22.2.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL50/13
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No359/78/ECSC
of20February1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertaingalvanizedsheetsand
platesoriginatingintheGermanDemocraticRepublicandJapan
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
62000to224000tonnesbetween1974and1977,
importsoriginatingintheGermanDemocraticRepu­
blicandJapanhavingrisenfrom34000to70000
tonnesinthesameperiod,andthat,asaresult,they
havebeenabletoacquireamarketshareof8%in
totaland5%forimportsoriginatingintheGerman
DemocraticRepublicandJapan,togetherwiththose
fromPolandandSpain,whicharealreadysubjecttoa
provisionalanti-dumping dutyintheCommunityand
that,ontheotherhand,theCommunitysteelindustry
isinacrisissituationcharacterized byareductionin
thenumberemployedfrom780000to720000
between1974and1977andbyshort-timeworking
andthat,asaresult,theCommunitysteelindustry
recordedareductioninprofitsortheappearanceof
seriouslossesinmostofthefirmsconcerned ;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
dumpingofcertaingalvanizedsheetsandplatesorigi­
natingintheGermanDemocraticRepublic,Japan
andcertainothercountriesandmaterialinjury
resultingtherefrom;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatingintheGermanDemocraticRepublicand
Japan,areofferedforimportwithintheCommunity
(UnitedKingdommarket)atpriceslowerthanthe
basispricesandthatdumpinghastakenplace,the
marginofwhichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­Whereastheimportpricesofdeliveriesoriginatingin
theGermanDemocraticRepublicandJapanare
considerablylowerthanthealreadylowpricesofthe
Communityproducersandthusaccentuatethedepres­
sionofCommunityprices,therebycausingorthreat­
eningtocausematerialinjurytotheCommunity
industryoramajorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbyone
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatingintheGermanDemocratic
RepublicandJapan,therateofwhichcorrespondsto
thedifferencebetweenthebasispricepublishedby
theCommissionforthisproductanditspriceon
importationintotheCommunity ;(»)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(')Communication fromtheCommission of31December
1977concerningthebasispricesofcertainsteelproducts
(OJNoL353,31.12.1977,p.1).

NoL50/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.2.78
MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatinginthe
GermanDemocraticRepublicandJapan:
—zinc-coated (otherthanelectrolytically )steelsheets
andplates(galvanized),
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.13BIV
c),
—NIMEXEcode73.13-68and72.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,20February1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission