27.4.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 102/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 837/2000 of 19 April 2000 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cathode-ray colour-television picture tubes originating in India, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (3, and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1)  On 29 July 1999 the Commission announced by a notice (hereinafter referred to as ‘Notice of Initiation’) published in the Official Journal of the European Communi- ties (°) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports of certain cathode-ray colour-televi- sion picture tubes originating in India, Lithuania, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea. Another notice, clarifying the product description, was published on 20 October 1999 (¥ (see recital 7). (2)  The proceeding was initiated following a complaint lodged in June 1999 by the Task force against unfair business in Europe (TUBE) on behalf of the sole producer in the Community not related to exporting producers in the abovementioned countries, and contained sufficient prima facie evidence of dumping and of material injury caused thereby to justify the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding. (3)  The Commission officially advised the complainant Community producer, exporting producers and impor- ters known to be concerned as well as the authorities of the exporting countries and the EC-Lithuania Associa- tion Council, of the opening of the proceeding. Inter- ested parties were given an opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the Notice of initiation. The Lith- uanian authorities and a number of exporting producers made their views known in writing. All parties which so requested within the specified time limits were granted a hearing. 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18. 216, 29.7.1999, p. 3. 303, 20.10.1999, p. 5. LLeoee AN (4) In order to allow exporting producers in the People's Republic of China to submit a claim for market economy status or individual treatment, if they so wished, the Commission sent market economy status| individual treatment claim forms to the Chinese exporting producer known to be concerned and to the representatives of that country. The Commission sent questionnaires to all parties known to be concerned. Replies were received from the sole  complainant ~Community  producer, one Community producer related to an exporting producer, four exporters/producers in the countries concerned, two related exporters/distributors and two importers in the Community which were also users of the product concerned. The Commission sought and verified all the information deemed necessary for a provisional deter- mination of dumping, injury and Community interest and carried out verification visits at the premises of the following companies: A. Community producer and related companies: — Philips Components BV, Eindhoven, The Nether- lands, — Philips Components GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, — Philips Components Miniwatt SA, Barcelona, Spain, — Philips Iberica SA, Barcelona, Spain, — Philips SpA, Monza, Italy. B. Exporting producers in the countries concerned: (a) Lithuania — AB Ekranas, Panevezys. Distributor related to the exporting producer — Farimex AS, Geneva, Switzerland. (b) Malaysia — Chunghwa Picture Tubes (M) SDN.BHD, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, — Samsung Electron Devices (M) SDN.BHD, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus. The investigation of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IP’). The examination of trends in the context of the injury analysis covered the period from 1 January 1995 to 30 June 1999 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the period considered’).