The Commission's anti-dumping investigations are being carried out in a very transparent manner. First of all, the notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding is always published in the Official Journal, which can be consulted by anyone. Transparency is also ensured by the fact that the interested parties have a number of rights, such as the right to submit their views and to be heard by the Commission. The whole investigative process and the conclusions thereof are always described in full detail in the relevant Regulations and Decisions, which are also published in the Official Journal. Interested parties are informed by means of individual written disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it is proposed to adopt measures or to terminate proceedings.
Interested parties have the opportunity to comment on the results of the investigation.
Finally, DG Trade's web page includes a great deal of information, such as legislation, reports and instructions on how to prepare a complaint, which is readily accessible to anyone. Due to the time limits newly introduced in the new Basic Regulation, all interested parties are more aware than previously of the precise time schedule of each stage of the investigation. It ensures that all parties have access to the information submitted in a proceeding on which the conclusions reached have to be based. In practice, most of the provisional measures are imposed shortly before the expiry of the nine months deadline.