ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT CONTAINED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY EXTENDING THE PROCEEDING , THE COMMISSION PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ( 3 ), A NOTICE OF THE INITIATION OF AN ANTI-DUMPING PROCEDURE CONCERNING IMPORTS OF FIBRE BUILDING BOARD ORIGINATING IN FINLAND , NORWAY , SPAIN AND SWEDEN , SO ADVISED THE EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS KNOWN BY THE COMMISSION TO BE CONCERNED , AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXPORTING COUNTRY , AND COMMENCED THE INVESTIGATION AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION GAVE THE PARTIES DIRECTLY CONCERNED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE KNOWN THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING AND TO BE HEARD ORALLY AND TO MEET SO THAT OPPOSING VIEWS MIGHT BE PRESENTED AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS PUT FORWARD ;
WHEREAS THE MAJORITY OF THE PARTIES CONCERNED TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE PURPOSES OF A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE DUMPING MARGIN AND OF INJURY , THE COMMISSION SOUGHT AND VERIFIED ALL INFORMATION IT DEEMED TO BE NECESSARY AND MADE ON THE SPOT INVESTIGATIONS OF TWO SWEDISH PRODUCERS , AKTIEBOLAGET STATENS SKOGSINDUSTRIER AND KARLHOLMS AKTIEBOLAG , ONE NORWEGIAN PRODUCER , NORSK WALLBOARD AS , AND THE SOLE SPANISH PRODUCER , TABLEROS DE FIBRAS S.A . AND THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS FOR THE EAST EUROPEAN EXPORTERS , PHARAOH ' S PLYWOOD CO . LTD , PRICE MORGAN LTD , AND POLISH TIMBER PRODUCTS LTD , IMPORTERS IN GERMANY F . K . MUELLER GMBH AND CO . KG AND STEINBRUEGGE AND BERNINGHAUSEN GMBH AND CO . KG , AND COMMUNITY PRODUCERS IN FRANCE , ISOREL SA AND IN GERMANY HERMANN D . KRAGES KG , H . HENSELMANN GMBH AND CO . KG AND H . P . W . HERZBERGER PLATTENWERKE GMBH AND CO . KG ;
WHEREAS ACCOUNT WAS ALSO TAKEN OF EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY OTHER EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF DUMPING BY FINNISH , NORWEGIAN SPANISH AND SWEDISH PRODUCERS , THE COMMISSION COMPARED THEIR EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE DOMESTIC PRICES ON THOSE MARKETS ;
WHEREAS FOR THESE COMPARISONS , REPRESENTATIVE OR WEIGHTED AVERAGE EX-FACTORY PRICES WERE USED FOR SALES IN 1979 , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN , IN SO FAR AS THIS WAS REQUESTED , OF DIFFERENCES IN QUANTITIES AND IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BEARING A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE SALES UNDER CONSIDERATION , THAT IS TO SAY THOSE RELATING TO TRANSPORT AND PACKING COSTS , AND PAYMENT TERMS ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , ACCOUNT HAD TO BE TAKEN OF THE FACT THAT ON THE SWEDISH MARKET SALES OF SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITIES OF FIBRE BUILDING BOARD WERE MADE AT A LOSS OVER SEVERAL YEARS ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE COMMISSION ADJUSTED THE SUB-PRODUCTION COST PRICES BY THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE LOSSES AND TOOK ACCOUNT OF A REASONABLE PROFIT OF 5 % ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH WHETHER IMPORTS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA , POLAND , ROMANIA AND THE SOVIET UNION WERE DUMPED , THE COMMISSION HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT MARKET