No L 69/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 3. 91 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 March 1991 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of Atlantic salmon originating in Norway (91/142/EEC) 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 subsi- dized imports originating in countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) In December 1989 the Commission received a complaint from the Scottish Salmon Board (SSB) and the Irish Salmon Growers' Association acting for producers accounting for almost the entire Community production of fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon. The complaint included sufficient evidence of dumping and material injury to justify initiating an anti-dumping proceeding. The Commission consequently gave notice in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities of () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of Atlantic salmon falling within CN code ex 03021200, originating in Norway (), and opened an investigation. (2)  The Commission officially notified the associations of producer/exporters, the importers, the represen- tatives of the exporting country and the complain- ants and gave interested parties the opportunity to make known their views in writing and request a hearing. (3)  Representatives of the producer/exporters and most Community producers made written comments. Representatives of the Norwegian producer/ exporters requested and were granted a hearing. While only one importer answered the Commis- sion questionnaire even in part, comments were received from importers’ associations in France and Denmark. The Committee of Agricultural Organi- zations in the European Community (COPA) and the General Committee for Agricultural’ Coopera- tion in the EEC (Cogeca) also commented. 40 In view of the very great number of operators involved in the proceeding, both in the Commu- nity and in Norway, the Commission was obliged to resort to sampling when selecting firms on which to base its calculations. It therefore contacted () OJ No C 25, 2. 2. 1990, p. 6.