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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3752/87
of15December 1987
institutingasystemfortheauthorization ofimportsintoItalyandSpainof
certainkindsofslidefastenersoriginatinginTaiwan
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No288/82of
5February1982oncommonrulesforimports('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1243/85(2),andin
particularArticle15(1)thereof,
AfterconsultationswithintheAdvisoryCommitteesetup
bytheaboveRegulation,
Whereas :ArgumentswerepresentedonbehalfoftheItalian
producersbytheAsociazioneNazionaleIndustria
MeccanicaVariaedAffine(ANIMA).Information
wasalsosuppliedbyTaiwanZippersManufacturers
AssociationandbythemainSpanishandItalian
importers .
(5)Inthecourseofitsinvestigation ,theCommission
endeavouredtogatherandverifyalltheinforma­
tionitregardedasnecessary.Sinceimportsfrom
TaiwanrepresentvirtuallyallimportsintoSpain
andItalyofslidefastenersoriginatinginnon­
membercountries,theCommission'sinvestigation
concentratedonproductsfromTaiwan.Itmade
on-the-spotchecksatthepremisesofthefollowing
companies :
Spanishproducers:
—AreitoSA,Vitoria,
—CremallerasRubi,Barcelona,A.Procedure
(1)TheCommission ,wasinformedon7April1987by
theSpanishauthoritiesandon15April1987by
theItalianauthoritiesthatimportsintoSpainand
Italyofslidefastenersandpartsthereoforiginating
inTaiwan,andinparticularthosewithscoopsnot
ofbasemetal,hadincreasedandwouldcontinueto
dosoinsuchquantitiesandinsuchmannerthat
therewas,orthreatenedtobe,seriousinjuryto
nationalindustries .—YoshidaEspañolaSA,Tarragona;
Italianproducers:
—LanfranchiSpA,Palazzolo,
—Sarem-Meras ,Vimercate :
Italianimporters:
—Textil-Import duUgoeClementeOrsa&
CSAS,Milano,
—ItalchiusureSri,Milano,
—TexxilSNC,Seregno;
(6)Pricecomparisonsmaderelatedtotheperiod1
October1986to30September1987.(2)TheSpanishandItalianrequestsweresupportedby
evidenceregardingthetrendofimportsandthe
termsonwhichtheyweretakingplace,inparti­
cularwithregardtoprices.Informationhadalso
beensuppliedregardingtheeffectsofsuchimports
ontheslidefastenerindustry.
(3)Havingdecided,afterconsultations ,thatthe
evidenceinitspossessionwassufficienttojustify
theinitiationofaninvestigation ,theCommission
accordinglyannounced ,inanoticepublishedin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommun­
ities^),theinitiationofaCommunityinvestigation
inrespectofimportsintoSpainandItalyofthe
productsconcernedoriginatinginTaiwan,and
commencedtheinvestigation .
(4)TheCommissionofficiallyinformedtheproducers
andimportersknowntobeinvolvedandgaveall
partiesconcernedtheopportunitytomakeknown
theirviewsinwritingandtorequestahearing.B.Productsandindustriesconcerned
(7)Theproductswhicharethesubjectoftheinvesti­
gationareslidefastenersfallingwithinCommon
CustomsTariffsubheading98.02exBand,more
particularly,thosecorresponding toNIMEXEcodes
No98.02-51and55andCombinedNomenclature
codes96071900and96072091.
(8)TheCommissioninvestigation showed,whether
withregardtoimporttrends,pricesortheimpact
ofimportsontheSpanishandItalianindustries,
thatmostoftheimportsintoSpainandItaly
concernedonlyslidefastenerswithscoopsnotof
basemetal.(')OJNoL35,9.2.1982,p.1.
(2)OJNoL113,30.4.1986,p.i.
(3)OJNoC123,9.5.1987,p.3.

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C.Slidefasteners 1800unitsin1984to1600unitsin1987(nine
months).
(9Importsofslidefastenerswithscoopsnotofbase
metaloriginatinginTaiwanwereasfollows:Thecurrentattempttorestructurethissector,par­
ticularlyinSpain,isseverelycompromised bythe
difficultiescausedbyextremelyaggressivecompe­
titionfromimportsoriginatinginTaiwan,particu­
larlyintermsofprices,andtherestructuringeffort
mayfailasthefirmsconcernedaredeprivedofthe
financeneededtoachievethatobjective.(000metres)
1987
(ninemonths)1985 1986
Spain 639 8937
Italy 239124630816168
44162(11)BoththeincreaseinimportsoriginatinginTaiwan
andthepriceschargedforsuchimportsarethusa
causeofmaterialinjurytotheSpanishandItalian
industryconcerned.Thishasresultedinanincreaseinthemarketshare
heldbyTaiwaneseexportsfrom0,1%in1984to
47%in1987(ninemonths)ontheSpanish
marketandfrom8%in1984to48%in1987
(ninemonths)ontheItalianmarket.Inviewofthis
trend,ofthesubstantialproductioncapacityin
TaiwanandofforeseeabledemandintheCommu­
nity,itisclearthatunlessadequateprotective
measuresaretakentheincreaseinimportsorigina­
tinginTaiwanwillcontinueatthecurrentpace,
whichwouldinitselfconstituteasourceofmaterial
injury.Toeliminatethatinjuryandpreventfurtherinjury
frombeingcausedtotheSpanishandItalian
producers,measuresneedtobeadoptedtoprotect
thosemarketsforalimitedperiodsoastoimpede
theharmoniousdevelopment ofworldtradeas
littleaspossiblewhileatthesametimeenabling
theSpanishandItalianfirmsconcernedtoplan
theirmodernization programmes .
(10)ResalepricesontheSpanishmarketofslide
fastenerswithnon-metalscoopsimportedfromthe
non-membercountryinquestionwereabout50%
belowthepriceschargedbySpanishproducers.(12)Thequantitativelimitsapplicabletoimportsinto
SpainandItalyofslidefastenerswithscoopsnotof
basemetaloriginatinginTaiwanhavebeenfixed
byreferencetoimportsintoSpainandItalyduring
theperiodfrom1April1985to31March1987.
(13)Toensurethatthosequantitativelimitsare
observed,theSpanishandItalianauthoritiesshould
subjectimportsoftheproductsinquestionorigina­
tinginTaiwantoasystemofimportauthorizations
tobeissuedwithinthequantitativelimitslaid
downbythisRegulation .ThesameresalepricesontheItalianmarketwere
about60%belowthepriceschargedbyItalian
producers .
(14)Sincetheinvestigationshowedthattheincreased
penetrationofimportsoriginatinginTaiwanwas
concentratedonthetwomarketsinquestion,
Communityinterestscanbesafeguardedwithout
takinganyimmediateprotectivemeasuresinthe
otherMemberStates,ThispriceundercuttinghasforcedtheSpanishand
Italianproducerstocuttheirpricestoalevelwhich
doesnotcovertheircostofproductionandto
abandonmarketsharetotheTaiwaneseexporters.
TheirshareoftheSpanishmarketfellfrom99%
in1984to49%in1987(ninemonths)andtheir
shareoftheItalianmarketfellfrom81%in1984
to39%in1987(ninemonths).Thesituationof
theSpanishandItalianproducershasdeteriorated
asaresultandtheirfinancialresultshavebeen
adverselyaffected,withmostofthefirms
concernedmakinglosses,whichhavegrownduring
theperiodoftheinvestigation .HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.EntryforfreecirculationinSpainorItalyofthe
productsspecifiedbeloworiginatinginTaiwanshallbe
subjecttopresentationofanimportauthorizationtobe
issuedbytheSpanishorItalianauthorities,asappropriate,
withinthefollowinglimits:Therateofutilizationofproductioncapacityfellin
Spainfrom72%in1984to60%in1987(nine
months)andinItalyfrom59%in1984to50%
in1987(ninemonths).Employmenthascontinued
tofall;inSpainittellfrom978unitsin1984to
800unitsin1987(ninemonths)andinItalyfrom

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(Millionmetres)
CCT
heading
NoNIMEXE
codeDescriptionLimit
SpainItaly
98.02exB98.02-51and55Slidefastenerswithscoopsnotofbasemetal 4,633,3
ThisimportauthorizationshallbevalidonlyintheMemberStateinwhichitwasissued.
2.Theimportauthorizationreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbeissuedautomatically ,freeof
charge,withinamaximumoffiveworkingdaysfromthedateoftherequestpresentedbythe
importer,subjecttotheannualquantitativelimitsfortheMemberStateinquestion.
Article2
TheCommunityinvestigationtore-examinethetrendofimportsintoSpainandItalyofcertain
kindsofslidefastenersoriginatinginTaiwanisherebyterminated .
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallbeapplicablefrom16December1987to31December1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,15December1987..
FortheCommission
WillyDECLERCQ
MemberoftheCommission