25. 6. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 170/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) i COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1607/92 of 22 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2200/90 by imposing an additional anti-dumping duty on imports of silicon metal originating in the People’s Republic of China THE COUNCIL 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 Articles 12 and 13 (11) thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commis- sion after consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. Procedure (1) By Regulation (EEC) No 2200/90 (3, a definitive anti-dumping duty of ECU 198 per tonne was imposed on imports of silicon metal originating in the People’s Republic of China. (2 The Commission received a complaint lodged by the Liaison Committee of Ferroalloy industries in the European Economic Community on behalf of all Community producers of silicon metal alleging that all or part of the anti-dumping duty had been borne by the exporters concerned. (3)  Since the complaint contained sufficient evidence of absorption of anti-dumping duty by an exporter, the Commission announced the initiation of an investigation provided for in Article 13 (11) of () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 198, 28. 7. 1990, p. S7. Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, in a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (). : (4 The Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned and gave the parties concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing. ()  None of the exporters and only three of the impor- ters concerned, accounting for a fraction of the total imports, made their views known in writing. (6)  Only one organization representing user industries made comments. (7) None of the interested parties requested the Commission to review Regulation (EEC) No 2200/90. Moreover, on the basis of the informa- tion available, the Commission did not find that changed circumstances justified the need for such a review on the Commission’s initiative. (8)  The investigation into absorption of the anti- dumping duty by the exporters was concerned with the comparison between the period 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1988, which had been taken into account for calculation of the anti-dumping duty, and the period starting from imposition of a provi- sional anti-dumping duty until publication of the notice of initiation of an investigation, i.e. from 1 April 1990 to 30 September 1991. B. Product under consideration (9)  The product under consideration is silicon metal falling within CN code 2804 6900, as in the original procedure. () OJ No C 273, 18. 10. 1991, p. 20.