Further, Birac claimed that both and Silkem should be declared to be non-cooperating.

For the reasons explained at recital 19 of the provisional Regulation both and Silkem have fully cooperated with the investigation.

Therefore, the Group fully complied with the reporting requirements set out by the Commission services.

Address: (a) Branch Office 1: i) Shop number 1584, Furqan (variant Fahr Khan) Center, Chalhor Road,Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan

Address: (a) Branch Office 1: i) Shop number 1584, Furqan (variant Fahr Khan) Center, Chalhor Road,Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan

In this respect it is noted that the mining company was listed in ’s questionnaire response.

Moreover, since their sales of the product concerned are relatively small in comparison to those of MAL, there is no indication that consolidating Silkem’s data into ’s data would have made any difference.

Plavina), Pošip, Škrlet, Teran, Trnjak,, Vugava or Žlahtina, in case of introduction from Croatia, or Aleksandriski muškat, Alikant buse, Belan, Belo zimsko, Beogradska bessemena, Demir kapija, Grenaš crn, Kadarka, Krainski bojadiser, Kratošija, Moldavija, Ohridsko crno, Plavec , Plovdina, Prokupec, R’kaciteli, Semijon, Smederevka, Stanušina, Sultanina, Temjanika, Teran, Vranec, Župljanka or Žilavka, in case of introduction from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, that shall be:

The Bosnian exporting producer group (‘Birac’) returned to its claim made at the provisional stage of the investigation that a non-sampled Union producer (Silkem d.o.o. or ‘Silkem’) should have been fully consolidated into the reply to the questionnaire of a sampled Union producer (MAL Magyar Aluminium or ‘’) because the two companies are related.

Birac also claimed that a Bosnian mining company, related to , which supplies to this particular Union producer a pre-raw material (i.e. bauxite) should also have cooperated with the investigation.

Finally it should be made clear that Silkem d.o.o. and Magyar Aluminium have fully co-operated with the investigation.

The Bosnian exporting producer group (‘Birac’) returned to its claim made at the provisional stage of the investigation that a non-sampled Union producer (Silkem d.o.o. or ‘Silkem’) should have been fully consolidated into the reply to the questionnaire of a sampled Union producer ( Magyar Aluminium or ‘MAL’) because the two companies are related.

It was also argued that one Union producer ( Magyar Aluminium) failed to mention in its reply on sampling that it was related to another Union producer (Silkem d.o.o.).

The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged on 4 January 2010 by Industrias Quimicas del Ebro SA, Magyar Aluminium, PQ Silicas BV, Silkem d.o.o. and Zeolite Mira Srl Unipersonale (the ‘complainants’), representing a major proportion, in this case more than 25 % of the total Union production of zeolite A powder.

The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged on 4 January 2010 by Industrias Quimicas del Ebro SA, Magyar Aluminium, PQ Silicas BV, Silkem d.o.o. and Zeolite Mira Srl Unipersonale (the ‘complainants’), representing a major proportion, in this case more than 25 % of the total Union production of zeolite A powder.

The Bosnian exporting producer group argued that three Union producers ( Magyar Aluminium, Silkem d.o.o. and Industrias Quimicas del Ebro SA) should be considered as non-cooperating with the investigation.

Magyar Aluminium, Ajke, Hungary

The latter company was not sampled and was not included in Magyar Aluminium's questionnaire reply.

Furthermore the relationship was disclosed in Magyar Aluminium's questionnaire response.

Moreover, since their sales of the product concerned are relatively small in comparison to those of , there is no indication that consolidating Silkem’s data into MAL’s data would have made any difference.