NoL193/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.7.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1682/78
of17July1978
extendingtheprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonferrochromium originatingin
Sweden
Swedishmarketfortheexporterinquestionbrought
uptoacifCommunityfrontierbasis,dutyunpaid,is
36.05UScents/lb,for'chargechrome',38.93US
cents/lb,forhighcarbonferrochromium and62.23
UScents/lbforlowcarbonferrochromium ;
Whereastheexportsoftheproducerinquestion,even
iftheyhadnomajorimpactbythemselves,when
takeninconjunctionwithotherexportsbySouth
AfricanandSwedishproducershavecontributedto
materialinjuryasdetailedinRegulation (EEC)No
1355/78;
Whereas,therefore,theinterestsoftheCommunity
andtheprincipleofnon-discrimination amongexpor­
terscallfortheextensionoftheprovisionalanti­
dumpingdutytoferrochromium manufactured by
Ferrolegeringar Trollhätteverken AB,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
459/68of5April1968onprotectionagainst
dumpingorthegrantingofbountiesorsubsidiesby
countrieswhicharenotmembersoftheEuropean
EconomicCommunity (!),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1411/77(2),andinparticularArticle15
thereof,
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No1355/78(3)the
Commission imposedaprovisionalanti-dumping
dutyonferrochromium originatingintheRepublicof
SouthAfricaandSweden;
Whereas,however,theinvestigationrelatingtoa
SwedishexportertotheCommunitywasnotsuffi­
cientlyadvancedtoenablepreliminaryconclusionsto
bedrawn;whereasitwasconsequently decidedto
excludethisexporterfromtheapplicationofthisprov­
isionalduty;
Whereas,withaviewtoapreliminarydetermination
ofthedumpingmarginfortheSwedishexporterin
questiontheCommission hasinthemeantime
carriedoutanon-the-spotinspectionattheexporter's
premises;
Whereasduringtheinvestigationoftheexistenceof
dumpingtheCommissionhasexaminedthesalesof
thecompanyinquestiononthedomesticmarketto
determinewhetherornottheseweremadeintheordi­
narycourseoftradeand/orwhetherthesellingprices
reflectedaparticularmarketsituation.Asaresultof
thisexamination theCommission cametotheconclu­
sionthatthedomesticsalesdidnotpermitavalid
comparisonofprices;consequentlyrecoursewashad
tothecriterionofcostofproduction ;
Whereassuchcostofproductionhasbeencalculated
takingintoconsiderationinteraliathefollowing
elements:rawmaterials(includingthebasicmineral
whichcontainschromeoxide,bauxite,quartzand
othermaterialsforelectrodesandfluxes),energycosts
(coke,electricity),labourcostsincludingsocialcosts,
otheroperatingcosts(includingmaintenancecosts
andtransportcosts),interestpaid,towhichwasadded
areasonableamountforadministration ,sellingand
othercostsandforprofits;
Whereasthesepreliminarycalculationshaveshown
thatthefairmarketpriceofferrochromium ontheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theprovisionalanti-dumpingdutyonferrochromium
originatingintheRepublicofSouthAfricaand
Sweden,imposedbyRegulation (EEC)No1355/78,is
herebyextendedtoferrochromium manufactured by
Ferrolegeringar Trollhätteverken AB,Sweden.
Consequently ,Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1355/78shallbereplacedbythefollowing,allother
provisionsremainingunchanged :
'1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonferrochromium ,fallingwithin
CommonCustomsTariffsubheading73.02EI
andcorresponding toNIMEXEcode73.02-51,
originatingintheRepublicofSouthAfricaand
Sweden.Theprovisionsinforcefortheapplica­
tionofcustomsdutiesshallapplyfortheapplica­
tionofthisduty.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetoArticle18ofRegulation(EEC)
No459/68,itshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceof
anActoftheCouncileitheradoptingdefinitive
measuresorextendingtheprovisionaldutyandinany
eventuntiltheexpiryofamaximumperiodofthree
monthsbeginningon22June1978.(i)OJNoL93,17.4.1968,p.1.
(2)OJNoL160,30.6.1977,p.4.
(3)OJNoL165,22.6.1978,p.20.

18.7.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL193/15
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17July1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President