24.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL19/1
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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No117/78/ECSC
of18January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonimportsofcertaintypesofhaema­
titepigironoriginatinginCanada
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned ,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
CommunityoftheproductsoriginatinginCanada
haverisenfrom103000tonnesin1975to87000
tonnesinthefirstsixmonthsof1977andthat,asa
result,theyhavebeenabletoacquire,inthewholeof
theCommunity ,amarketshareofabout40%,and
that,ontheotherhand,theCommunityironand
steelindustryisinacrisissituationcharacterizedbya
reductionofabout25%intheproductionofhaema­
titepigironbetween1975and1977andthatasa
result,theCommunity ironandsteelindustry
recordedareductioninprofitsorlossesinmostofthe
firmsconcerned ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinpartcularArticles
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
dumpingofcertaintypesofhaematitepigironorigi­
natinginCanadaandmaterialinjuryresultingthere­
from;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexamination ofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts
areofferedforimportwithintheCommunity (the
Britishmarket)atpriceslowerthanthebasisprices
andthatdumpinghastakenplace,themarginof
whichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;Whereastheimportpricesofdeliveriesoriginatingin
Canadaarelowerthanthealreadylowpricesofthe
Communityproducersandthusaccentuatethedepres­
sionofCommunitypricestherebycausingmaterial
injurytotheCommunityindustryoramajorpartof
it;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState:
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginCanadatherateofwhich
correspondstothedifferencebetweenthebasisprices
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproductandits
priceonimportationintotheCommunity ,(»)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.

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tionaluponthedepositotsecuritytortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,18January1978.MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Canada:
—haematitepigironandcastironcontainingless
than0.1%byweightofmanganese,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheadingex73.01B,
—NIMEXEcode73.01-27 .
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommission forthese
products.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondiFortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President