24.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL19/7
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No120/78/ECSC
of18January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainsheetsandplates,ofiron
orsteel,originatinginCzechoslovakia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSConprotectionagainstdumpingorthe
grantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhich
arenotmembersoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community('),asamendedbyrecommendation No
3004/77/ECSC(2),andinparticularArticles15and19
thereof,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofcertainsheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,
originatinginCzechoslovakia andcertainothercoun­
triesandmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom ;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginCzechoslovakia areofferedforimport
withintheCommunity (theBritishmarket)atprices
lowerthanthebasispricesandthatdumpinghas
takenplace,themarginofwhichisconstitutedbythis
undercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned ,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
560000tonstoapproximately 1350000tons
between1974and1977,importsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia havingrisenfrom43000tonsto
approximately 120000tonsinthesameperiodand
that,asaresult,theyhavebeenabletoacquirea
marketshareofover10%intotalandapproximately
1-2%forimportsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia ,in
themarketsmostparticularlyconcerned,thatis
FranceandItalyandthat,ontheotherhand,the
Communitysteelindustryisinacrisissituationchar­
acterizedbyareductionofabout11%intheproduc­
tionoftheseproductsbetween1974and1977inthe
Communityandbyareductioninemployeesfrom
780000to720000between1974and1977andby
short-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,theCommu­
nitysteelindustryrecordedseriouslossesinmostof
thefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroduced,inparticular,asystemof
guidanceprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityof
certainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
Whereas,theimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia areconsider­
ablylowerthantheseguidancepricesandthatsuch
undercuttingpreventstheEuropeanproducersfrom
achievingtheguidancepricesandjeopardizesthe
equilibriumoftheentirepricingsystemandthreatens
tocausematerialinjurytotheCommunityindustryor
toamajorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle 11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginCzechoslovakia ,therateof
whichcorrespondstothedifferencebetweenthebasis
pricepublishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct
anditspriceonimportationintotheCommunity ,(')OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(3)cf.Communication fromtheCommission of31
December1977concerningthebasispricesofcertain
steelproducts,OJNoL353,31.12.1977,p.1.(4)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.1;OJNoC174,22.7.1977
andOJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.17.

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tionaluponthedepositofsecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Czechoslovakia :
—sheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,otherthanelec­
trical,notfurtherworkedthawcold-rolled,ofa
thicknessoflessthan3mm,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.13BIIb)
andc),
—NIMEXEcodes73.13-43,45,47and49.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondiDoneatBrussels,18January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President