22. 6. 89 - ' Official Joumnal of the European Communities No L 174/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1768/89 of 19 June 1989 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of video cassettes originating in the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong, collecting definitively the provisional duty and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding with regard to the imports of video tape reels originating in the Republic of Korea 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 "subsidized imports from countries not members of the European - Economic Community (!), and in particular Atrticles 9 and 12 thereof, Having regard to the personal submitted by the Commission after - consultation = within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the abovementioned Regulation, : : Whereas : A. PROVISIONAL MEASURES (1). The Commission, By Regulation (EEC) No 4062/88 (') (hereinafter referred  to as the Commission Regulation) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of video tape on reels or in cassettes originating in the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong. That duty was extended for a maximum period of two months by Council Regulation (EEC) NO 996/89 (3. B. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE (2) PFollowing the imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty all the Korean exporters and two of the Hong Kong exporters requested and were granted -an ‘opportunity -to be heard by the Commission. They also made written submissions ) OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, P 1. ‘() OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1988, p. 47. () OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1989, p. 1. @) “ S € making known their views on the findings. The representatives of the Hong Kong Government were informed of the -essential facts and conside- rations on the basis of which the provisional anti-dumping duties were imposed. They requested and were granted to make their views known on behalf of the Hong Kong video cassette industry as a whole and of specific Hong Kong exporters who were not otherwise represented. One Hong Kong company, Casin Video Cassette Ltd, replied to the questionnaire after the verifi- " cations were carried out at the premises .of the other Hong Kong exporters and made known its views and applied to be heard according to Article 2 of the Commission Regulation. While its views were fully taken into account, no new investigation could be carried out in their respect since an additional verification would -have delayed the further proceeding. Consequently, their reply to the - questionnaire had to- be disregarded. Upon request, parties were also informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the imposition of -definitive duties and the definitive ~collection of amounts secured by way of a provisional duty. They were also granted a period within which to make representations -subsequent to these disclosure meetings. The oral and written submissions and comments of the parties and of the representatives of the Hong Kong Government were considered and, where appropriate; the Commission’s findings were modified to take account of them. Due to the complexity of the proceeding, in particular to the detailed verification of the data and due to the number of exporters involved and