En mars 1984, la Commission a publie les resultats preliminaires de son enquete qui faisaient apparaitre que les entreprises japonaises pratiquaient effectivement le dumping et causaient un prejudice materiel a l'industrie europeenne et elle a en meme temps impose des droits antidumping allant de 1O,56 Ecus a 37,27 Ecus par balance.
In March 1984, the Commission published the preliminary results of its investigation, which showed that the Japanese firms were indeed dumping and causing material injury to the European industry, and at the same time it imposed anti-dumping duties ranging from 10.56 ECUS to 34.27 ECUS per scale.