24.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL19/5
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No119/78/ECSC
of18January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonwirerodoriginatinginCzechoslo­
vakia
1977,importsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia having
risenfrom18000tonsto135000tonsinthesame
periodandthat,asaresult,theyhavebeenableto
acquireamarketshareof10%intotaland6%for
importsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia inthemarket
mostconcerned,thatisGermany,andthat,onthe
otherhand,theCommunitysteelindustryisina
crisissituationcharacterized byareductionofabout
26%indeliveriesbetween1974and1977andinthe
numberemployedfrom780000to720000between
1974and1977andbyshort-timeworkingandthat,as
aresult,theCommunitysteelindustryrecorded
seriouslossesinmostofthefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroduced ,inparticular,asystemof
guidanceprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityof
certainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
Havingregardtorecommendation 77/329/ECSCon
protectionagainstdumpingorthegrantingofboun­
tiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhicharenotmembers
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity (1),as
amendedbyrecommendation No3004/77/ECSC(2),
andinparticularArticles15and19thereof,
Afterhavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithinthe
AdvisoryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofwirerodoriginatinginCzechoslovakia
andcertainothercountriesandmaterialinjury
resultingtherefrom;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts
originatinginCzechoslovakia areofferedforimport
withintheCommunity (theBritishmarket)atprices
lowerthanthebasispricesandtHatdumpinghas
takenplace,themarginofwhichisconstitutedbythis
undercutting .
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned ,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
108000tonnesto649000tonnesbetween1974andWhereas,theimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia areconsider­
ablylowerthantheseguidancepricesandthatsuch
undercuttingpreventstheEuropeanproducersfrom
achievingtheguidancepricesandjeopardizesthe
equilibriumoftheentirepricingsystemandcauses
materialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoa
majorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle 11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concernedoriginatinginCzechoslovakia ,therateof
whichcorrespondstothedifferencebetweenthebasis
pricepublishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct
anditspriceonimportationintotheCommunity ,(')OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.6.
(2)OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.13.
(3)cf.Communication fromtheCommission of31
December1977concerningthebasispricesofcertain
steelproducts,OJNoL353,31.12.1977,p.1.(4)OJNoL114,5.5.1977,p.1;OJNoC174,22.7.1977
andOJNoL352,31.12.1977,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
Czechoslovakia :
—wirerod,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.10AI,
—NIMEXEcode73.10-11.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofsecurityfortheamountof
theprovisonalduty.DoneatBrussels,18January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President