28.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL23/33
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No160/78/ECSC
of27January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainsheetsandplates,ofiron
orsteel,originatingintheGermanDemocraticRepublic,RomaniaandSpain
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/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofcertainsheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,
originatingintheGermanDemocraticRepublic,
Romania,Spainandcertainothercountries,andof
materialinjuryresultingtherefrom;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatingintheGermanDemocraticRepublic,
RomaniaandSpain,areofferedforimportwithinthe
Community (theFrenchmarket)atpriceslowerthan
thebasispricesandthatdumpinghastakenplace,the
marginofwhichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintothe
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
1242000tonnesin1974to903000tonnesduringthefirstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatingin
theGermanDemocraticRepublic,Romaniaand
Spainhavingrisenfrom193000tonnesin1974to
124000tonnesduringthefirstsixmonthsof1977,
andthat,asaresult,theyhavebeenabletoacquirea
marketshareintheCommunityof20%intotaland
11%forimportsoriginatingintheGermanDemoc­
raticRepublic,RomaniaandSpain,togetherwith
thosefromBulgaria,Czechoslovakia andJapanwhich
arealreadysubjecttoaprovisionalanti-dumpingduty,
andthat,ontheotherhand,theCommunitysteel
industryisinacrisissituationcharacterized bya
reductionofabout40%intheproductionofthe
sheetsandplatesconcernedbetween1974and1977
intheCommunityandbyareductioninthenumber
employedfrom780000to720000between1974and
1977andbyshort-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,
theCommunitysteelindustryrecordedseriouslosses
inmostofthefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroducedinteraliaasystemof
guidanceprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityof
certainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
WhereastheimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatingintheGermanDemocraticRepu­
blic,RomaniaandSpainareconsiderablylowerthan
theseguidancepricesandthatsuchundercutting
preventstheEuropeanproducersfromachievingthe
guidancepricesandjeopardizestheequilibriumofthe
entirepricingsystemandthreatenstocausematerial
injurytotheCommunityindustryortoamajorpart
ofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 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
andOJNoL352,31.12.1977,p.17.

NoL23/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.1.78
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concerned,originatingintheGermanDemocratic
Republic,RomaniaandSpain,therateofwhichcorres­
pondstothedifferencebetweenthebasisprice
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproductandits
priceonimportationintotheCommunity ,
HASADOPTED THISRECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatinginthe
GermanDemocraticRepublic,RomaniaandSpain:
—sheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,otherthanelec­
trical,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled,ofa
thicknessof2mmormore,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.13BIa),3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation isaddressedtotheMember
States.
Theyshalltakeallnecessarymeasurestoensurethat
theprovisionsapplywitheffectfrom28January1978
foramaximumperiodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,27January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President—NIMEXEcodes73.13-17,19,21,23and26.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbetheamountby
whichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)esta­
blishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,islower
thantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.