28. 4. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 110/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1031/92 of 23 April 1992 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium chloride (potash) originating in Belarus, Russia or Ukraine 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 subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In June 1990 the Commission received a complaint from the European Potash Producers’ Association (EPPA), acting on behalf of producers accounting for the Community’s entire potash output. (2»  The complaint about potash imports originating in the Soviet Union included evidence of dumping and resultant material injury which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of an investiga- tion. Consequently, the Commission announced in a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities the initiation of an anti- dumping proceeding concerning imports of potash originating in the Soviet Union and falling within CN code 3104 20 (). The Soviet Union’s potash mines were located in what are now the republics of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, which have there- fore become the product’s countries of origin. (3 The Commission officially notified the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives of the exporting country and the complainants, gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 274, 31. 10. 1990, p. 18. ) &) writing and to request a hearing, and sent a ques- tionnaire to all concerned. The Community produces made known their views orally and in writing, as did certain exporters and their umbrella organization. Community producers: — Société Commerciale des Potasses et de I’Azote (SCPA), France, — Mines des Potasses d’Alsace (MDPA), France, — Kali und Salz, Germany, — Comercial de Potasas (Coposa), Spain, — Ercros, Spain, — Potasas de Subiza, Spain, — Cleveland Potash Limited, United Kingdom. Exporters and their umbrella organization : — Soyuz Agrochimexport, Russia, — Agrochim Export Association. Importers : Two importers are related to the exporters : — Ferchimex, Belgium, — Fersam, Switzerland. The following independent completed the questionnaire : importers  also — Ameropa, Switzerland, — Demesa, France, — Champagne Fertilisant SA, France, — Société Conseil Distribution, France, — Superfos, Netherlands. Ameropa requested and was granted a hearing. The Commission collected and verified all the information it deemed mnecessary to determine whether there was sufficient evidence of dumping and injury to justify the initiation of an investiga- tion and carried out checks at the premises of all the above Community producers and the following importers into the Community: Ferchimex, Demesa, Superfos and Ameropa. The Community producers proposed Canada as a reference country.