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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No262/78/ECSC
of7February1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainsheetsandplates,ofiron
orsteel,originatinginPoland
thefirstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatingin
Polandhavingrisenfrom63000tonnesin1974to
38500tonnesinthesameperiod,andthat,asaresult,
theyhavebeenabletoacquireintheCommunitya
marketshareof20%intotaland12-3%forimports
originatinginPoland,togetherwiththosefromJapan,
Czechoslovakia ,Romania,Spain,Bulgariaandthe
GermanDemocraticRepublic,whicharealready
subjecttoaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyinthe
Communityandthat,ontheotherhand,theCommu­
nitysteelindustryisinacrisissituationcharacterized
byareductionofabout40%intheproductionofthe
productsconcernedbetween1974and1977inthe
Community ,andbyareductioninthenumber
employedfrom780000to720000between1974and
1977andbyshort-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,
theCommunitysteelindustryrecordedseriouslosses
inmostofthefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commission hasintroducedasystemofguidance
prices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityofcertain
steelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
WhereastheimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginPolandareconsiderablylower
thantheseguidancepricesandthatsuchundercutting
preventstheEuropeanproducersfromachievingthe
guidancepricesandjeopardizestheequilibriumofthe
entirepricingsystemandcausesorthreatenstocayse
materialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoa
majorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbyone
MemberState;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSCof15April1977onprotectionagainst
dumpingorthegrantingofbountiesorsubsidiesby
countrieswhicharenotmembersoftheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity('),asamendedbyrecom­
mendationNo3004/77/ECSC(2),andinparticular
Articles15and19thereof,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofcertainsheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,
originatinginPolandandcertainothercountries,and
ofmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexamination ofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginPoland,areofferedforimportwithin
theCommunity (UnitedKingdommarket)atprices
lowerthanthebasispricesandthatdumpinghas
takenplace,themarginofwhichisconstitutedbythis
undercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned ,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
1242000tonnesin1974to903000tonnesduringWhereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle 11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts(!)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(3)Communication fromtheCommission of31December
1977concerningthebasispricesofcertainsteelproducts
(OJNoL353,31.12.1977,p.1).(4)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.1;OJNoC174,22.7.
1977;OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.17.

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concerned,originatinginPoland,therateofwhich
correspondstothedifferencebetweenthebasisprice
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproductandits
priceonimportationintotheCommunity ,
MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Poland:
—sheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,otherthanelec­
trical,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled ,ofa
thicknessof2mmormore,
—CommonCustomsTariffheadingNo73.13BIa),Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,7February1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President—NIMEXE-code 73.13-17,19,21,23and26.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.