OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities13.8.92 NoL230/30
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of7August1992
terminatingtheanti-dumping proceedingconcerningimportsofpig-iron,
originatinginTurkey
(92/423/ECSC)
tunitytomakeknowntheirviewsinwritingandto
requestahearing.
(4)TheCommissionsoughtandverifiedallinforma­
tionitdeemedtobenecessaryforthepurposeofa
preliminarydetermination andcarriedoutinvesti­
gationsatthepremisesofthefollowingcompa­
nies:
Communityproducers:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCommissionDecisionNo2424/88/
ECSCof29July1988onprotectionagainstdumpedor
subsidizedimportsfromcountriesnotmembersofthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity('),andinparticular
Article9thereof,
AfterconsultationswithintheAdvisoryCommitteeas
providedforbytheaboveDecision,
Whereas :—DuisburgerKupferhütteGmbH,Duisburg,
Germany;
—Halbergerhütte GmbH,Saarbrücken-Brebach ,
Germany;
—StahlwerkePeine-Salzgitter AG,Salzgitter,
Germany;
—ThyssenStahlAG,Duisburg,Germany;
—ClevelandIron,Redcar,UnitedKingdom;
—AltiFornieFerrierediServolaSpA,Trieste,
Italy.
Communityimporters:A.PROCEDURE
(1)InJune1991theCommission receiveda
complaintlodgedby'Eurofontes'onbehalfof
producerswhosecollectiveoutputallegedlyconsti­
tutesthemajorityofCommunityproductionof
hematiteandSGpig-iron.Thecomplaint
containedevidenceofdumpingandofmaterial
injuryresultingtherefrom,whichwasconsidered
sufficienttojustifytheinitiationofaproceeding.
TheCommissionaccordinglyannounced,bya
noticepublishedintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities (2),theinitiationofan
anti-dumpingproceedingconcerningimportsinto
theCommunityofhematitepig-ironfallingunder
CNcode72011019andSGpig-iron,fallingunder
CNcode72011090,originatinginTurkeyandthe
SovietUnion(3).
(2)Theinvestigationofdumpingcoveredtheperiod
from1July1990to30June1991.
(3)TheCommissionofficiallysoadvisedtheexporting
producersandimportersknowntobeconcerned,
therepresentatives ofTurkeyandthecomplainant
andgavethepartiesdirectlyconcernedtheoppor­—EisenundMetallAG,Gelsenkirchen ,
Germany;
—LeopoldLazarusLtd,London,United
Kingdom.
(5)TheCommissionalsosentquestionnaires toprodu­
cersandexportersinTurkeyknowntobe
concernedinordertoobtainthenecessaryinfor­
mation.
(6)TheCommissionreceivedinformationconcerning
Turkishproducerswhichindicatedthattheexports
fromTurkeywereapparentlyofanincidentaland
temporarynature.Onthebasisofthisinformation
theCommission consideredthatthecontribution
oftheseimportstoanymaterialinjurysufferedby
theCommunityindustryappearednomorethan
negligible.(»)OJNoL209,2.8.1988,p.18,(correctedinOJNoL273,
5.10.1988,p.19).
(2)OJNoC246,21.9.1991,p.9.
(3)Theproceedingconcerningimportsoftheproductconcerned
fromtheformerSovietUnionwillbethesubjectofaseparate
Commission Decision.

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(7)TheCommissioninformedthecomplainantofthe
informationreceivedfromtheTurkishproducers.
Subsequently ,thecomplainantformallywithdrew
thecomplaintwithregardtoimportsofthe
productsconcernedfromTurkey.TheCommission
consideredthat,intheparticularcircumstances ,
therewasnoreasontocontinuetheinvestigation
withregardtoimportsfromTurkey.HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Solearticle
Theanti-dumpingproceedinginrespectofimportsof
non-alloypig-ironcontainingbyweight0,5%orlessof
phosphorusandfallingunderCNcodes72011019
(containingbyweightnotlessthan0,4%ofmanganese
andmorethan1%ofsilicon)and72011090(containing
byweightlessthan0,1%ofmanganese),originatingin
Turkeyisherebyterminated.
DoneatBrussels,7August1992.
FortheCommission
JeanDONDELINGER
MemberoftheCommissionB.TERMINATION OFTHEANTI-DUMPING
PROCEEDING CONCERNING TURKEY
(8)Inviewofthewithdrawalofthecomplaintregar­
dingimportsofpig-ironoriginatinginTurkey,the
Commissionconsidersthattheanti-dumping
proceedingshall,withregardtotheseimports,be
terminatedwithoutimpositionofprotective
measures,