15. 6. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 151/89 COMMISSION DECISION of 12 June 1991 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of thin polyester film originating in the Republic of Korea (91/303/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 from countries not members of the Euro- pean Community ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : M @ A. PROCEDURE In October 1989, the Commission, by Decision 89/560/EEC (3, terminated an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of all thicknesses of polyester film originating in the Republic of Korea without the imposition of measures. Subsequently, a second complaint was lodged by the European Plastic Films, Membrane and Covering Manufactu- rers - Association (AEC) on behalf of producers representing the total Community output of the product concerning imports of polyester film below 25 microns in thickness (thin PET film) originating in the Republic of Korea (hereafter called ‘Korea’). The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The  Commission  accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities () the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concer- ning imports into the Community of polyester film, falling within CN codes 39191031, 3919 90 31, 3920 6200, 3920 6300, 3920 69 00, 392190 19 and commenced an investigation. The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives -of the exporting country and the () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 305, 21. 10. 1989, p. 31. () OJ No C 24, 1. 2. 1990, p. 7. &) “ (6) O complainant, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. The Commission, for the purpose of obtaining all the information it deemed to be necessary, sent questionnaires to the exporters in Korea and importers in the Community known to be concerned. Both the known exporters and certain importers completed the questionnaires. The Commission also sent questionnaires to the four companies on whose behalf the complaint was made, in order to allow each company to demon- strate the injury caused to it by imports of thin PET film from Korea. The Commission carried out a detailed analysis of those four companies who returned completed questionnaires and whose combined production represented the total Community output. Both the known producers/exporters and some importers known to be concerned submitted their views in writing and the producers/exporters requested and were granted hearings. The com- plainant also made its views known in writing and requested and was granted a hearing. The Commission verified the information received to the extent it deemed necessary and carried out investigations at the premises of the following companies : - (a) Community producers: — Du Pont de Nemours, Luxembourg ; — Hoechst AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, — ICI, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ; — Rhéne-Poulenc, Lyon, France; (b) Korean producers/exporters : — Kolon Industries Inc., Seoul ; — SKC Ltd., Seoul. The investigation of dumping covered the year 1989. The trends in the relevant economic factors to determine whether the Community industry is suffering material injury were examined for the years 1987 to 1989.