13.2.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL37/21
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No267/79/ECSC
of9February1979
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainangles,shapesandU,Ior
Hsectionsofironorsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledforextruded,origi­
natinginSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSConprotectionagainstdumpingorthe
grantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhich
arenotmembersoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community('),asamendedbyrecommendations No
3004/77/ECSC(2)andNo158/79/ECSC(3),andin
particularArticles15and19thereof,
Havingregardtotheopinionsexpressedwithinthe
AdvisoryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommunity haspublishedbasic
prices(4)establishedonthebasisofthelowestnormal
pricesornormalcostsofproductioninthesupplying
countryorcountrieswherenormalconditionsof
competitionprevailandincludingthecostsoftrans­
port,insuranceandcustomsduties;
Whereas,theCommunityhavingascertainedthat
therewasundercutting ofthesebasicpricesonthe
partofSpanish,SouthAfrican,Japanese,Hungarian
andCzechoslovakian exportersoftheproducts
mentionedinArticle1ofthisrecommendation from
whichmaterialinjuryhasresulted,hasbymeansof
recommendation No1758/78/ECSC(5),asamended
byrecommendation No3140/78/ECSC(6),imposeda
definitiveanti-dumping dutyontheproductsinques­
tion;
Whereascertainarrangementswithrespecttotradein
steelproductswereconcludedin1978betweenthe
Communityandthemostimportantsupplyingcoun­
tries,includingSpain,asolutionwhichtheCommis­
sionconsiderssatisfactory ;Whereas,inthissituation,theCommission has
suspendedthedefinitiveanti-dumping dutybymeans
ofrecommendation No1758/78/ECSC(7);
Whereasthesearrangementsexpiredon31December
1978andareonthepointofbeingrenewedwith
mostofthesupplyingcountries,withtheexceptionof
Spain;
WhereastheCommission hasascertainedthatthe
pricesofimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginSpainareagainbelowthe
basicpricespublishedbytheCommissionforthese
sameproducts;whereasitthusappearsfromaprelimi­
naryexaminationthatdumpingexists;
Whereas,withregardtotheinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,theimportsintothe
Community oftheproductsinquestionhave
increasedoverallfrom347000tonnesin1974to
517000tonnesin1977,whiletheimportsoriginating
inSpainhaverisenfromapproximately 32000tonnes
to259000tonnesduringthesameperiod;whereas
overallimportsintotheCommunity havethus
achievedamarketshareof10-3%andtheimports
originatingfromSpainamarketshareof5-1%;
whereasin1978theevolutionofimportswasinflu­
encedbyanti-dumping measuresandtheconclusion
ofarrangementswithrespecttotradeinsteelproducts
betweentheCommunityandmostofthesupplying
countries;whereas,however,Spainhasbeenableto
keepanimportantshareofthemarket,3-8%inthe
firsthalfof1978,which,aftertheexpirationofthe
abovementioned arrangement ,threatenstoincrease
againin1979;thatontheotherhandtheCommu­
nitysteelindustryisinastateofcrisischaracterized
byareductionintheregionof15%indeliveriesin
theCommunityoftheproductsconcernedbetween
1974and1978andbythenumberofemployees
affectedbyredundanciesandshort-timeworkingin
thefirmsconcernedwhichhasgonefrom780000to
675000between1974and1978,andfinallythatthe
steelindustryshowedreducedprofitsorseriouslosses
inmostofthefirmsconcerned ;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
productswhichoriginateinSpainareconsiderably
lowerthanthepricesforsaleswithintheCommunity(')OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(3)OJNoL21,30.1.1979,p.14.
(4)SeeCommissionpublicationof31December1977
concerningthebasicpriceofcertainsteelproducts(OJ
NoL353,31.12.1977,p.1),modifiedbypublicationsof
1April1978(OJNoL87,p.4),13May1978(OJNoL
126,p.6)and5July1978(OJNoL183,p.3)andof30
December1978(OJNoL372,p.2).
(5)OJNoL203,27.7.1978,p.28.
(6)OJNoL372,30.12.1978,p.1. (7)OJNoL203,27.7.1978,p.28.

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blishedbycontract,free-at-frontier ,duty-paid,islower
thantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)for
theseproductsmostrecentlypublishedbythe
Commissionatthetimeofitsentryforconsumption
withintheCommunity .
3.Theamountofthisdutyshall,however,be
reducedtotheextentthattheimporterestablishesto
thesatisfactionofthecompetentnationalauthorities
thatthepricedifferentialreferredtoinparagraph2
aboveisduetoadiminutioninvalueresultingfrom
thefactthatthequalityoftheseproductsisinferiorto
thelowestqualitydescribedinthelastpublicationof
basicpricesbytheCommission .
4.Thisdutyshallbecollectedonthesamebasisas
customsduties.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation isaddressedtotheMember
States.
ItwillcomeintoeffectineachMemberStatefrom
thedateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
the'EuropeanCommunities .ofthesesteelproductsmadebytheEuropean
industry;thatthisundercuttingpreventstheEuro­
peanproducersfromobtainingtheguidancepriceand
jeopardizestheequilibriumofthewholepricesystem,
bothinsofarasitconcernstheEuropeanproducers
andtheproducersinthoseothersupplyingcountries
whichhaverenewedthearrangementswithrespectto
tradeinsteelproducts;thatconsequently these
importsarecausingorthreatentocauseanewmate­
rialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoamajor
partthereof;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunityironandsteelindustry,theinter­
estsoftheCommunityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumpingdutyimportsoftheproductsconcerned
originatinginSpain,therateofwhichcorrespondsto
thedifferencebetweenthebasicpricepublishedby
theCommissionfortheseproductsandtheirimport
priceintotheCommunity ,
HASADOPTEDTHISRECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Spain:
—certainangles,shapesandU,IorHsectionsof
ironorsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledor
extruded,
—CommonCustomsTariffheadingNoex73.11
AI,
—NIMEXEcode73.11-11,12,14and16.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbetheamountby
whichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)estaDoneatBrussels,9February1979.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President