"~ 17. 6. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 151/39 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1695/88 of 14 June 1988 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester yarn origina- ting in Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey THE COMMISSION 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 subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/87 (%), and in particular Article 11 thereof, ' After informing the EEC-Turkey Association Council in conformity with the second paragraph of Article 47 of the supplementary Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (%), After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1)  In May 1987, the Commission received a complaint lodged by CIRFS, the International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee (Paris), on’ behalf of producers of polyester yarn whose collective output constitutes the majority of Community production of the product in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping and resultant material injury, which was considered sufficient to justify ' the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding. As a result, the Commission announced in a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(*) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding and commenced an investigation concerning imports of polyester yarn originating in Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey. The present proceeding concerns imports of both partially oriented polyester yarn (POY) and textured polyester yarn (PTY). POY is a feeder yarn exclusively used for the production on PTY which, in turn, is used to produce fabrics of polyester or of cotton and polyester. The products in question fall () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p. 9. () OJ No L 293, 29. 12. 1972, p. 3. () OJ No C 173, 1. 7. 1987, p. 11. @ 3 ) O] within the CN codes 5402 33 10, 5402 33 90 and 5402 42 00. The Commission officially notified the producers/ exporters and importers known to be concerned, .the representatives of the exporting countries, the complainant and the Community producers, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. Most of the Community producers and known producers/exporters and importers made their views known in writing. A number of them requested and obtained hearings. Certain firms which use the product also put forward observations. The Commission collected and verified all the information which is considered necessary for a preliminary assessment of the facts and carried out checks at the premises of the following companies : (a) Community producers: — Du Pont de Nemours GmbH, Diisseldorf, — Enka AG, Wuppertal, — Hoechst AG, ‘Frankfurt am Main, — La Seda de Barcelona SA, Barcelona, — Mont fibre Spa of the Montedison group, Milano, — Nurel SA, Barcelona, — Rhone-Poulenc Fibres SA, Lyon, Fibras — Sociedad Anonima de Artificiales, Barcelona ; (b) producers/exporters in third countries: Mexico : _ — Celanese Mexicana SA, Mexico, — Fibras Sinteticas SA, Monterrey, — Fibras Quimicas SA, Monterrey, — Nylon de Mexico SA, Monterrey, — Kimex SA, Mexico, - South Korea: — Kohap Ltd, Seoul, — Kolon Industries Inc., Seoul, — Sam Yang Co., Ltd, Seoul, — Tong Yan Polyester Co., Ltd. Seoul,