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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No112/78/ECSC
of18January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonimportsofironorsteelcoilsfor
re-rolling,originatinginCzechoslovakia andSouthKorea
Communityoftheproductsincreasedgloballyfrom
1012000tonnesin1974to1015000tonnesinthe
firstsixmonthsof1977,importsoriginatingin
Czechoslovakia andSouthKoreahavingrisenfrom
92000tonnesin1974to92000tonnesinthefirstsix
monthsof1977,andthat,asaresult,theyhavebeen
abletoacquireamarketshareofmorethan16%in
totalintheCommunityandnearly3%forimports
originatinginCzechosloavkia andSouthKoreainthe
marketmostconcerned,thatistheUnitedKingdom,
andthat,ontheotherhand,theCommunitysteel
industryisinacrisissituationcharacterized bya
reductioninthenumberemployedfromapproxi­
mately780000to720000between1974and1977by
shorttimeworkingandthat,asaresult,theCommu­
nitysteelindustryrecordedseriouslossesinmostof
thefirmsconcerned :
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroduced,inparticular,asystemof
minimumprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunity
ofcertainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropean
steelindustry;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
Havingregardtorecommendation 77/329/ECSCon
protectionagainstdumpingorthegrantingofboun­
tiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhicharenotmembers
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity('),as
amendedbyrecommendation No3004/77/ECSC(2),
andinparticularArticles15and19thereof,
Afterhavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithinthe
AdvisoryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofironorsteelcoilsforre-rolling,origi­
natinginCzechoslovakia ,SouthKoreaandcertain
othercountriesandmaterialinjuryresultingthere­
from;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexaminationofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginCzechoslovakia andSouthKorea,are
offeredforimportwithintheCommunity (theBritish
andFrenchmarkets)atpriceslowerthanthebasis
pricesandthatdumpinghastakenplace,themargin
ofwhichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,importsintotheWhereas,theimportpricesintotheCommunityof.
productsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia andSouth
Koreaareconsiderablylowerthantheseminimum
pricesandthatsuchundercutting jeopardizesthe
equilibriumoftheentirepricingsystemandcausesor
threatenstocausematerialinjurytotheCommunity
industryortoamajorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbytwo
MemberStates;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts(')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.1andOJNoL352,31.12.
1977,p.1.

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tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation shallbenotifiedtotheGovern­
mentsoftheMemberStatesandpublishedintheOffi­
cialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ItshallenterintoforceforeachMemberStateonthe
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle18of
recommendation 77/329/ECSC,itshallapplyuntil
theentryintoforceofanactoftheCommission
eitheradoptingdefinitivemeasuresorextendingthe
provisionalduty,andinanyeventforamaximum
periodofthreemonths. *concernedoriginatinginCzechoslovakia andSouth
Korea,therateofwhichcorrespondstothedifference
betweenthebasispricepublishedbytheCommission
forthisproductanditspriceonimportationintothe
Community ,
MAKESTHEFOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Czechoslovakia andSouthKorea:
—Ironorsteelcoilsforre-rolling,
—CommonCustomsTariffheadingNo73.08,
—NIMEXEcodes73.08-01to73.08-49.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbeequaltothe
amountbywhichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)establishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,
islowerthantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplus
extras)publishedbytheCommission forthese
products.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.
Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondiDoneatBrussels,18January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhlelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President