No L 335/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 11. 87 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 1987 suspending the illicit commercial practices procedure concerning the unauth- orized reproduction of sound recordings in Indonesia (87/553/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2641/84 of 17 September 1984 on the strengthening of the common commercial policy with regard in particular to protection against illicit commercial practices ('), Following consultations inthe advisory committee set up by the said Regulation, Whereas : On 16 March 1987 the Commission received a complaint from the association of members of the International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram producers (IFPI), on behalf of producers representing virtually the whole of the Community sound-recording industry ; As the complaint provided sufficient evidence, within the meaning of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2641/84, of the existence of illicit commercial practices and of consequent injury, the Commission announced in a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%) the initiation of an examination pro- cedure concerning the unauthorized reproduction of () OJ No L 252, 20. 9. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No C 136, 21. 5. 1987, p. 3. sound recordings in Indonesia falling within subheading 92.12 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code 92.12-39; The Commission began its investigation by seeking the information required to establish the facts; The information obtained to date has confirmed the alle- gation made by the Community industry concerned that, unlike the works of Indonesian nationals, the works of nationals of Member States of the Community, including sound recordings, unless first published in Indonesia received no effective protection under Indonesian law againt unauthorized reproduction and that the Commu- nity industry suffered injury thereby; While the examination procedure was under way, the Indonesian authorities requested its suspension ; In support of their request the Indonesian authrities pointed out : — that the Indonesian parliament had recently amended the 1982 Indonesian law on copyright, — that the effect of the changes was to strengthen ap- preciably the protection given by Indonesian law to the works of Indonesian nationals, including sound recordings, and also to extend to the works of nationals of other countries, by means of the new Article 48, the protection given to Indonesian nationals’ works,