28.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL23/31
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No159/78/ECSC
of27January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainangles,shapesand
sections,ofironandsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledorextruded,origi­
natinginSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSConprotectionagainstdumpingorthe
grantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhich
arenotmembersoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community('),asamendedbyrecommendation No
3004/77/ECSC(2),andinparticularArticles15and19
thereof,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/EEC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingorthegrantingofbountiesorsubsidieson
certainangles,shapesandsections,ofironandsteel,
notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledorextruded,origi­
natinginSpain,andofmaterialinjuryresultingthere­
from;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginSpain,areofferedforimportwithinthe
Community (theFrenchmarket)atpriceslowerthan
thebasispricesandthatdumpinghastakenplace,the
marginofwhichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom347000tonnesin1974to240000tonnesduringthe
firstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatinginSpain
havingrisenfrom32000tonnesto117000tonnesin
thesameperiod,andthat,asaresult,theyhavebeen
abletoacquireamarketsharecf10-6%intotaland
5%forimportsoriginatinginSpainintheCommu­
nityandthat,ontheotherhand,theCommunitysteel
industryisinacrisissituationcharacterized bya
reductionofabout21%inthedeliveriesofthe
productsconcernedbetween1974and1977inthe
Communityandbyareductioninthenumber
employedfrom780000to720000between1974and
1977andbyshort-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,
theCommunitysteelindustryrecordedareductionin
profitsorseriouslossesinmostofthefirms
concerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroducedinteraliaasystemof
guidanceprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityof
certainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
WhereastheimportsintotheCommunityofproducts
originatinginSpainareconsiderablylowerthanthese
guidancepricesandthatsuchundercuttingprevents
theEuropeanproducersfromachievingtheguidance
pricesandjeopardizestheequilibriumoftheentire
pricingsystemandthreatenstocausematerialinjury
totheCommunityindustryortoamajorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlyapplyprovisionalmeasures
consistingoftheimpositionofaprovisionalanti­
dumpingdutyonimportsoftheproductsconcerned,
originatinginSpain,therateofwhichcorrespondsto
thedifferencebetweenthebasispricepublishedby
theCommission forthisproductanditspriceon
importationintotheCommunity ,(!)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(3)Communication fromtheCommissionof31December
1977concerningthebasispricesofcertainsteelproducts
(OJNoL353,31.12.1977,p.1).(4)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.1;OJNoC174,22.7.1977
andOJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.17.

NoL23/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.1.78
HASADOPTED THISRECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Spain:
—certainangles,shapesandU,IorHsections,of
ironandsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled
orextruded,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheadingex73.11AI,
—NIMEXEcodes73.11-11,12,14and16.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbetheamountby
whichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)esta­
blishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,islower
thantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation isaddressedtotheMember
States.
Theyshalltakeallnecessarymeasurestoensurethat
theprovisionsapplywitheffectfrom28January1978
foramaximumperiodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,27January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President