3.3.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/21
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No433/79/ECSC
of27February1979
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainsheetsandplatesofiron
orsteeloriginatinginSpainandrepealingcertainsuspendedanti-dumping
duties
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,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommunity haspublishedbasic
prices(4)establishedonthebasisofthelowestnormal
pricesornormalcostsofproductioninthesupplying
countryorcountrieswherenormalconditionsof
competitionprevailandincludingthecostsoftrans­
port,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereastheCommunity ,havingascertainedthat
therewasundercutting ofthesebasicpricesonthe
partofexportersfromSpainandothersupplying
countriesoftheproductsmentionedinArticle1of
thisrecommendation fromwhichmaterialinjuryhas
resulted,has,bymeansofrecommendation No1704/
78/ECSC(5),modifiedbymeansofrecommendation
No3140/78/ECSC(6),imposedadefinitiveanti­
dumpingdutyontheproductsinquestion;
Whereascertainarrangementswithrespecttotradein
steelproductswereconcudedin1978betweenthe
Communityandthemostimportantsupplyingcoun­
tries,includingSpain,asolutionwhichtheCommis­
sionconsiderssatisfactory ;
Whereas,inthissituation,theCommission has
suspendedthedefinitiveanti-dumping dutybymeans
ofrecommendation No1704/78/ECSC;Whereasthesearrangementsexpiredon31December
1978andhavebeenorareonthepointofbeing
renewedwithmostofthesupplyingcountries,with
theexceptionofSpain;
WhereastheCommission hasascertainedthatthe
pricesofimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginSpainareagainbelowthe
basicpricespublishedbytheCommissionforthese
sameproducts;whereasitappearsfromapreliminary
examinationthatdumpingexists;
Whereas,withregardtotheinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,theimportsintothe
Communityoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin
Japan,Czechoslovakia ,Sweden,Romania,Austria,
Finland,Poland,Hungary,Bulgaria,theGerman
DemocraticRepublicandAustraliahaveincreased
from1062000tonnesin1974to1460000tonnesin
1977,whiletheimportsoriginatinginSpainhave
increasedfromapproximately 18000to96000tonnes
duringthesameperiod;whereasimportsfromthe
abovementioned countriesintotheCommunityhave
thusachievedamarketshareof15-1%andthe
importsoriginatinginSpainamarketshareof1-0%;
whereasin1978theevolutionofimportswasinflu­
encedbyanti-dumping measuresandtheconclusion
ofarrangementswithrespecttotradeinsteelproducts
betweentheCommunityandmostofthesupplying
countries;whereas,however,Spainhasbeenableto
keepasignificantmarketshare,which,aftertheexpi­
rationoftheabovementioned arrangement ,threatens
toincreaseagainin1979;whereas,ontheotherhand,
theCommunitysteelindustryisinastateofcrisis
characterizedbyareductionintheregionof35%in
deliveriesintheCommunity oftheproducts
concernedbetween1974and1978andbythe
numberofemployeesaffectedbyredundanciesand
short-timeworkinginthefirmsconcernedwhichhas
decreasedfrom780000to675000between1974and
1978;whereasfinallythesteelindustryshowed
reducedprofitsorseriouslossesinmostofthefirms
concerned ;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
productswhichoriginateinSpainareconsiderably
lowerthanthepricesforsaleswithintheCommunity
ofthesteelproductsmadebytheEuropeanindustry;
whereasthisundercutting preventstheEuropean
producersfromobtainingtheguidancepriceand
jeopardizestheequilibriumofthewholepricesystem,
bothinsofarasitconcernstheEuropeanproducers
andtheproducersinthoseothersupplyingcountries(')OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(3)OJNoL21,30.1.1979,p.14.
(4)SeeCommission publicationof31December1977
concerningthebasicpriceofcertainsteelproducts(OJ
NoL353,31.12.1977,p.1),modifiedbypublicationsof
1April1978(OJNoL87,p.4),13May1978(OJNoL
126,p.5)and5July1978(OJNoL183,p.3)andof30
December1978(OJNoL372,p.2).
(5)OJNoL195,20.7.1978,p.17.
0)OJNoL372,30.12.1978,p.1.

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3.Theamountofthisdutyshall,however,be
reducedtotheextentthattheimporterestablishesto
thesatisfactionofthecompetentnationalauthorities
thatthepricedifferentialreferredtoinparagraph2
aboveisduetoadiminutioninvalueresultingfrom
thefactthatthequalityoftheseproductsisinferiorto
thelowestqualitydescribedinthelastpublicationof
basicpricesbytheCommission .
4.Thisdutyshallbecollectedonthesamebasisas
customsduties.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thedefinitiveanti-dumping dutiesimposedand
suspendedbyrecommendations No1704/78/ECSC
andNo1758/78/ECSC(')arerepealedinsofaras
theyapplytoimportsoriginatinginSpain.
Article4
Thisrecommendation isaddressedtotheMember
States.
ItwillcomeintoeffectineachMemberStatefrom
thedateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .whichhaverenewedthearrangementswithrespectto
tradeinsteelproducts;whereas,consequently ,these
importsarecausingorthreatentocauseanewma­
terialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoamajor
partthereof;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,becauseoftheseriousconditionsbeingexpe­
riencedbytheCommunityironandsteelindustry,
theinterestsoftheCommunityrequireimmediate
action;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginSpain,therateofwhich
correspondstothedifferencebetweenthebasicprice
publishedbytheCommissionfortheseproductsand
theirimportpriceintotheCommunity ,
HASADOPTEDTHISRECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Spain:
Sheetsandplatesofironorsteelotherthanelectrical,
notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled,ofathicknessof2
mmormore(CommonCustomsTariffsubheading
73.13BIa),NIMEXEcodes73.13-17,19,21,23,26).'
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbetheamountby
whichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)esta­
blishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,islower
thantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)for
theseproductsmostrecentlypublishedbythe
Commissionatthetimeofitsentryforconsumption
withintheCommunity .DoneatBrussels,27February1979.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL203,27.7.1978,p.28.