No L 219/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 8. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2409/87 of 6 August 1987 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ferro-silicon origina- ting in Brazil and accepting undertakings offered by Italmagnesio SA of Brazil and from Promsyrio-Import of the USSR 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 subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (), as amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1761/87 (3), and in particular Articles 10 and 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) In June 1986 and September 1986 the Commis- sion received complaints lodged by the Comité de Liaison des Industries de Ferro-alliages de la Communauté économique européenne on behalf of French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish producers of ferro-silicon whose collective out-put constitutes practically all Community production of the product in question. The complaints contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resul- ting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commis- - sion accordingly announced, by notices. published in the Official Journal of the European Communi- ties (), the initiation of anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports into the Community of ferro- silicon falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 73.02 C, corresponding to NIMEXE code 73.02-30 and originating in Brazil and the USSR, and commenced an investigation. (2) The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives of Brazil and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. (3)  All the Community prodﬁcers, three Brazilian and the USSR exporters as well as two of the three () OJ No L 201, 30. 7. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p. 9. () OJ No C 231, 12. 9. 1986, p. 4; OJ No C 77, 24. 3. 1987, p. 2. “ importers into the Community of USSR ferro- silicon made their views known in writing. None of the importers of Brazilian ferro-silicon cooperated in the proceeding. Some of the parties have requested and were granted hearings by the, Commission. One importer requested a hearing after the expiry of the deadline set with the notice of initiation ; this request was refused because it was made too late. One Brazilian exporter known to have exported during the period of investigation refused to coope- rate. One importer requested the opportunity to meet the complainants for the purpose of presenting their ' opposing views. The Commission was prepared to grant this request but the complainants " refused to attend a meeting and it was not, there- fore, possible to arrange it. No submissions were made by Community pur- chasers of ferro-silicon. 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: EEC producers — Pechiney Electrométallurgie SA, Paris, France, — Ferroaleacione del Norte Ferronor SA, Matapor- quera, Spain, ' — Sociedad Espafiola de Fundiciones Electricas SA, Bilbao, Spain. Exporters — Companhia Brasileira Carbureto de Calcio CBCC SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, — Italmagnésio SA, Sao Paolo, Brazil, — Eletrometalur SA, Inddstria e Comércio, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Importers — Société anonyme des Minerais, Luxembourg, — Eisen und Metall AG, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Commission requested and received detailed written  submissions from the complainant Community producers, four exporters and two importers and verified the information therein to the extent considered necessary.