24. 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 356/47 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4062/88 of 23 December 1988 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of video cassettes and video tape reels originating in the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong 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 subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : m @ A. PROCEDURE In' September 1987 the Commission received a written complaint lodged by the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federation (Cefic) on behalf of producers whose collective output was stated to constitute a major proportion of Community production of the products in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the products concerned originating in the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Hong Kong and of material ipjury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission accordingly announced, by notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (}) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding  concerning imports into  the Community of video cassette tapes either supplied in cassettes or on ready-split ‘coated’ reels for assembling or as large unsplit coated reels, falling within CN codes 85231100, 85231200 and 85231300 and originating in Korea and Hong Kong and commenced an investigation. The Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting countries and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. All of the known Korean exporters, some Hong Kong exporters, some importers and all complainant Community producers made their () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 340, 18. 12. 1987, p. 6. * Q) views known in writing. Submissions were also made by a number of importers. The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : ’ : (a) Community producers: — Agfa-Gevaert AG, Miinchen, Germany — BASF  Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany . — Magna Tontriger Berlin, Germany — PDM Magnetics, Oosterhout, Netherlands. These Community producers are all Members of Cefic. Korean producers : Produktions GmbH, ® ~ — Goldstar Co., Seoul — Kolon Industries Inc., Seoul — Saehan Media Co., Seoul =~ SKC Ltd, Seoul ; (c) Hong Kong producers: — ACME Cassette Manufacturing Ltd — Hanny Magnetics Ltd — Magnetic Enterprise Ltd — Magnetic Technology Ltd — Swilynn (HK) Ltd — Swire Magnetics (HK) Ltd — Wing Shing Cassette Ltd — Yee Keung Industrial Company Ltd; (d) Importers in the Community : — Goldstar Deutschland GmbH, Ratingen — Lucky Goldstar International Ltd, London — SKC Europe GmbH, Frankfurt ~— Sunkyong France sarl, Suresnes — Sunkyong Europe Ltd, London. The Commission requested and received detailed written and oral submissions from the complainant Community producers, most exporters and the importers mentioned above, and verified the information therein to the extent considered necessary. The Commission also took into account submissions from video cassette assemblers and distributors in the Community. Some Hong Kong producers either refused access to information deemed to be necessary by the Commission for its verification of their records or did not provide during this investigation reliable and/or verifiable