No L 258/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 9. 87 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2702/87 of 4 September 1987 repealing a definitive anti-dumping duty on styrene monomer originating in the United States of America and terminating the investigation THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, .Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (*), as amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1761/87 (%), and in particular Article 14 thereof, . Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consultations within the Advisory Committee provided for in that Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) In June 1981 by Regulation (EEC) No 1570/81 (3) . the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on styrene monomer originating in the United States of America. In December 1985 the Commission gave notice (*) of the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measure in question pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84. (2 The Commission then received a review request from the Conseil Européen des Fédérations de I'Industrie Chimique (CEFIC) representing the vast majority of production of the product concerned in the former Community of Ten Member States. In view of the enlargement of the Communities, the Spanish producer associated itself with the request. In September 1986 the Commission, having decided that there was sufficient - evidence to warrant a review, published () a notice -of the . re-opening of the anti-dumping proceeding concer- ning imports of styrene monomer falling within subheading 29.01 D II of the Common Customs Tariff and corresponding to NIMEXE code 29.01-71, originating in the United States of -America. (3) The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives of the exporting country and the () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p. 9. () OJ No L 154, 13. 6. 1981, p. 10. () OJ No C 338, 31. 12. 1985, p. 6. () OJ No C 231, 12. 9. 1986, p. 5. @ ® 6 @ ® Community producers and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. Most of the US producers/exporters and their main affiliates in the Community made their views known in writing. Some of them requested hearings, which were granted. No submissions were made on behalf of the inde- - pendent Community purchasers or processors of styrene monomer. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investi- gations at the premises of the following Commu- nity producers : — France: ‘ ATOCHEM (Paris) ; — Germany: BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Ludwigshafen); © — Italy: Montedipe (Milano); — United Kingdom : BP Chemicals Ltd (London), Shell International Chemical Company Ltd " (London). The investigation covered the period 1 September 1985 to 31 August 1986. B. Normal value Normal value was provisionally determined on the basis of the domestic prices of the producers having exported to the Community who provided sufficient evidence and whose prices were consi- dered to be representative of the domestic market - concerned. It was calculated on the basis of monthly weighted averages. C. Export price For those exports which were made directly to an independent importer in the Community the Commission used the prices actually paid or payable for the: produce sold for export to the Community.