13. 11. 90 Official Journal of the European Communitiés No L 313/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3262/90 of 5 November 1990 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of audio tapes in cassettes originating in Japan, the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong 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 consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas :, m &) @ A. PROCEDURE In November 1988 the Commission received a written complaint lodged by the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federation (Cefic) on behalf of producers whose collective output of audio tapes on reels and in cassettes was stated to constitute a major proportion of Community production of the products in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the products concerned originating in Japah, the Repu- blic of Korea (Korea) and Hong Kong and of mat- erial injury resulting therefrom, which was consi- dered sufficient to justify the initiation of a procee- ding. The Commission accordingly announced, by notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (") the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Commu- nity of audio tapes on reels and in cassettes, falling within CN code. 8523 11 00 and originating in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong and commenced an investigation. The Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives of the exporting countries and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. All the known Korean exporters, most of the Japanese exporters, some Hong Kong exporters and all complainant Community producers made their views known in writing. Submissions were also made by a number of importers. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 11, 14. 1. 1989, p. 9. “ In addition, submissions were made by the Bureau Européen des Unions des Consommateurs (BEUC) in regard to the interests of the consumers in this proceeding. The Commission sought and verified all informa- tion it considered to be necessary for the purpose of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (a) Community producers AGFA Gevaert AG, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany; BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Federal Republic of Germany ; SUMA, Gien, France. These Community producers are all members of Cefic. (b) Japanese producers/exporters TDK, Tokyo, Japan ; Maxell, Tokyo, Japan; Fuji Film, Tokyo, Japan; Denon Columbia, Tokyo, Japan. (c) Korean producers/exporters Goldstar Co., Seoul, Korea; Sachan Media Co., Seoul, Korea ; Sunkyong Magnetic Ltd (SKM), Seoul, Korea; Sungnam Ltd, Seoul, Korea; Nakayama, Seoul, Korea (°). (d) Hong Kong producers/exporters Swire Magnetics (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong; Yee Keung Industrial Company Ltd, Hong Kong ; Magnetic Enterprise Ltd, Hong Kong; Forward Electronics Ltd, Hong Kong; Tomei Magnetics Ltd, Hong Kong. (e) Importers in the Community Goldstar Deutschland GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany; TDK Electronics Europe GmbH, Ratingen, Federal Republic of Germany; TDK Recording Media Europe GmbH, Ratingen, Federal Republic of Germany ; Ratingen, (") Documents investigated in TDK’s premises in Tokyo.