16.2.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL45/17
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No307/78/ECSC
of14February1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonimportsofironorsteelcoilsfor
re-rollingoriginatinginAustralia
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
dumpingofironorsteelcoilsforre-rollingorigi­
natinginAustraliaandcertainothercountries,and
materialinjuryresultingtherefrom ;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexamination ofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts
originatinginAustraliaareofferedforimportwithin
theCommunity (theFrenchandItalianmarkets)at
priceslowerthanthebasispricesandthatdumping
hastakenplace,themarginofwhichisconstitutedby
thisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
1012000tonnesin1974to1015000tonnesinthefirstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatingin
Australiahavingrisenfromzeroto114000tonnesin
thesameperiod,andthat,asaresult,theyhavebeen
abletoacquireintheCommunity amarketshareof
morethan16%intotaland9%forimportsorigi­
natinginAustraliatogetherwiththosefromBulgaria,
Czechoslovakia ,JapanandSouthKorea,whichare
alreadysubjecttoaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyin
theCommunityandthat,ontheotherhand,the
Communitysteelindustryisinacrisissituationchar­
acterizedbyareductioninthenumberemployed
from780000to720000between1974and1977and
byshort-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,the
Communitysteelindustryrecordedareductionin
profitsortheappearanceofseriouslossesinmostof
thefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commission hasintroducedasystemofminimum
prices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityofcertain
steelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
WhereastheimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginAustraliaareconsiderably
lowerthantheseminimumpricesandthatsuchunder­
cuttingjeopardizestheequilibriumoftheentire
pricingsystemandcausesorthreatenstocausema­
terialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoamajor
partofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedby
certainMemberStates;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginAustralia,therateofwhich
correspondstothedifferencebetweenthebasisprice
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproductandits
priceonimportationintotheCommunity ,(')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;OJNoL352,31.12.
1977,p.17.

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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
Australia :
—ironorsteelcoilsforre-rolling,
—CommonCustomsTariffheadingNo73.08,
—NIMEXEcode73.08-01to49.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.DoneatBrussels,14February1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission