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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No14/88
of23December 1987
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonimportsofrollerchainsforcycles
originatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChina
theChinaNationalLightIndustrialProducts
ImportandExportCorporation,Beijing,were
beingimportedintotheFederalRepublicof
Germanyatverylowprices,suggestingthatthe
priceundertakingwasbeingviolated.
TheCommission studiedtheinformation
submittedtoitandgrantedtheChineseexporting
companyahearing.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2176/84
of23July1984(')onprotectionagainstdumpedorsubsi­
disedimportsfromcountriesnotmembersoftheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1761/87(2),andinparticularArticle10(6)
thereof,
AfterconsultationswithintheAdvisoryCommitteeesta­
blishedbythatRegulation ,
Whereas :B.ViolationoftheUndertaking
(5)TheCommissioninitiallycheckedtheallegation
againsttheofficialstatisticsavailable.
Thecompanydidnotdisputethestatistics,butsaid
itcouldnotcontroltheactivitiesofitsvarious
subsidiariesinChina.However,inofferingthe
priceundertakingacceptedbytheCommission ,the
companypromisedtocomplywithagivendeli­
veredprice,free-at-Community frontier,notonly
onitsownaccountbutalsothroughitssubsidiaries,
branchesandagents.
Thecompanyalsoarguedthatitcouldnotbeheld
responsibleforresaleofthegoodstotheCommu­
nityfromotherthirdcountries,notablyHong
Kong.Theundertaking ,however,includeda
promisethatthenecessarystepswouldbetakento
seethatitwasnotcircumvented bymeansofresale
ofthecompany'sproductsfromothercountries.
TheCommissionhasevidencethattheexporter
invoicedconsignments totheCommunityvia
HongKongatpriceslowerthanthosestipulatedin
theundertaking .
(6)Thecompanyalsoviolatedtheundertakingby
failingtoreporttotheCommissionperiodically
givingdetailsofquantitiesexportedtothe
Community ,unitpricesandtotalvalue.Itsaidit
wasunabletofulfilthisobligation ..A.Procedure
(1)FollowingacomplaintfromtheFachverbandFahr­
rad-undKraftradteile-lndustrie eVtheCommis­
sionpublishedanoticeintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities (-')announcingthe
initiationofananti-dumping proceedingconcer­
ningimportsintotheCommunityof1/2"x1/8"
rollerchainforcycles,corresponding tocombined
nomenclature codeex73151110(from1January
1988),originatingintheSovietUnionandthe
People'sRepublicofChina;itthencommenced
investigations .
(2)Followingtheinvestigation ,whichestablishedthe
existenceofdumpingandinjury(4),oneChinese
exporter,theChinaNationalLightIndustrial
ProductsImportandExportCorporation .Beijing,
andtheSovietexporterofferedpriceundertakings .
(3)TheChinesefirstundertooktoraiseitsexport
pricesbyanamountsufficienttoeliminatethe
injurycausedbydumping(5).
(4)InJuly1987theCommission wasinformedthat
1/2"X1/8"rollerchainsforcyclesoriginatingin
thePeople'sRepublicofChinaandproducedby
(')OJNoL201,30.7.1984,pI.
(2)OJNoL167,26.6.1987,p.9.
OOJNoC235,5.9.1984,p.9.
(4)OJNoL217,14.8.1985,p.7.Regulation(EEC)No2317/85,C.Reopeningofproceeding
(7)TheCommission considersthatinthecircum­
stancesthefactsshouldbereviewed .Ithasthere­
forereopenedtheinvestigation .12August1985.
OOJNoL40,15.2.1986,p.27.Decision86/33/EEC,13Fe­
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D.Provisional measures
(8)Inthelightoftheevidenceavailabletoitthe
CommissionconsidersthatexportsfromtheChina
NationalLightIndustrialProductsImportand
ExportCorporation ,Beijing,of1/2"x1/8"roller
chainsforeyeletoriginatinginthePeople'sRepu­
blicofChinashouldbemadesubjecttoananti­
dumpingduty,andthatitisintheinterestsofthe
Communitytoimposeaprovisionalanti-dumping
dutyforthwithonallimportsof1/2"x1/8"roller
chainsoriginatinginthePeople'sRepublicof
China.
ERateofduty
(9)InaccordancewithArticle10(6)ofRegulationNo
2176/84,theanti-dumping dutyshouldbeset,on
thebasisofthefactsestablishedbeforeacceptance
oftheundertaking ,atarateequivalenttothe
amountbywhichthenetpricepermetre,free-at­
Communityfrontier,beforeduty,fallsbelow0,56
ECU,inconformitywithCouncilRegulation
(EEC)(')No338/86,"
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artidt1
TheundertakingacceptedbyCommission Decision
86/33/EEC(2)isherebywithdrawn .
Arlich2
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumpmg dutyisherebyimposed
onimportsof1/2"x1/8"rollerchainsforcycles,corres­pondingtocombinednomenclature codeex73151110,
originatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinaand
producedbytheChinaNationalLightIndustrialProducts
ImportandExportCorporation ,Beijing
2.Thedutyshallbeequaltotheamountbywhichthe
free-at-Community frontiernetpricepermeter,before
duty,fallsbelow0,56Ecu.
Thefree-at-Community frontierpricesshallbenetprices
wherethetermsofsalearesuchthatpaymentistobe
madewithinthirtydaysofthedateofdelivery.Theyshall
beincreasedorreducedby1%foreachmonthbywhich
thisperiodisshortenedorlengthened.
3.Theprovisionsinforceconcerningcustomsduties
shallapply.
4.ThereleaseforfreecirculationintheCommunityof
theproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbesubjectto
paymentofasecurityequivalenttotheamountofthe
provisionalduty.
Article3
WithoutprejudicetoArticle7(4)(b)and(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2176/84,interestedpartiesmaymakeknown
theirviewsinwritingandapplytobeheardbythe
Commissionwithinonemonthoftheentryintoforceof
thisRegulation .
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollo­
wingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .SubjecttoArticles11,12and14of
Regulation (EEC)No2176/84,itshallapplyforfour
months,unlesstheCounciladoptsdefinitivemeasures
beforetheexpirythatperiod.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States
DoneatBrussels.23December1987.
FortheCommission
WillyDECLERCQ
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL40,15.2.1986,P.25.
(2)OJNoL40,15.2.I^86,P.27.