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of26September2000
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in
Japan
(OJL244,29.9.2000,p.38)
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►M2CouncilRegulation(EC)No198/2001of29January2001 L30 1 1.2.2001
►M3CouncilRegulation(EC)No951/2001of14May2001 L134 18 17.5.2001
►M4CouncilRegulation(EC)No1696/2002of23September2002 L259 1 27.9.2002
►M5CouncilRegulation(EC)No825/2004of26April2004 L127 12 29.4.2004
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COUNCILREGULATION(EC)No2042/2000
of26September2000
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television
camera systemsoriginatinginJapan
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANUNION,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No384/96of22December
1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries notmembers of the European Community(
1), and in particular Article 9
and11(2)thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after
havingconsultedtheAdvisoryCommittee,
Whereas:
A.PROCEDURE
1.Previousinvestigations
(1)InApril 1994, further to an anti-dumping investigation initiated
in March 1993 (‘the original investigation’), the Council, by
Regulation (EC) No 1015/94(2) (‘definitive Regulation’),
imposedadefinitive anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftelevisioncamerasystems(‘TCS’)originatinginJapan.Theoriginalinves-tigation covered the period from1 July 1991 to 31 Decem ber1992.
(2)InOctober1997,furthertoaninvestigation(‘theanti-absorptioninvestigation’)pursuanttoArticle12ofCouncilRegulation(EC)No 384/96 (the ‘basic Regulation’), the Council, by Regulation(EC) No 1952/97(
3), raised the rates of the definitive anti-
dumping duty for two companies concerned, namely for Sony
Corporation (‘Sony’) and Ikegami Tsushinki & Co Ltd to108,3%and200,3%respectively.
(3)In June 1998, the Commission, by Regulation (EC) No 1178/
98(4) initiated, pursuant to Article 13 of the basic Regulation,
an investigation concerning the alleged circumvention of theanti-dumping measures in force by the assembly of parts andmodules of TCS in the Community (‘the anti-circumventioninvestigation’). Subsequently the complaining Communityindustry withdrew its complaint and the proceeding was termi-
nated in February 1999. On the basis of the evidence found
duringthisinvestigation, theCommission initiated aproceedingpursuant to Article 5 of the basic Regulation concerning theimports of certain parts of TCS originating in Japan(
5) (‘the
partsinvestigation’).
(4)In addition, an anti-dumping investigation pursuant to Article 5ofthebasicRegulationwasinitiatedinJanuary1999concerningthe imports of TCSoriginating in the United States of America(US)(
6) (‘the US investigation’). This investigation was termi-
nated on 1 February 2000, without the imposition of any
measures following the closure of the production facilities of
thesingleUSexporting producer ofTCS,acompany related toamajorJapaneseexportingproducerofTCS.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—2
(1) OJL56,6.3.1996,p.1.RegulationaslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
905/98(OJL128,30.4.1998,p.18).
(2) OJL111,30.4.1994,p.106.RegulationaslastamendedbyCouncilRegula-
tion(EC)No176/2000(OJL22,27.1.2000,p.29).
(3) OJL276,9.10.1997,p.20.
(4) OJL163,6.6.1998,p.20.
(5) OJC38,12.2.1999,p.2.
(6) OJC17,22.1.1999,p.4.
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2.Presentinvestigation
2.1.Expiry review
(5)Followingthepublication ofanoticeofimpendingexpiry(1)of
the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of TCS origi-nating in Japan, the Commission received a request to reviewthesemeasurespursuanttoArticle11(2)ofthebasicRegulation.
(6)The request was lodged on 28 January 1999 by Philips DigitalVideo Systemsand Thomson Broadcast Systems(the ‘applicantCommunity producers’ or the ‘Community industry’), whosecollective output of TCS constitutes 100 % of the Communityproduction of this product pursuant to Articles 4(1) and 5(4) ofthebasicRegulation.
(7)The request was based on the grounds that the expiry of themeasures would be likely to result in the continuation or recur-renceofdumpingandinjurytotheCommunityindustry.
(8)Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee,that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of an expiryreview, the Commission initiated the present investigationpursuanttoArticle11(2)ofthebasicRegulationbythepublica-
tion of a notice in the Official Journal of the European
Communitieson30April1999(
2).
3.Investigation
(9)The Commission officially advised the applicant Community
producers, the exporting producers in Japan and the representa-
tives of the government of the exporting country, of the
initiation of the review. The Commission sent questionnaires toall these parties and to those who made themselves knownwithinthetimelimitsetintheNoticeofInitiation.TheCommis-sion also gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity tomaketheirviewsknowninwritingandtorequestahearing.
(10)TheapplicantCommunityproducersrepliedtothequestionnaire.OnlyoneJapaneseexportingproducerandnounrelatedimporterrepliedtothequestionnaire.Fifteenusersrepliedtothequestion-naire, although some of them did so only partially, and an
associationofusersprovidedcertaininformation.
(11)The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed
necessary for the purpose of a determination of the likelihood
of continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury and of the
Community interest. Verification visits were carried out at thepremisesofthefollowingcompanies:
(a) applicantCommunityproducers:
— Philips BTS Broadcast Television Systems b.v., Breda
(‘Philips’)
— Thomson Broadcast Systems, Cergy St Christophe
(‘Thomson’).
(b) ExportingproducersinJapan
— HitachiDenshi,Ltd.
(12)The investigation of the likelihood of a continuation and/or
recurrence of dumping covered the period from 1January 1998to 31 December 1998 (the ‘investigation period’ or ‘IP’). Theexamination of trends relevant for the assessment of any conti-
nuation and/or recurrence of injury covered the period from1
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(1) OJC334,31.10.1998,p.15.
(2) OJC119,30.4.1999,p.11.
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B.PRODUCTUNDERCONSIDERATIONANDLIKEPRODUCT
1.Productunderconsideration
(13)The product under consideration is television camera systems
(TCS) currently classified under CN-codesexex 85253090,ex 85371091, ex 85371099, ex 85299081, ex 85299088,ex 85438995, ex 85282114, ex 85282116 andex 85282190originatinginJapan.
(14)Asset outinthe definitive Regulation, TCSmay consist ofthefollowingparts,importedeithertogetherorseparately:
— a camera head with three or more sensors (12 mm or more
charge-coupled pick-up devices) with more than 400000pixels each, which can be connected to a rear adapter, andhaving a specification of the signal to noise ratio of 55 dBormore atnormalgain; either inonepiece withthecameraheadandtheadapterinonehousing,orseparate;
— aviewfinder(diagonalof38mmormore);— abasestationorcameracontrolunit(CCU)connectedtothe
camerabyacable;
— an operational control panel (OCP) for camera control (i.e.
forcolouradjustmentlensopeningoriris)ofsinglecameras;
— a master control panel (MCP) or master set-up unit (MSU)
with selected camera indication, for the overview and foradjustmentofseveralremotecameras.
(15)Productsnotcoveredbytheabove-definitionare:
— Lenses;
— Videotaperecorders;— Camera heads with the recording unit in the same, insepar-
able,housing;
— Professional cameras which cannot be used for broadcast
purposes;
— Professional cameras listed in the Annex (TARIC additional
code:8786).
(16)During the course of the investigation it was found that a newmodel of TCS had been developed as from 1997, i.e. a broad-castingcamera headwhichisconnected toavideotape recorder(‘camcorder’). The investigation has shown that both the
Communityindustryandtheexportingproducersoffertheirtele-
vision camera heads, in general, with different configurations,either connected to a triax adapter or to a recording unit. Asindicated above, videotape recorders and camera heads with arecording unit in the same housing are excluded from the
product scope of the current proceeding. However, camcorders
may also consist of a camera head docked with a videotaperecorder without both being within the same housing. On thisbasis it was concluded that such type of camera head falls intothe definition of the product under consideration made in thedefinitive Regulation. Furthermore, it has been established that
onthebasisofthedefinitionoftheproductunderconsideration
mentionedabovetherecordingunitalonedoesnotfallunderit.
(17)The investigation has also shown that analogue broadcast TCS
have been gradually replaced by a new type of TCS, digital
broadcast TCS (‘digital TCS’) which have been introduced inthe Community market as from 1997. These digital TCS fallintothedefinitionoftheproductunderconsiderationinthedefi-nitiveRegulation.
2.Likeproduct
(18)Itwasfoundthattherewerenobasicdifferencesinthephysical
and technical characteristics and uses of the TCS manufacturedby Japanese exporting producers and sold in the Community,and the product manufactured and sold on the domestic marketoftheexportingcountry.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—4
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(19)Furthermore, the product concerned manufactured by Japanese
exportingproducersandsoldintheCommunityandtheproduct
manufactured and sold by the applicant Community producerson the Community market use the same basic technology andarebothconformwithworld-wideapplicableindustrystandards.These products also have the same applications and uses, theyconsequently havesimilar physical andtechnical characteristics,
areinterchangeableandcompetingwitheachother.Furthermore,
both the applicant Community producers and the Japaneseexporting producers manufacture digital products and camcor-ders, which have been the latest technological developmentsrelated to the product concerned as compared with the original
investigation. Therefore, TCS manufactured by Japanese
exportingproducersandsoldintheCommunityandTCSmanu-facturedandsoldbythecomplainingCommunityindustryintheCommunitymarketarealike withinthemeaningofArticle 1(4)ofthebasicRegulation.
C.LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OR CONTINUATION OF
DUMPING
(20)In accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the
purpose of this type of review with regard to the dumpingaspects is to determine whether or not, the expiry of measureswouldleadtoacontinuationand/orrecurrenceofdumping.
1.Level ofcooperation
(21)Ascomparedtopreviousinvestigations,thelevelofcooperation
inthepresentinvestigation bytheJapaneseexportingproducerswasparticularlylow.OnlyoneofthesmallerproducersofTCScooperated and reported a marginal number of exports of the
product concerned to the Community. The remaining three
companies which had made themselves known in the originalinvestigation refused to provide any cooperation although it iswidelyknownthattheyhavetheirheadoffices,mainproductionand R&D facilities in Japan and that, for at least two of them,
TCS with their brand name have been sold in the Community
duringtheIPinsubstantialquantities.
2.Likelihoodofcontinuationofdumping
(22)Giventhelowdegreeofcooperationandthefactthatthestatis-
tical information available from Eurostat in this respect wasconsidered nottobereliable (theCNcodesalsocoverproducts
not concerned), it could not be established with certainty
whether there were imports of TCHs as such from Japan.However, it is recalled that during the IP, important parts ofTCSwereimportedintotheCommunity.Moreover,itwasestab-lished that TCS produced in the US by a subsidiary of Sony
were imported into the Community in significant quantities. On
balance,itwasthereforeconsideredprudenttoconcludethatthecurrent import volumes of TCS originating in Japan were lowwhencomparedwithimportvolumesduringtheoriginalinvesti-gation period. Hence, no conclusion was made regarding thelikelihoodofcontinuationofdumping.
3.Likelihoodofrecurrence ofdumping
(23)IntheabsenceofcooperationfromthemainJapaneseexporting
producers,andinaccordancewithArticle18ofthebasicRegu-lation, findings had to be established on the basis of factsavailable.Consequently,andintheabsenceofanyotherreliable
source, the analysis regarding the likelihood of recurrence of
dumping, should the measures be allowed to expire, was basedon information provided in the request for a review as well asinformation obtained inthecourseofthe investigation fromtheCommunityindustryandusersofTCS.
(24)According to the request, the level of dumping for the camerahead alone is 30,6 %. The corresponding calculation contains a2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—5
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number of conservative estimates. For instance, other elements
ofaTCShavenotbeentakenintoconsiderationforthepurposeof the aforementioned calculation although they are sometimes
supplied free of charge. This indicates that the actual level of
dumping in case of a repeal of the duty would most likely behigherthan30,6%.
(25)The request also shows that dumping margins would reach atleast at the level found in the original investigation should
measuresberepealed.
(26)Onthisbasis,andintheabsenceofanymoreappropriateinfor-
mation,ithasbeenconcludedthat,shouldmeasuresberepealed,thedumpingmarginswouldresumeatsignificantlevels.
(27)As far as the likely future volume of exports of TCS to theCommunity is concerned, it was found that according to the
information available, production capacity of TCS in Japan has
remained atleastatthesame level asthat foundintheoriginalinvestigation and it is large enough to allow for the resumptionof considerable exports to the Community if the anti-dumpingduty was to expire. This is confirmed by the fact that the salesof TCS assembled in the Community and in third countries,
which usually incorporate valuable and crucial TCSparts origi-
nating in Japan, indicate that the production capacity wasbasicallyunchanged.
(28)Furthermore,giventhemobilenatureoftheproduction,produc-tion capacity for these products may be expanded if necessary
within months. Indeed, the fact that the manufacturing facilities
ofoneoftheJapaneseexportingproducersweretransferredfromthe US to the Community in a time period of some monthsclearlyshowsthatproductioncapacityfortheproductconcernedmay be created/expanded or reduced in a short period of time.Should the anti-dumping measures expire, manufacturing activ-
ities for TCS in the Community could be transferred to Japan
and production capacity in Japan could be easily expanded inordertoresumetheexportstotheCommunity.
(29)During the IIP, with the exception of Sony, all Japaneseexporting producers manufactured their TCS for the US andLatin American markets in Japan. Furthermore, on the basis of
the information available, it has been established that TCS
destined for the Japanese and Asian markets were being manu-facturedinJapanbyallexportingproducers.Furthermore,R&Dactivities forthese productswerealsolocated inJapansince animportant part of these activities benefit not only TCS but also
professional cameras as well as other products. The Japanese
exporting producerswereable toadapt tothechanging demandby increasing their production in Japan when the marketexpanded.Thisledtotheconclusionthattherewasfreeproduc-tion capacity left in Japan which was used when theconsumption both in the Community and worldwide expanded.
Therefore,shouldtheanti-dumpingmeasuresexpire,anincrease
inproductionoftheJapaneseexportingproducersislikely.
(30)It has been concluded that the existing production capacity, aswell as the possibility to increase it if necessary, constituted apotential forJapaneseexportingproducerstoraisetheirproduc-tion and export volumes to the Community in case the anti-
dumping measure were to lapse. Considering that their R&D
facilities as well as the manufacturing facilities for the mainpart of the components of the TCS were located in Japan, thiswould result in an improvement of the economies of scales oftheJapaneseexportingproducers.
(31)It should also be noted that the two Japanese exporting produ-cers which set up assembly facilities for TCS in theCommunitymaintainedtheproductionforexporttotheCommu-nityofproductsnotsubjecttoanti-dumpingdutiesinJapan,i.e.videotaperecorders,cameraheadswiththerecordingunitinthesame, inseparable housing and professional cameras that cannot2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—6
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be used for broadcast purposes. Although, as mentioned above,
these products are not covered by the present investigation, theproduction lines and related capacity needed to produce them
are also appropriate for the production of TCS. On this basis
and in the absence of any other information due to the lack ofcooperation fromthe exporting producers concerned, it wasconcluded that although the imposition of anti-dumping dutieshas led to a change in the organisation of the production of
TCS by the exporting producers concerned, an expiry of the
anti-dumpingmeasureswouldbelikelytoreversethissituation.
4.Conclusion
(32)It results fromthe above that the Japanese exporting producers
have the potential to raise their production in Japan and theirexport volumes of TCS to the Community at significantlydumpedprices.
(33)The investigation revealed no facts showing that the situationregarding normal value, export prices and consequently thedumping margins established in the original investigation, theanti-absorption investigation and the anti-circumvention investi-gationhavesignificantlychanged.Itisthereforeconcludedthat,
should the measures be repealed, there is a likelihood of recur-
renceofdumping.
D.DEFINITIONOFTHECOMMUNITYINDUSTRY
(34)Theinvestigationconfirmedthatthecollectiveoutputofthetwo
applicant Community producers accounts for 100 % of theCommunityproductionofTCS.Thetwoproducersarethereforedeemed to constitute the Community industry within themeaningofArticle4(1)andArticle5(4)ofthebasicRegulation.
(35)AstotheothereconomicoperatorsintheCommunityrelatedtotheJapaneseexportingproducers,giventhelowdegreeofcoop-eration,thenatureoftheiractivitieswithintheCommunitycould
not be investigated in detail, i.e. whether these activities are
simple assembly operations or if there is a certain value addedintheCommunity.Thereforeitcouldnotbedeterminedwhethertheseassemblyoperationsaresufficientinordertoqualifythemas companies manufacturing the product under consideration intheCommunity.Furthermore,giventheirrelationwiththeJapa-
nese exporting producers,it wasconsidered that they should be
excluded from the Community industry in accordance withArticle4(1)(a)ofthebasicRegulation.
E.ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN THE COMMUNITY
MARKET(1)
1.Preliminary remarks
(36)As described above, the product under consideration in the
currentproceeding isTCSwhichconsistofacamera headwiththree or more sensors, a view finder, a base station or camera
control unit (CCU), an operational control panel (OCP) and a
master control panel (MCP) or master set-up unit (MSU). Inpractice these components can be sold and therefore alsoimportedeithertogetherorseparately.
(37)The investigation confirmed that while TCS do not alwaysconsistofalloftheaboveelements,theyallnecessarilyincludeacamerahead.Therefore,inlinewiththeapproachtakenintheoriginal investigation, it was decided to express the economic
indicators relating to the situation of the Community industry
andthesituationontheCommunitymarketintermsofnumbersoftelevisioncameraheads(‘TCHs’).2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—7
(1) Giventhatthereareonlyaverylimited numberofmarket participants,the
figuresrelatingtothemhadtobeindexedforconfidentialityreasons.
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2.Consumption
(38)Asmentionedabove,onlyoneoftheJapaneseexportingprodu-
cerscooperatedinthepresentinvestigation.Thus,asregardstheother Japanese exporting producers that did not cooperate and
for which the investigation has shown that they are still oper-
ating on the Community market, the Commission made use ofbest facts available, in accordance with Article 18 of the basicRegulation.
(39)Therefore, the apparent Community consumption of TCHs wasassessedonthebasisof:
— the volume of sales in the Community as provided by the
Communityindustryand
— information on the sales volume of Japanese exporting
producers in the Community submitted by the Community
industryandestablishedonthebasisofcontractsandtenderslost by the Community industry to all Japanese exportingproducers on the Community market. This information wasconsideredreliablegiventhetransparentnatureofthemarket
in terms of size and number of market participants, it being
largely supplied via tenders. Moreover, the informationprovidedbyusersconfirmedtheinformationsuppliedbytheCommunityindustryontheactivityoftheJapaneseexportingproducers.
(40)Giventhelowdegreeofcooperationandthefactthatthestatis-tical information available from Eurostat in this respect wasconsiderednottobereliable,itcouldnotbeestablishedwhether
TCHswereimportedassuchfromJapan.However,regardlessof
their origin, these TCHs have been effectively sold under therespective brand names on the Community market and have tobe therefore included in the Community consumption for thisproduct.
(41)On this basis, the investigation has shown that, whereasconsumptionwasstable in1995and1996,therewasanoverall
expansion in 1997, which continued during the investigation
period. This was due, amongst other reasons, to the sales ofTCHs for broadcasting the football World Cup held in Francein 1998 and to the introduction of a new type of TCH, i.e.camcorders, in the market which started from 1997. In overall
terms, from 1995 to the investigation period, Community
consumption increased by 54 %, reaching around 1500 unitsduringtheinvestigationperiod.
3.Imports and sales of TCHs by the Japanese exporting
producersintheCommunity
(42)Furthertotheimpositionofthedefinitive anti-dumpingdutyonimports of TCHs originating in Japan in 1994, these imports
have in any event decreased significantly. As confirmed by the
abovementionedanti-circumvention,partsandUSinvestigations,these imports have been replaced byimports of certain parts ofTCS originating in Japan which are being subsequentlyassembled in the Community by certain Japanese exporting
producers and, in the case of one Japanese exporting producer,
with incomplete TCHs imported from the US. Indeed, thecurrent investigation has shown that Japanese exporting produ-cers have continued to sell TCHs on the Community marketundertheirbrandnames.
(43)Thus,thedecrease ofimportsofTCHsoriginating inJapanhasto be seen as a consequence of the anti-dumping duty in force
since 1994. The fact that these imports have been replaced by
sales of TCHs assembled in the Community incorporating partsoriginating in Japan shows already that, as explained below,there is a likelihood that imports from the country concernedwouldtakeplaceatthesamelevelsasintheoriginalinvestiga-tionincaseanti-dumpingmeasuresarenotmaintained.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—8
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4.EconomicsituationoftheCommunityindustry
(44)Pursuant to Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation, all relevant
economic factors and indices having a bearing on the state oftheCommunityindustrywereexamined.
(45)TheeconomicindicatorsrelatingtothesituationoftheCommu-nity industry have to be seen in the light of previousinvestigations concerning TCS originating in Japan, i.e. the
originalinvestigationin1994andthesubsequentanti-absorption
investigation which led to an increase of the rates of that anti-dumping duty. The present investigation has shown that thelatter had a positive effect on the situation of the Communityindustry. In addition, two other factors linked to technologicaldevelopment also had an impact on some of the indicators
below,i.e.the abovementioned introduction ofthecamcorders,
anewkindofTCHs,inthemarketasfrom1997andthedevel-opmentofthenewgenerationofdigitalTCHswhichalsostartedin1997.
4.1.Production
(46)Total production of TCHs of the Community industry signifi-
cantly decreased between 1995 and 1996, i.e. by 32 %, thenincreasing again steadily between 1997 and the investigation
period, without recovering however the levels of 1995. In this
respect,productionhasfollowedtheevolutionoftheCommunitymarketsince1997.
4.2.Production capacity and capacity utilisation
(47)The production capacity of the Community industry remained
stable during the IIP. Capacity utilisation for TCHs went downbetween 1995and1996,i.e. by32%,increasing again towardsthe investigation period. This development likewise reflects theabovementionedincreaseinproductionvolumesasfrom1997.
4.3.Sales volume
(48)The sales of the Community industry decreased between 1995
and 1996 by 10 % and they increased fromthen to 1997 and
the investigation period, i.e. in overall terms they went up by
21%between1995andtheinvestigationperiodreachingaround850 units, without, however, matching the expansion of theCommunity consumption, which substantially increased, i.e. by54%,duringthesameperiodoftime.
4.4.Market shares
(49)The steady decrease of the market share of the Community
industry between 1995 and the investigation period by more
than 16 percentage points, reaching around 60 % during the
investigation period, shows that the Community industry didnot benefit from the expansion of the Community consumptionor fromthe favourable m arket conditions from1997 whichresultedfromtheconclusionoftheanti-absorptioninvestigation.
4.5.Employment
(50)Employmenthasremainedstableasfrom1996,inwhichyearit
had increased by 20 %, as a result of the introduction of the
camcordersandthenewgenerationofdigitalTCS.
4.6.Investment
(51)Investmentsdecreasedsubstantiallybetween1995and1996,i.e.
by 21 %, following the negative evolution of production and
sales of the Community industry. They then increased substan-tiallyin1997,byaround100%,due,amongstotherreasons,tothe R&D investments linked to the development of the newgeneration of digital TCS but sharply decreased again in theinvestigationperiod.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—9
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4.7.Profitability
(52)In1995andespeciallyin1996,theCommunityindustrysuffered
significantlosseswhichonlydiminishedasfrom1997atatime
when, amongst other things, the rate of the anti-dumping duty
imposedonTCSoriginatinginJapanwasraisedandcamcorderswere successfully introduced on the market. Throughout thisperiod, however, sales of the Community industry remainedloss-making.These losseswerestill ata level ofaround –10%
onnetsalesduringtheinvestigationperiod.
5.ConclusiononthesituationintheCommunitymarket
(53)Theinvestigation hasshownthatanti-dumping dutieshavevery
rarely been paid during the IIP. Indeed, as fromthe im position
of an anti-dumping duty on imports of TCHs originating in
Japan, they have been replaced by imports of parts of TCHsoriginatinginJapan,whichhavebeensubjecttoanti-circumven-tionandanti-dumpinginvestigationsasfrom1998.However,thedevelopment ofthe market after the imposition of the measures
revealsthatJapaneseexportingproducershavecontinuedtosell
TCHsontheCommunitymarket.
(54)As concerns the pricing behaviour of the Japanese exportingproducers, the anti-absorption investigation concluded in 1997showed that export prices of the Japanese exporting producershadgonebelowthelevelof1994.
(55)Aftertheimpositionoftheanti-dumping measuresin1994,andduring the whole IIP, the situation of the Community industryimprovedasregardssomeoftheeconomicindicatorsexamined.Continued efforts to rationalise the production process and newinvestments were made, showingan industry that isstill viable.However, the overall assessment of the economic indicators
during the IIP does not show such a favourable development.
Indeed, during the IIP, the Community industry's sales volumedid not follow the growing trend of the market and onlyincreasedby21%whilsttheCommunityconsumptionexpandedby 54 %. These opposing trends resulted in a loss of market
share by the Community industry by 16 percentage points.
Furthermore, even though its losses diminished during the IIP,the Community industry continued to suffer losses of around–10 % during the investigation period whereas in such anindustry,aprofitlevelof15%mustbeconsiderednecessarytofinancetheinvestmentneededtokeepuptodatewithtechnolo-
gicaldevelopment.
(56)Onthebasisoftheabove,itisthereforeconcludedthat,inspite
of the measures in force, due to the continued price pressureexerted by the Japanese exporting producers, the Communityindustry remained in a difficult economic situation. This price
pressure prevented the Community industry from fully reco-
vering fromthe effects of the previous and ongoing dum pingpractices.
F.LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUATION AND/OR RECURRENCE
OFINJURIOUSDUMPING
(57)Inordertoassessthelikelyeffectoftheexpiryofthemeasures
inforce,andtakingintoaccountthattheCommunityindustryisstillinadifficult situation,thefollowingelements wereconsid-ered,inadditiontothosealreadymentionedabove.
(58)The current investigation has shown that Japanese exportingproducers have continued to sell TCHs on the Communitymarketundertheirbrandnames(
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(1) The origin of these TCS remains unclear since it could not be determined
whetherthey wereimported assuchfromJapanorif,asmentioned above,
only parts thereof were imported in order to be subsequently assembled in
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(59)Indeed, sales of TCHs by Japanese exporting producers in the
Community increased considerably in terms of volume between
1995 and the investigation period, i.e. by 157 %, reachingaround600unitsduringtheinvestigationperiod.
(60)With respect to the development of their market share, theoverall trend shows a constant and significant increase between1995 and the investigation period, i.e. by more than 16 percen-tage points, reaching a level of around 40 % during the
investigationperiod.
(61)As regards sales prices of the Japanese exporting producers forTCHs sold on the Community market, the investigation has
shownthattheyweresignificantlybelowtheCommunityindus-try'ssalesprices.
(62)The Japanese exporting producers provided no information onsales prices. However, it was established that sales made viatenders both by the Community industry and the Japaneseexportingproducersrepresented animportantpartoftheoverall
sales of TCHs during the IP (around 40 %). On the basis of
tenders for which information was available from the Commu-nity industry and users, prices offered by the exportingproducers were, in general, lower than prices offered by theCommunity industry both for the total tender(
1) and for TCHs
taken in isolation. In one of the tenders analysed, the global
priceofferedbyaJapaneseexportingproducerwas37%lower
thantheoneofferedbytheCommunityproducer.Inthistender,the Community producer had to grant an additional discount ofmorethan40%inordertowinthetender.Anothertenderinadifferent Member State showed that, in the second round of
negotiations and despite having granted significant discounts
between the first and the second round, the final offer of theJapanese exporting producer was still around 20 % lower thantheofferoftheCommunityproducerparticipatinginthetender.Inthesecircumstances,thelatterlostthetender.
(63)It was likewise established that the low prices offered during atender necessarily influence all prices negotiated in follow-up
transactionsandinsubsequenttendersheldinthesameMember
State. It follows that the price behaviour in tenders actuallyinfluencedasignificantlyhighershareoftheCommunitymarketthanthe40%ofitthatweregoverneddirectlybytenders.Thus,the analysis of the tenders has not only shown the extent towhich the prices offered by the Community industry have been
undercut by those offered by exporting producers during the
tenders (up to 37 %) but also the depressive effect of thedumpedimportsonthesalespricesoftheCommunityindustry.
(64)These pricedifferences shouldbeseenbearing inmind that themarketforTCSwasfoundtobeprice-sensitiveandtransparent,with a small number of players, and that the Communityindustrysufferedlossesofaround10%,whereasinthiskindof
high-technology industry a profit of 15 % must be deemed
appropriate so that an industry can keep up with the pace oftechnologicaldevelopments.
(65)On this basis, should the measures be repealed, it can beexpected that the Japanese exporting producers wouldmanufac-ture again complete TCS in Japan, where, as mentioned above,the production capacity exists, their R&D departments are
located and where they could benefit fromeconom ies of scale.
Moreover,itwasconsideredthattheexportingproducerswouldbe likely to continue to sell their products on the CommunitymarketatpricessignificantlylowerthanthoseoftheCommunityindustry, thus contributing to the continuation of the injurioussituationoftheCommunityindustry.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—11
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(66)AstothepricingbehaviouroftheJapaneseexportingproducers
on third countries, on the basis of the information made avail-
able by the Community industry, a parallel was drawn betweenthebehaviourofJapaneseexportingproducersintheUSandinthe Community. In both markets, Japanese prices were, ingeneral, lower than those of the Community industry and thisduringthewholeoftheIIP,butmoreinparticularin1998.
(67)More specifically, when analysing the information available ontenders on the North American markets, it was found that the
Japanese exporting producers were granting discounts up to
70 % off their price lists and that prices offered by themwereconsequently up to 50 % lower than prices offered by theCommunity industry. In addition, certain elements of a TCS oreven other equipment sold in combination with TCS in thesame tender, were sometimes offered free of charge or with
highdiscountssuchasthealreadymentioned70%.
(68)Furthermore,onthebasisoftheinformationavailableontendersheldinLatin-America, prices offered bythe Japaneseexporting
producerswerealsolowerthanthoseoftheCommunityindustryin similar proportions and the same behaviour as to discountsandproductsofferedfreeofchargeexisted.
(69)Fromthe above, it was concluded that, in the absence ofmeasures, prices of Japanese exporting producers could at leastremain at the current levels found on the Community market
which are significantly lower than those of the Community
industry and could even potentially fall to levels comparable tothepricesforimportsoriginatinginJapanintotheUS,Canadianand Latin-American markets or to the level of prices found intheoriginalinvestigation.
Conclusion on the recurrence of injurious dumping
(70)Inviewoftheabove,namelyofthefollowingfactors:
— despite the measures in force, the Community industry was
stillinadifficulteconomicsituation;
— the sales of TCHs manufactured by the Japanese exporting
producers held an exceptionally strong position on the
Community market and were made at extremely low prices
bycomparisonwiththepricesoftheCommunityindustry;
— the prices which Japanese exporting producers might charge
intheabsenceofanti-dumpingmeasuresweredeterminedaspotentiallyverylowifoneconsiderstheproducers'behaviourin the North American and Latin-American markets, where
their prices were lower than those of the Community
industry;
— theinformationavailableontheproductioncapacityinJapan
as well as on the possibility to expand it when necessary inordertoreact toanexpansionofdemandgaveanindicationthat the Japanese exporting producers had the potential toraisetheirproductionandexportvolumes;
— eventhoughahighanti-dumpingdutyreachingupto200%
was in force, the Japanese exporting producers were able tooffer prices which were lower than those of the Communityindustry,thusgivinganindicationthattheyarefullycapableof maintaining an aggressive pricing policy in spite of themeasuresinforce;
itisconcluded that,shouldthe measuresbe repealed, there isa
likelihood of recurrence of injurious dumping and that themeasurescurrentlyinforceshouldthereforebemaintained.
G.COMMUNITYINTEREST
1.Introduction
(71)AccordingtoArticle21ofthebasicRegulation,theCommission
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measures would be against the interest of the Community as a
whole. The determination of the Community interest was basedonanappreciationofallthevariousinterestsinvolved.
(72)In order to assess the likely impact of a continuation or non-continuation of the measures, the Commission requested infor-mation from the Community industry and users of TCS. TheCommission sent questionnaires to more than sixty users of theproduct concerned. Fifteen replies were received, although the
informationprovidedwasincompleteinmanycases.
(73)Itshouldberecalledthat,inthepreviousinvestigation,theadop-
tionofmeasureswasconsiderednottobeagainsttheinterestoftheCommunity.Furthermore,itshouldbenotedthatthepresentinvestigation is a review, thus analysing a situation in whichanti-dumping measures are already in place. Consequently, the
currentinvestigationshouldenabletheassessmentofanyundue
negative impact the current anti-dumping measures may havehadinthepastonthepartiesconcerned.
(74)Onthisbasisit wasexamined, whether,despite theconclusionson the likely continuation and/or recurrence of injuriousdumping, compelling reasons exist which would lead to the
conclusion that it is not in the Community interest to maintain
measuresinthisparticularcase.
2.InterestsoftheCommunityindustry
(75)It is considered that without maintaining the anti-dumping
measures established in the previous investigation, injurious
dumping is likely to continue or recur and the situation of theCommunity industry, which is still fragile, will further deterio-rate.
(76)Asshownabove, the Community industry has been affected bythelowpricedsalesofTCHsbyJapaneseexportingproducersin
theCommunityduringtheIIP.Itisthereforeconsideredthatthe
objective oftheanti-dumping measuresunderreview,i.e.tore-establishfaircompetitionintheCommunitymarketbetweentheCommunity producers and their exporting counterparts in thirdcountries,hasnotbeenfullymet.
(77)The Community industry has proven to be a structurally viableand successful industry, able to adapt its product range to thechangingcompetitiveconditionsonthemarketandeventogainsome technological lead in the development of the digital tech-nology, this being confirmed in particular by its investmentduringtheIIP.
(78)However, it cannot be excluded that this industry would reduceits manufacturing activities for the product concerned in theCommunity if the anti-dumping measures were not maintained.Thisconclusionisjustified inviewoftheduration ofthenega-tive profitability situation (during the investigation period, theCommunity industry has suffered around 10 % losses). As
mentioned above, without anti-dumping measures, imports of
TCHs originating in Japan would likely restart and their price-depressive effect will continue to frustrate all efforts of theCommunity industry to regain a satisfactory margin of profit-ability, which is especially needed to keep up with the pace of
technological development in this kind of industry. In addition,
sincecertainoperationsoftheTCHsproductionarelabourinten-sive, it is highly possible that they would be de-located to lowlabourcostcountriesinordertoreducesuchcosts.
(79)Indeed, should the deteriorated economic situation of theCommunity industry continue, it might be forced to reduce its
manufacturing activities in the Community, and around 250
jobs directly linked to the product concerned would be endan-gered. Should however anti-dumping duties be maintained, thisindustry will be able to maintain and further develop its activ-ities in the Community. Also, a further number of jobs linkedindirectly to the production of TCS, mainly in R&D would be2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—13
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secured.Thus,overallemploymentintheCommunityinrelation
to TCS would be secured and can even be expected to riseshouldanti-dumpingmeasuresbemaintained.
(80)As to R&D developments, the production of television camerasystems has spin-off effects which are mainly related to thedevelopment of a part of the TCHs, i.e. the CCD block, sinceits components are used as well for other applications such assecurity systems, medical, industrial and telecommunicationsapplications. Furthermore, the existence of a Community
industry manufacturing TCS has an impact on the entire televi-
sion industry, i.e. fromthe developm ent and m anufacturing ofbroadcast equipment to the production of television sets andrecorders, but it may also have an influence on the standardssetfortheCommunitytelevisionsectorinthenearfuture.
(81)Given the above, it was concluded that to prolong the existingmeasures in order to ward off the adverse effects of dumped
imports which could endanger the existence of the Community
industry and consequently a number of jobs was necessary. Ithas also to be considered that if this high-technology industrydisappears, there would be a negative impact on the televisionindustryingeneral.
3.Interests of related importers and economic operators in
theCommunity
(82)Asregardsthe economic operators intheCommunity related toJapanese exporting producers, it is likely that the decision tomaintaintheanti-dumpingmeasureswouldhavepositiveeffectswith regard to production and employment in the Community,
since some of the manufacturing activities of TCS which took
place intheCommunity wouldevenbecome more important asevidenced following the initiation of the US investigation andwouldnotberelocatedtoJapan.
4.Interestsofusers
(83)UsersofTCSweremainlylicensedbroadcastingcompaniesthat
broadcasttheirownprogrammesbyusingtheirownequipment.However, there were also licensed broadcasters which did notbroadcast their own programmes as well as facility companieswhich supply equipment including camera systems as well ascrews to their customers and, finally, rental companies which
provide camera and other equipment to various customers. All
these users of TCS usually purchased directly fromthe TCSproducers.
(84)Only fifteen out of the sixty users to which the questionnairewas sent by the Commission replied and partially cooperated.Thelowlevelanddegreeofcooperationisinitselfanindication
that this sector did not suffer any substantial negative effect on
itseconomicsituationasaresultoftheanti-dumpingmeasures.
(85)Thisconclusion wasinline withfindingsinearlier proceedingswhere it was found that TCS were not a significant cost factorfor the users, since in relation to their production of broadcastprogrammes,theyonlyaccountedforasmallproportionoftheirtotalcosts.Indeed,whenlookingonlyatequipmentcostsofthe
users,thecostofaTCSrepresentedaround10%inastudioand
reached up to 20 % in a small outside broadcasting vehicle.However, when looking at the total costs of a broadcastingcompany, and not only at the equipment, the percentagedecreased since there were other more important costs such as
programme production, personnel, overheads, etc. which were
wellabovethemerecostofaTCS.Inaddition,theaveragelifetime of a TCS has been estimated by the cooperating users ataround eight years reaching, exceptionally, more than fifteenyears, which means that TCS were far from being a recurrentcostfactorfortheusers.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—14
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(86)Likewise, in general terms, the effects on either category of
users were relatively limited when compared to the size of the
global turnover of broadcasting companies and of other compa-nies dealing with TCS, i.e. the purchase of a TCS representsaround 0,1 % of the total turnover of broadcasting companiesandaround1%oftheturnoverofproductionandrentalcompa-nies.
(87)The investigation has also shown, as mentioned above, thatprices of TCS in the Community in no way significantly
increased following the imposition of an anti-dumping duty
concerning importsofTCSoriginating inJapan.Indeed,certainuserscontinued,andevenstarted,topurchaseTCSmanufacturedbythe Japaneseexporting producersinspite ofthe measures inforce.ThesemeasuresthereforedidnotconstituteadeterrentforTCSuserstochangetheirsourcesofsupply.Thus,anyincrease
oftheimportpricewasapparentlynotsuchastoconstituteany
significantinconvenience.
(88)On the basis of the above, it can be ruled out that the anti-dumpingmeasureshadanysignificantnegativeinfluenceonthecostsituationandontheprofitabilityoftheusersoftheproductconcerned. Thus, the result of the anti-dumping measures inforce has not been to close the Community market to TCSmanufactured by Japanese exporting producers, but rather to
counter the unfair trade practices andto remedy to someextent
thedistortingeffectsofdumpedimports.
(89)Since the measures have been in place for a certain period andwouldbemaintainedatthesamelevel,itcanbeconcludedthatthis would not imply any deterioration of the situation of theusers.
5.Competitionandtradedistortingeffects
(90)With respect to the effects on competition in the Community,
some interested parties have argued that, should the anti-dumpingdutiesbemaintained,thiswouldleadtothedisappear-anceoftheexportingproducersconcernedfromtheCommunity
market, thus considerably weakening competition, and to an
increaseofthepricesforTCS.
(91)However, it appears more likely that the Japanese exportingproducers will continue to sell TCS albeit at non-injuriousprices,astheyhaveasolidtechnological basis,astrongmarketposition and manufacturing facilities in the Community. Thisconclusion is confirmed by the developments further to theimpositionoftheanti-dumpingdutyin1994andtotheincrease
oftheratein1997,whichdidnotleadtoanyharmfuleffectsfor
thecompetitionontheCommunitymarket.
(92)Giventherapidtechnologicaldevelopmentinthissector,compe-tition will, without any doubt, remain strong after thecontinuation of anti-dumping-measures. Given also the fact thatanumberofactorsinthemarketforTCShavenowadaysestab-lished their manufacturing facilities for these products in the
Community, they will be able to satisfy the user's demand and
to offer a wide range of models. Thus, the continuation of theanti-dumping measures in force will not limit the user's choiceorweakencompetition.
6.ConclusiononCommunityinterest
(93)Basedontheabove,itisconcludedthattherearenocompelling
reasonsongroundsofCommunityinterestagainsttheprolonga-tionoftheexistinganti-dumpingmeasures.
H.ANTI-DUMPINGMEASURES
(94)All parties concerned were informed of the essential facts and
considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recom-mend the maintenance of the existing anti-dumping duty in2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—15
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respect of imports of TCS originating in Japan. They were also
granted a period within which to make representations subse-quent to this disclosure. No comments were received which
wereofanaturetochangetheaboveconclusions.
(95)Itfollowsfromtheabove that,asprovidedforbyArticle 11(2)
ofthebasicRegulation,theanti-dumpingdutycurrentlyinforcewithregardstoimportsofTCSoriginatinginJapanimposedby
Council Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, as amended by Council
Regulation(EC)No1952/97,shouldbemaintained.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION:
Article 1
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of
television camera systems and parts thereof, falling within CN codes
ex 85253090 (TARIC code: 8525309010), ex 85371091 (TARIC
code 8537109191), ex 85371099 (TARIC code 8537109991),ex 85299081 (TARIC code 8529908138), ex 85299088 (TARICcode 8529908832), ex 85438995 (TARIC code 8543899539),ex 85282114 (TARIC code 8528211410), ex 85282116 (TARICcode 8528211610) and ex 85282190 (TARIC code 8528219010),
originatinginJapan.
2. The television camera systems may consist of a combination of
thefollowingparts,importedeithertogetherorseparately:
(a) camera head with three or more sensors (12 mm or more charge-
coupled device pick-up devices) with more than 400000 pixels
each,whichcanbeconnectedtoarearadapter,andhavingaspeci-fication of the signal-to-noise ratio of 55 dB or more at normalgain; either inonepiece, withthe camera head andtheadapter inonehousing,orseparate;
(b) aviewfinder(diagonal,of38mmormore);
(c) a base station or camera control unit (CCU) connected to the
camerabyacable;
(d) an operational control panel (OCP) for camera control (i.e. for
colouradjustment,lensopeningoriris)ofsinglecameras;
(e) a master control panel (MCP) or master set-up unit (MSU) with
selected cameraindication, fortheoverviewandforadjustmentofseveralremotecameras.
3. Thedutyshallnotapplyto:
(a) lenses;
(b) videotaperecorders;
(c) camera-heads with a recording unit in the same, inseparable
housing;
(d) professionalcameraswhichcannotbeusedforbroadcastpurposes;
(e) professional cameras listed in the Annex (TARIC additional code:
8786).
4. Whenthetelevision camerasystemisimportedwiththelensthe
free-at-Community-frontier value used in applying the anti-dumpingdutyshallbethatofthetelevisioncamerasystemswithoutthelens.If
thisvalueisnotspecifiedontheinvoicetheimportershalldeclarethe
value of the lens at the time of release for free circulation and shallsubmitappropriateevidenceandinformationonthatoccasion.
5. The rate of the anti-dumping duty shall be 96,8 % of the net,
free-at-Community-frontier price,beforeduty(TARICadditionalcode:8744) except for the products manufactured by the following compa-niesforwhichtherateshallbeasfollows:
— Ikegami Tsushinki Co. Ltd: 200,3 % (TARIC additional code:
8741),
— SonyCorporation:108,3%(TARICadditionalcode:8742),2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—16
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— HitachiDenshiLtd:52,7%(TARICadditionalcode:8743).
6. Theprovisionsinforceconcerningcustomsdutiesshallapply.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its
publicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMemberStates.2000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—17
ANNEX
Listofprofessionalcamera systemsnotqualifiedastelevisioncamerasystems(broadcastcamerasystems)whichareexemptedfromthemeasures
Companyname Cameraheads Viewfinder Cameracontrolunit Operationalcontrolunit Mastercontrolunit(*) Cameraadapters
Sony DXC-M7PK
DXC-M7P
DXC-M7PH
DXC-M7PK/1DXC-M7P/1DXC-M7PH/1
DXC-327PK
DXC-327PLDXC-327PH
DXC-327APK
DXC-327APLDXC-327AHDXC-537PK
DXC-537PL
DXC-537PHDXC-537APKDXC-537APL
DXC-537APH
EVW-537PKEVW-327PK
DXC-637P
DXC-637PKDXC-637PLDXC-637PH
PVW-637PK
PVW-637PLDXC-D30PF
DXC-D30PKDXF-3000CE
DXF-325CE
DXF-501CE
DXF-M3CEDXF-M7CEDXF-40CE
DXF-40ACE
DXF-50CEDXF-601CE
DXF-40BCE
DXF-50BCEDXF-701CEDXF-WSCE(
1)
DXF-801CE(1)CCU-M3P
CCU-M5P
CCU-M7P
CUU-M5AP(1)RM-M7G
RM-M7E(1)— CA-325P
CA-325AP
CA-325B
CA-327PCA-537PCA-511
CA-512P
CA-513VCT-U14(
1)▼M52000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—18
Companyname Cameraheads Viewfinder Cameracontrolunit Operationalcontrolunit Mastercontrolunit(*) Cameraadapters
DXC-D30PL
DXC-D30PH
DSR-130PF
DSR-130PKDSR-130PL
PVW-D30PF
PVW-D30PKPVW-D30PLDXC-327BPF
DXC-327BPK
DXC-327BPLDXC-327BPH
DXC-D30WSP(
1)
DXC-D35PH(1)
DXC-D35PL(1)
DXC-D35PK(1)
DXC-D35WSPL(1)
DSR-135PL(1)
Ikegami HC-340
HC-300
HC-230HC-240
HC-210
HC-390LK-33HDL-30MA
HDL-37
HC-400(
1)
HC-400W(1)
HDL-37EVF15-21/22
VF-4523
VF15-39VF15-46(
1)
VF5040(1)
VF5040W(1)MA-200/230
MA-200A(1)
MA-400(1)
CCU-37
CCU-10RCU-240
RCU-390(1)
RCU-400(1)
RCU-240A— CA-340
CA-300
CA-230CA-390
CA-400(
1)
CA-450(1)▼M52000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—19
Companyname Cameraheads Viewfinder Cameracontrolunit Operationalcontrolunit Mastercontrolunit(*) Cameraadapters
HDL-10
HDL-40
Hitachi HV-C10F
Z-ONE(L)
Z-ONE(H)
Z-ONEZ-ONEA(L)Z-ONEA(H)
Z-ONEA(F)
Z-ONEAZ-ONEB(L)
Z-ONEB(H)
Z-ONEB(F)Z-ONEBZ-ONEB(M)
Z-ONEB(R)
FP-C10(B)FP-C10(C)FP-C10(D)
FP-C10(G)
FP-C10(L)FP-C10(R)
FP-C10(S)
FP-C10(V)FP-C10(F)FP-C10
FP-C10A
FP-C10A(A)FP-C10A(B)
FP-C10A(C)GM-51(
1) RC-C1
RC-C10
RU-C10
RU-Z1(B)RU-Z1(C)RU-Z1
RC-C11
RU-Z2RC-Z1
RC-Z11
RC-Z2RC-Z21RC-Z2A(
1)
RC-Z21A(1)
RU-Z3(1)
RC-Z3(1)__ — CA-Z1HB
CA-C10
CA-C10SP
CA-C10SJACA-C10MCA-C10B
CA-Z1A(
1)
CA-Z31(1)
CA-Z32(1)
CA-ZD1(1)▼M52000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—20
Companyname Cameraheads Viewfinder Cameracontrolunit Operationalcontrolunit Mastercontrolunit(*) Cameraadapters
FP-C10A(D)
FP-C10A(F)
FP-C10A(G)
FP-C10A(H)FP-C10A(L)
FP-C10A(R)
FP-C10A(S)FP-C10A(T)FP-C10A(V)
FP-C10A(W)
Z-ONEC(M)Z-ONEC(R)
Z-ONEC(F)
Z-ONECHV-C20HV-C20M
Z-ONE-D
Z-ONE-D(A)Z-ONE-D(B)
Z-ONE-D(C)
Z-ONE.DA(
1)
V-21(1)
V-21W(1)
Matsushita WV-F700
WV-F700AWV-F700SHE
WV-F700ASHE
WV-F700BHEWV-F700ABHE
WV-F700MHEWV-VF65BE
WV-VF40EWV-VF39E
WV-VF65BE(*)
WV-VF40E(*)WV-VF42E
WV-VF65BWV-RC700/B
WV-RC700/GWV-RC700A/B
WV-RC700A/G
WV-RC36/BWV-RC36/G
WV-RC37/B— — WV-AD700SE
WV-AD700ASEWV-AD700ME
WV-AD250E
WV-AD500E(*)AW-AD500AE
AW-AD700BSE▼M52000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—21
Companyname Cameraheads Viewfinder Cameracontrolunit Operationalcontrolunit Mastercontrolunit(*) Cameraadapters
WV-F350
WV-F350HEWV-F350EWV-F350AE
WV-F350DE
WV-F350ADEWV-F500HE(*)
WV-F-565HE
AW-F575HEAW-E600AW-E800
AW-E800A
AW-E650AW-E655AW-E750AW-VF80 WV-RC37/G
WV-CB700EWV-CB700AEWV-CB700E(*)
WV-CB700AE(*)
WV-RC700/B(*)WV-RC700/G(*)
WV-RC700A/B(*)
WV-RC700A/G(*)WV-RC550/GWV-RC550/B
WV-RC700A
WV-CB700AWV-RC550WV-CB550
AW-RP501
AW-RP505
JVC KY-35E
KY-27ECHKY-19ECH
KY-17FITECH
KY-17BECHKY-F30FITE
KY-F30BE
KY-27CECHKH-100UKY-D29ECHVF-P315E
VF-P550EVF-P10E
VP-P115E
VF-P400EVP-P550BE
VF-P116
VF-P116WE(
1)
VF-P550WE(1)RM-P350EG
RM-P200EGRM-P300EG
RM-LP80E
RM-LP821ERM-LP35U
RM-LP37U
RM-P270EGRM-P210E— — KA-35E
KA-B35UKA-M35U
KA-P35U
KA-27EKA-20E
KA-P27U
KA-P20UKA-B27EKA-B20E
KA-M20E
KA-M27E▼M52000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—22
Companyname Cameraheads Viewfinder Cameracontrolunit Operationalcontrolunit Mastercontrolunit(*) Cameraadapters
KY-D29WECH(1) OTV-SX2
Olympus MAJ-387N
MAJ-387IOTV-S5
OTV-S6
CameraOTV-SX
(*) Alsocalledmastersetupunit(MSU)ormastercontrolpanel(MCP).
(1) Modelsexemptedundertheconditionthatthecorrespondingtriaxsystemortriax-adapterisnotsoldontheECmarket.▼M52000R2042—EN—30.04.2004—005.001—23