -the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. All the companies concerned and the complainants made their views known in writing and requested and were granted hearings by the Commission. Following the opening of the investigation, it was established that no SIDM printers were assembled or produced in the Community by or on behalf of Juki Corporation. No submissions were made by purchases of SIDM' printers assembled in the Community. The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed necessary for the purpose of the- assessment of the character of the alleged assembly operations and carried out  investigations at the premises of the following companies: — Brother Industries Ltd (United Kingdom), — Citizen Manufacturers Ltd (United Kingdom), — Epson Telford- Ltd (United Kingdom), — Epson Engineering SA (France), - — Fujitsu Espafia SA (Spain),” — Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co. Ltd (United Kingdom), — NEC Technologies Ltd (United Kingdom), — OKI  Electronic  Industry Ltd - (United Kingdom), —-Seikosha (Europe) GmbH (Germany), — Star  Micronics Manufacturing Ltd (United Kingdom), — TEC Elektronik GmbH (Germany). Furthermore, the Commission carried out an investigation at the premises of some suppliers of components to some of the companies involved.