L 89/4 Official Journal of the European Union 8.4.2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 538/2005 of 7 April 2005 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid originating in the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America 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 Communities (') (the basic Regulation) and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Initiation (1) ~ On 10 July 2004, the Commission announced by a notice (notice of initiation) published in the Official Journal of the European Union (?), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). (20  The anti-dumping proceeding was initiated following a complaint lodged on 1 June 2004 by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) (the complainant) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion, in this case more than 50 % of the total Community production of TCCA. (3)  Following the publication of the above-mentioned notice of initiation, questionnaires were sent to interested parties (see recital 12 below). The complainant subsequently pointed out that the ques- tionnaires did not cover the full product concerned as defined in the notice of initiation. In order to clarify the matter, the Commission sent new questionnaires to interested parties and published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) in which the product scope of the investigation was clarified. (4)  On 13 October 2004, the Commission announced by a notice (notice of initiation) published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Community of TCCA originating in the United States of America (USA). (5)  The anti-dumping proceeding was initiated following a complaint lodged on 30 August 2004 by the complainant on behalf of producers representing more than 50 % of the total Community production of TCCA. 2. Parties concerned by the proceeding (6)  The Commission officially advised the complainant, other Community producers, the exporting producers in the PRC and the USA, importers and users known to be concerned and representatives of the PRC and USA governments, of the opening of the proceedings. Interested parties were given an opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the notices of initiation. (*) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (O) L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12). () 0] C 178, 10.7.2004, p. 2. () O] C 283, 20.11.2004, p. 3. () OJ C 253, 13.10.2004, p. 6. Corrigendum O] C 44, 19.2.2005, p. 30.