31. 8. 88 Official Journal of the EBuropean Communities No L 240/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2684/88 of 26 August 1988 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on certain imports of video cassette recorders originating in Japan and the Republic of Korea 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 subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community () and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : ) @ A. PROCEDURE In March 1987 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Association of Consumer Electronic Manufacturers (EACEM) on behalf of producers whose  collective output was alleged to constitute a major proportion of Community production of the product in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the product concerned originating in Japan and - the Republic of Korea and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(?), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning certain imports into the Community of video cassette recorders (VCRs) corresponding to CN code ex 8521 10 39 originating in Japan and the Republic of Korea and commenced an investigation. The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting countries and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. All exporters, some importers and all complainant Community producers made their views known in writing. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 256, 26. 9. 1987, p. 15. @ . The Commission Submissions were also made by a number of dealers, end users and organizations representing Community purchasers of the product. sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (a) Complainants : — J2T  Video Germany, — Telefunken Fernseh und Rundfunk GmbH, Hanover, Germany, — Grundig AG, Fiirth, Germany, — Nokia-Graetz, Pforzheim, Germany, — Philips  International BV, Netherlands, — Ferguson PLC, Enfield, United Kingdom, - — Thomson Grand Public, Parts, France; (Berlin) GmbH, Berlin, Eindhoven, (b) Producers/exporters in the countries of origin : — Daewoo Electronics Co. Ltd, Inchon, Kore;x, — Goldstar Electric Co. Ltd, Seoul, Korea, — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Gyonggi-do, Korea, — Funai Electric Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan, — Orion Electric Co. Ltd, Kobe, Japan; (c) Selling subsidiaries of the exporters within the Community : — Samsung Electronics GmbH, Steinbach, Germany, — Goldstar Deutschland GmbH, Ratingen, Germany, ‘ — Funai Electric Trading Europe GmbH, "Hamburg, Germany, — Goldstar UK, 'London, United Kingdom, — Samsung Electronics UK, Surbiton, United Kingdom ; ' (d) Independent importers : — Amstrad  Consumer  Electronics  plc, Brentwood, United Kingdom, — Amstrad International Hong Kong, Hong Kong, — Currys  Group plc, London, United Kingdom, — Dixons Ltd, Edgware, United Kingdom; — ISP KG, Dreieich, Germany.