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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No118/78/ECSC
ofISJanuary1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertaingalvanizedsteelsheets
andplatesoriginatinginPolandandSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidenceactuallysubmittedtothe
Commissionshowsthat,ontheonehand,imports
intotheCommunity oftheproductsincreased
globallyfrom62000tonnesto224000tonnes
between1974and1977,importsoriginatingin
PolandandSpainhavingrisenfrom13000tonnesto
38000tonnesinthesameperiodandthat,asaresult,
theyhavebeenabletoacquireamarketshareof8%
ingeneraland2to3%forimportsoriginatingin
PolandandSpaininthemarketsmostparticulary
concerned,thatisGermany,UK,BelgiumandLuxem­
burg,andthat,ontheotherhand,theCommunity
steelindustryisinacrisissituationcharacterized bya
reductioninthenumbersemployedfromapproxi­
mately780000to720000between1974and1977
andbyshort-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,the
Communitysteelindustryrecordedseriouslossesin
mostofthefirmsconcerned ;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
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
dumpingofgalvanizedsteelsheetsandplatesorigi­
natinginPoland,Spainandcertainothercountries
andmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom;Whereastheimportpricesofdeliveriesoriginatingin
PolandandSpainarelowerthanthealreadylow
pricesoftheCommunityproducersandthusaccen­
tuatethedepressionofCommunitypricesthereby
threateningtocausematerialinjurytotheCommu­
nityindustryoramajorpartofit;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;Whereasimmediateactionwasrequestedbya
MemberState;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
Whereasapreliminaryexamination ofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts
originatinginPolandandSpainareofferedforimport
withintheCommunity (theBritishmarket)atprices
lowerthanthebasispricesandthatdumpinghas
takenplace,themarginofwhichisconstitutedbythis
undercutting ;WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginPolandandSpain,therateof
whichcorrespondstothedifferencebetweenthebasis
pricepublishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct
anditspriceonimportationintotheCommunity ,•)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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tionaluponthedepositofsecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
PolandandSpain:
—galvanizedsheetsandplatesofironorsteel,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.13BIV
c),
—NIMEXEcodes73.13-68and73.13-72 .
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondiDoneatBrussels,18January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President