No L 104/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 4. 93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 993/93 of 26 April 1993 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in Japan THE COUNCIL 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 Economic Community ('), and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted after consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the abovementioned Regu- lation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EEC) No 2865/85 (?), the Commis- sion imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales orig- inating in Japan and accepted undertakings in respect of certain imports of such products origin- ating in Japan. () By Regulation (EEC) No 1058/86 (°), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in Japan. (3) - Following a subsequent investigation covering the circumvention of this duty, the Commission, by Decision 88/398/EEC (¥), accepted an undertaking concerning electronic weighing scales assembled or produced in the Community. 4 In April 1990, the Commission published a notice (¥} of the impending expiry of the under- takings mentioned in recital 1, in -accordance with Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. (5) In June 1990, producers, representing a major proportion of the total Community production of retail electronic weighing scales, submitted to the Commission a request for review of Regulation (EEC) No 2865/85. () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. % OJ No L 275, 16. 10. 1985, p. S. () OJ No L 97, 12. 4. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 189, 20. 7. 1988, p. 27. () OJ No C 106, 28. 4. 1990, p. 5. (6) In August 1990, a request for review of the defini- tive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 1058/86 was lodged by the same produ- cers in accordance with Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. (7)  Consequently, in February 1991, the Commission, after consultation, announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, the initiation of a review of both Regulation (EEC) No 2865/85 and Regulation (EEC) No 1058/86 pursuant to Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, and opened an investigation (%). (8)  In March 1991, in accordance to Article 15 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the Commission published a notice (") on the continuation in force of the anti-dumping measures during the review proceeding. (99 The Commission officially notified the exporters and the Community importers and producers known to be concerned and gave them the oppor- tunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. (10) ~ Most of the Japanese exporters and most of the complainant Community producers made their views known in writing. Submissions were also made by a number of importers. Some of the parties directly concerned requested, and were granted, hearings. (11) The Commission sought and verified all the infor- mation it considered necessary for a preliminary determination of dumping and injury and carried out investigations at the premises of the following : (a) Community producers — Bizerba Werke GmbH, Balingen, Germany, — GEC Avery, Smethwick, United Kingdom, — Maatschappij van Berkels Patent NV, Rijs- wijk, Netherlands, — Testut, Béthune, France, — Lutrana, Viry-Chitillon, France, — Esselte Meto EST, Saint Maur, France, — Brevetti van Berkel SpA, Milano, Italy, () OJ No C 50, 26. 2. 1991, p. 3. () OJ No C 81, 26. 3. 1991, p. §.