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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No245/78/ECSC
of2February1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonimportsofironorsteelcoilsfor
re-rollingoriginatinginJapanandBulgaria
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSConprotectionagainstdumpingorthe
grantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhich
arenotmembersoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community('),asamendedbyrecommendation No
3004/77/ECSC(2),andinparticularArticles1.5and19
thereof,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC;
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofironorsteelcoilsforre-rollingorigi­
natinginJapanandBulgariaandcertainothercoun­
triesandmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom ;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexamination ofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginJapanandBulgariaareofferedfor
importwithintheCommunity (theBelgianand
UnitedKingdommarkets)atpriceslowerthanthe
basispricesandthatdumpinghastakenplace,the
marginofwhichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom1012000tonnesin1974to1015000tonnesinthe
firstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatinginJapan
havingrisenfrom349000tonnesin1974to266000
tonnesinthefirstsixmonthsof1977andimports
fromBulgariahavingrisenfrom68000tonnesin
1974to81000tonnesinthefirstsixmonthsof1977
andthat,asaresult,theyhavebeenabletoacquirea
shareoftheCommunitymarketof16%intotaland
7%forimportsoriginatinginJapanandBulgaria,
togetherwiththosefromCzechoslovakia andSouth
Korea,whicharealreadysubjecttoaprovisionalanti­
dumpingdutyintheCommunity ,andthat,onthe
otherhand,theCommunitysteelindustryisina
crisissituationcharacterized byareductioninthe
numberemployedfrom780000to720000between
1974and1977andbyshorttimeworkingandthat,as
aresult,theCommunity steelindustryrecorded
seriouslossesinmostofthefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroduced ,inparticular,asystemof
minimumprices(4),forsaleswithintheCommunity
ofcertainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropean
steelindustry;
Whereas,theimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginJapanandBulgariaareconsid­
erablylowerthantheseminimumpricesandthat
suchundercuttingjeopardizestheequilibriumofthe
entirepricingsystemandcausesorthreatenstocause
materialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoa
majorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedby
certainMemberStates;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle 11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginJapanandBulgaria,therate(')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.1andOJNoL352,31.12.
1977,p.17.

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tionaluponthedepositofsecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EnropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.ofwhichcorrespondstothedifferencebetweenthe
basispricepublishedbytheCommission forthis
productanditspriceonimportationintotheCommu­
nity,
HASADOPTED THISRECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
JapanandBulgaria:
—ironorsteelcoilsforre-rolling,
—CommonCustomsTariffheadingNo73.08,
—NIMEXEcode73.08-01to49.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondiDoneatBrussels,2February1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President