24.1.78 NoL19/9 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No121/78/ECSC
of18January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainsheetsandplates,ofiron
orsteel,originatinginBulgaria,Czechoslovakia andJapan
1242000tonnesfor1974to903000tonsforthefirst
halfof1977,importsoriginatinginJapan,Bulgaria
andCzechoslovakia havingrisenfrom194000tons
for1974to358000tonsforthefirsthalfof1977and
that,asaresult,theyhavebeenabletoacquirea
marketshareofover20%ingeneralandover8%
forimportsoriginatinginJapan,Bulgariaand
Czechoslovakia ,intheCommunityandthat,onthe
otherhand,theCommunitysteelindustryisina
crisissituationcharacterized byareductionofabout
40%intheproductionofthesheetsandplates
concernedbetween1974and1977intheCommu­
nity,andbyareductioninthenumbersemployedin
theCommunitysteelindustryfrom780000to
720000between1974and1977andbyshort-time
workingandthat,asaresult,theCommunitysteel
industryrecordedseriouslossesinmostofthefirms
concerned ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSConprotectionagainstdumpingorthe
grantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhich
arenotmembersoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community (1),asamendedbyrecommendation No
3004/77/ECSC(2),andinparticularArticles15and19
thereof,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofcertainsheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,
originatinginBulgaria,Czechoslovakia ,Japanand
certainothercountriesandmaterialinjuryresulting
therefrom ;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts
originatinginBulgaria,Czechoslovakia andJapanare
offeredforimportwithintheCommunity (Britishand
Frenchmarkets)atpriceslowerthanthebasisprices
andthatdumpinghastakenplace,themarginof
whichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned ,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
CommunityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfromWhereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroduced,inparticular,asystemof
guidanceprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityof
certainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
Whereas,theimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginBulgaria,Czechoslovakia and
Japanareconsiderablylowerthantheseguidance
pricesandsuchundercuttingpreventstheEuropean
producersfromachievingtheguidancepricesand
jeopardizestheequilibriumoftheentirepricing
systemandcausesmaterialinjurytotheCommunity
industryortoamajorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbytwo
MemberStates;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts(>)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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concernedoriginatinginBulgaria,Czechoslovakia and
Japan,therateofwhichcorrespondstothedifference
betweenthebasispricepublishedbytheCommission
forthisproductanditspriceonimportationintothe
Community ,
MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia andJapan:
—sheetsandplatesotherthanelectrical,ofironor
steelnotfurtherworkedthanhotrolledofathick­
nessof2mmormore,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.13BIa),Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofsecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,18January1978.—NIMEXEcodes73.13-17,19,21,23,26.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommission forthese
products.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President