, NSK FRANCE SA , NTN FRANCE SA AND METALEXFRANCE SA , IN GERMANY , NMB GMBH , DEUTSCHE KOYO WALZLAGER VERKAUFS-GMBH , NSK KUGELLAGER GMBH , NTN WALZLAGER ( EUROPA ) GMBH , NACHI ( DEUTSCHLAND ) GMBH , FLT-METALL GMBH AND STIEGELMEIER GMBH , IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , NTN BEARINGS-GKN LTD , NSK BEARINGS EUROPE LTD , NACHI ( UK ) LTD , KOYO ( UK ) LTD , NMB ( UK ) LTD , FLT AND METALS LTD AND PATRICE SALES ( UK ) LTD ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO CARRIED OUT INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY MANUFACTURERS CONCERNED , FAG KUGELFISCHER , SKF KUGELLAGEFABRIKEN , SNR ROULEMENTS , SKF ( UK ) LTD , RANSOME HOFFMAN , POLLARD LTD AND BRITISH TIMKEN ;
WHEREAS , FOR A DETERMINATION OF DUMPING THE COMMISSION SELECTED AS THE INVESTIGATION PERIOD THAT OF 1 JULY 1978 TO 30 JUNE 1979 AND , IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEARINGS ARE SOLD IN THE COMMUNITY , IT CONSIDERED THAT THE 100 TYPES WHICH WERE , BY VALUE , THE MOST IMPORTANT SOLD BY EACH OF THE EXPORTERS IN FRANCE , GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WOULD PROVIDE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE ; WHEREAS THE EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS WERE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE THEIR DATA ON THE BASIS OF THAT INVESTIGATION PERIOD AND THOSE TYPES ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THE ABOVEMENTIONED IMPORTS WERE DUMPED , THE COMMISSION HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT POLAND , ROMANIA AND THE SOVIET UNION ARE NOT MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS FOR THAT REASON , THE COMMISSION HAD TO BASE ITS CALCULATIONS ON THE NORMAL VALUE IN A MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , IN THAT CONNECTION , THE COMPLAINT HAD CITED THE AUSTRIAN AND JAPANESE DOMESTIC MARKETS ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE COMMISSION DECIDED THAT THE JAPANESE EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WOULD CONSTITUTE A MORE APPROPRIATE BASIS FOR COMPARISON SINCE THE EAST EUROPEAN EXPORTS WERE COMPETING WITH JAPANESE EXPORTS IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE COMPLAINANTS WERE INFORMED OF THIS FACT AND DID NOT OBJECT ; WHEREAS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAST EUROPEAN EXPORTERS WERE LIKEWISE INFORMED AND DID NOT SUGGEST ANY ALTERNATIVE NORMAL VALUE WHICH WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3017/79 ;
WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF DUMPING WAS ACCORDINGLY MADE BY COMPARING THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE JAPANESE EXPORT PRICES OVER THE PERIOD JULY 1978 TO JUNE 1979 WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXPORT PRICES FROM POLAND , ROMANIA AND THE SOVIET UNION INTO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE SAME PERIOD AT EX-WORKS LEVEL ;
WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF IMPORTS INTO GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM POLAND , THE EXPORT PRICES WERE CONSTRUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICES AT WHICH THE IMPORTED PRODUCTS WERE FIRST RESOLD TO AN INDEPENDENT BUYER , SINCE BOTH THE IMPORTERS HAD ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE EXPORTER ; WHEREAS , FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CONSTRUCTION , ALLOWANCE WAS