Af punkt 5 i indledningsmeddelelsen [8] fremgår det, at »virksomheder, som eksporterer den pågældende vare fra Folkerepublikken Kina, men mener, at en del af eller endog hele eksporten ikke har toldmæssig oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina, opfordres til at give sig til kende i forbindelse med undersøgelsen og forelægge alle relevante oplysninger«. Det er derfor klart, at alle virksomheder, der afsender varer fra Kina, fik mulighed for at samarbejde i forbindelse med denne undersøgelse. Da den undersøgte vare endvidere ofte omfatter komponenter og dele fra forskellige lande, fremgik det også af punkt 5 i indledningsmeddelelsen, at der kan »blive vedtaget særlige bestemmelser« til at løse dette problem.
In point 5 of the Notice of Initiation [8] it is stated that ‘companies which ship the product concerned from the People's Republic of China but consider that part or even all of those exports do not have their customs origin in the People's Republic of China are invited to come forward in the investigation and to furnish all relevant information’. It is therefore clear that all companies consigning goods from the PRC had the opportunity to co-operate in this investigation. Furthermore, since the product under investigation frequently incorporates components and parts from different countries, it was also announced in point 5 of the Notice of Initiation that ‘special provisions may be adopted’ to address this issue.