28.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL23/35
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No161/78/ECSC
of27January1978
imposingaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyoncertainsheetsandplates,ofiron
orsteel,originatinginJapan
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
74and86thereof,
HavingregardtoCommission recommendation
77/329/ECSConprotectionagainstdumpingorthe
grantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountrieswhich
arenotmembersoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community (1),asamendedbyrecommendation No
3004/77/ECSC(2),andinparticularArticles15and19
thereof,
HavingheardtheopinionsexpressedwithintheAdvi­
soryCommitteeprovidedforbyrecommendation
77/329/ECSC,
WhereastheCommissionhasreceivedacomplaint,
submittedinthenameoftherelevantCommunity
industry,settingoutevidenceastotheexistenceof
dumpingofcertainsheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,
originatinginJapanandcertainothercountries,and
ofmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom ;
WhereastheCommission haspublishedbasis
prices(3)basedonthelowestnormalpricesorcostsof
productioninthesupplyingcountrieswherenormal
conditionsofcompetitionprevail,includingthecosts
oftransport,insuranceandcustomsduties;
WhereasthepricesofimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductswhicharethesubjectofthecomplaint
havebeencomparedwiththesebasisprices;
Whereasapreliminaryexamination ofthematter
basedonthiscomparisonshowsthattheseproducts,
originatinginJapan,areofferedforimportwithinthe
Community (theFrenchmarket)atpriceslowerthan
thebasispricesandthatdumpinghastakenplace,the
marginofwhichisconstitutedbythisundercutting ;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustry
concerned,theevidencesubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshowsthat,ontheonehand,annualimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsincreasedglobally
from560000tonnesto1350000tonnesbetween
1974and1977,importsoriginatinginJapanhavingrisenfrom61600tonnesin1974toabout247000
tonnesduringthefirstninemonthsof1977andthat,
asaresult,theseimportstogetherrepresentamarket
shareofmorethan10%intotaland3-4%for
importsoriginatinginJapanandCzechoslovakia ,the
latterbeingalreadysubjecttoaprovisionalanti­
dumpingdutyintheCommunityandthat,onthe
otherhand,theCommunitysteelindustryisina
crisissituationcharacterized byareductionofabout
11%intheproductionoftheproductsconcerned
between1974and1977intheCommunityandbya
reductioninthenumberemployedfrom780000to
720000between1974and1977andbywidespread
short-timeworkingandthat,asaresult,theCommu­
nitysteelindustryrecordedseriouslossesinmostof
thefirmsconcerned ;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,the
Commissionhasintroducedinteraliaasystemof
guidanceprices(4)forsaleswithintheCommunityof
certainsteelproductsproducedbytheEuropeansteel
industry;
Whereas,theimportpricesintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatinginJapanareconsiderablylower
thantheseguidancepricesandsuchundercutting
preventstheEuropeanproducersfromachievingthe
guidancepricesandjeopardizestheequilibriumofthe
entirepricingsystemandcausesmaterialinjurytothe
Communityindustryortoamajorpartofit;
Whereasimmediateactionhasbeenrequestedbya
MemberState;
Whereas,intheseriousconditionsbeingexperienced
bytheCommunitysteelindustry,theinterestsofthe
Communityrequireimmediateaction;
WhereasitisfortheCommission ,withoutprejudice
totheresultsoftheinvestigationopenedinaccor­
dancewithArticle11ofrecommendation 77/329/
ECSC,todecidepromptlytoapplyprovisional
measuresconsistingoftheimpositionofaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonimportsoftheproducts
concerned,originatinginJapan,therateofwhich
correspondstothedifferencebetweenthebasisprice
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproductandits
priceonimportationintotheCommunity ,(!)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.

NoL23/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.1.78
HASADOPTED THISRECOMMENDATION :
Article1
1.Aprovisionalanti-dumping dutyishereby
imposedonthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Japan:
—sheetsandplates,ofironorsteel,otherthanelec­
trical,notfurtherworkedthancold-rolled ,ofa
thicknessoflessthan3mm,
—CommonCustomsTariffsubheadings73.13BII
b)andc),
—NIMEXEcodes73.13-43,45,47and49.
2.Theamountofthisdutyshallbetheamountby
whichtheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)esta­
blishedbycontract,freefrontierduty-paid,islower
thantheeffectiveprice(basicpriceplusextras)
publishedbytheCommissionforthisproduct.
3.Theprovisionsinforceforthecollectionof
customsdutyshallapplytothecollectionofthisduty.Article2
TheentryoftheproductsdescribedinArticle1for
consumptionwithintheCommunityshallbecondi­
tionaluponthedepositofasecurityfortheamountof
theprovisionalduty.
Article3
Thisrecommendation isaddressedtotheMember
States.
Theyshalltakeallnecessarymeasurestoensurethat
theprovisionsapplywitheffectfrom28January1978
foramaximumperiodofthreemonths.
DoneatBrussels,27January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President