9.2.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL39/15
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No263/78/ECSC
of7February1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainangles,shapesand
sections,ofironorsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledorextruded,origi­
natinginJapan
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
dumpingofcertainangles,shapesandsections,of
ironorsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledor
extruded,originatinginJapanandcertainothercoun­
tries,andofmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom ;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginJapan,areofferedforimportwithinthe
Community (UnitedKingdomandBelgianmarkets)
atpriceslowerthanthebasispricesandthatdumping
hastakenplace,themarginofwhichisconstitutedby
thisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintotheCommunityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
347000tonnesin1974to240000tonnesduringthe
firstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatinginJapan
havingrisenfrom3671tonnesin1974toabout
19720tonnesinthesameperiod,andthat,asaresult,
theyhavebeenabletoacquireintheCommunity a
marketshareof10-6%intotalandmorethan5%
forimportsoriginatinginJapan,togetherwiththose
fromSpain,whicharealreadysubjecttoaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyintheCommunityandthat,on
theotherhand,theCommunitysteelindustryisina
crisissituationcharacterized byareductionofabout
21%inthedeliveriesoftheproductsconcerned
between1974and1977intheCommunity ,andbya
reductioninthenumberemployedfrom780000to
720000between1974and1977andbyshort-time
workingandthat,asaresult,theCommunitysteel
industryrecordedseriouslossesinmostofthefirms
concerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroducedasystemofguidance
prices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityofcertain
steelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
WhereastheimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginJapanareconsiderablylower
thantheseguidancepricesandthatsuchundercutting
preventstheEuropeanproducersfromachievingthe
guidancepricesandjeopardizestheequilibriumofthe
entirepricingsystemandcausesorthreatenstocause
materialinjurytotheCommunityindustryortoa
majorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedby
severalMemberStates;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle 11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional(')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.1;OJNoC174,22.7.
1977;OJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.17.

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anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concerned,originatinginJapan,therateofwhich
correspondstothedifferencebetweenthebasisprice
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproductandits
priceonimportationintotheCommunity ,
MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Japan:
—certainangles,shapesandU,IorHsections,of
ironorsteel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledor
extruded,
—CommonCustomTariffheadingNo73.11AIa),
—NIMEXEcode73.11-11,12,14and16.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle 1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheMember
States.
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanComnmnities.
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanActoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,7February1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President