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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82 )482 final
Brussels ,14th July 1982
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
imposing adefinitive ant i-dumping duty onupright pianos
originating inthe USSR
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.InApril1982,theCommission imposedaprovisional anti-dumping duty
1onimportsofuprightpianosoriginating intheUSSR.Thisdutyisdue
toexpirenotlaterthan16August1982.
2.Followingtheimposition oftheprovisional duty,theCommission
receivedfromoneoftheCommunityimportersconcerned newevidence
concerning thecalculation ofthedumpingmargins. •
Thisnewevidence hasbeen
takenintoaccount,andhasresultedinthedetermination ofaconsiderably
lowerdumpingmarginthanthatprovisionally established .
3.AsregardstheinjurycausedtotheCommunityindustry,nonewevidence
own
hasbeensubmittedtotheCommission .TheCommission' s/investigations
showthatUSSRpianoscontinuetoundercutthepricesofCommunitypianos
byanamountexceedingthedumpingmargin.
4.Inthesecircumstances ,itisproposedthattheCouncildecideto
imposeadefinitive anti-dumping dutyonuprightpianosoriginating inthe
USSRequaltothedumpingmargindefinitively determined,namely284ECU
perpiano,andtocollectdefinitively theamountssecuredbywayof
provisional duty,uptotheamountofthedefinitive duty.
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No871/82,OJNoL101,16.04.1982,p.30

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonuprightpianosoriginating
intheUSSR
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3017/79of20December1979
onprotectionagainstdumpedorsubsidizedimportsfromcountriesnot
1membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,asmodifiedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1580/82of14June1982^,andinparticularArticle12thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalsubmittedbytheCommissionafterconsultation
withintheAdvisoryCommitteesetupunderArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)
No3017/79,
M
WhereastheCommission,byRegulation (EEC)No871/82,imposedaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonuprightpianosoriginating intheUSSRof476ECU
perpiano;
» Whereas,followingtheimpositionoftheprovisionalduty,theCommission
receivedawrittensubmission fromRaznoandCompanyLimited,acompany
whoseinterestinthiscasewaspreviously unknowntotheCommission,
statingthatitwasapast,andpotentialfuture,importerofUSSRpianos,
andmakingknownitsviewsconcerningtheduty;whereasRaznorequested,
andwasgranted,anopportunitytobeheardorallybytheCommission;
whereastheCommissionalsoreceivedawrittensubmissionfromthecomplainant;
WhereasRaznoalsorequestedtobeinformedofcertainoftheessentialfacts
andconsiderations onthebasisofwhichitwasintendedtorecommend
definitiveaction;whereasthisrequestwasgranted;Reg.(EEC)
1570/81
0JL154
13.06.1981
0JNoL339,31.12.1979,p.1
jOJNoL178,22.06.1982,p.9
0JNoL101,16.04.1982,p.30

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Whereas,asregardsthedetermination ofthedumpingmargin,Raznohas
submittedcommentsconcerningboththenormalvalueandtheexportprice;
Whereas,asregardsthenormalvalue,Raznodonotcontestthechoiceof
FinlandasbasisforthenormalvalueofUSSRpianos;whereas,however,they
contendthatUSSRpianosareofconsiderably inferiorqualitytoFinnish
pianos,andthattheallowancemadeforthisbytheCommissioninits
preliminary determination ofthedumpingmargin,onthebasisofthe
evidencethenavailabletoit,shouldberevisedtotakeaccountofnew
evidencesuppliedbyRaznoinitssubmissions;whereasthisnewevidence
coversinparticularthedefectiveconditionofUSSRpianosonarrivalat
thepremisesoftheimporters,andthecosttotheimportersofmakinggood
thedefectsinquestion;whereastheCommissionhastakendueaccountof
thisnewevidence,andreviseditscalculation ofnormalvalueaccordingly ;
Whereas,asregardstheexportprice,Raznohaveproducedevidencethat
theexportpriceofUSSRpianoshasbeenincreasedontwooccasionssince
September1981,thelatestperiodtakenintoaccountbytheCommissionin
itspreliminarydetermination ofthedumpingmargin;whereastheCommission
hasacceptedthisevidenceandhasestablished arevisedexportprice;
Whereasacomparisonbetweenthemostrecentexportpriceandtherevised
normalvalueshowsadumpingmarginof234ECUperpiano,whichisequivalent
to41.8%ofthepricefreeCommunityfrontier;
Whereas,asregardstheinjurycausedtotheCommunityindustry,nonew
evidencehasbeensubmittedtotheCommissionsincetheimpositionof
theprovisional duty;
WhereastheCommissionhasnevertheless considereditappropriatetore-
examinethesituationasregardspriceundercutting,followingtheincreases
intheexportpricereferredtoabove;whereasthisshowsthat,despite
theincreaseintheUSSRexportprice,thepricesofUSSRpianosinthe
Community,freedelivereddistributor'swarehousedutypaid,are48%below

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theminimumpricewhichaCommunityproducermustchargetomakeanormal,
profit;whereas,evenallowingforthecostswhichthedistributor has
toincurinordertoprepareUSSRpianos'forsale,theexportpriceof
thosepianoswouldstillneedtobeincreased by69%toeliminatethe
effectivepriceundercutting ;
Whereas,therefore,intheCommission'sview,thefactsasfinally
determined showthattheinjurybeingcausedbydumpedimportsofupright
pianosoriginating intheUSSR,takeninisolationfromthatcausedby
otherfactors,hastobeconsidered asmaterial;
1WhereastheCouncil,byRegulation (EEC)No596/82,introducedcertain
measuresdesigned,intheinterestsoftheCommunity,toreduceimportsfrom
theUSSR;whereas,however,Regulation (EEC)No596/82appliesonlyuntil
31December1982,anddoesnotpreventthereleaseforfreecirculation of
productsimportedinpursuanceofcontractsenteredintobefore17April1982;
whereastheeffectofRegulation (EEC)No596/82ontheinjury^causedto
theCommunityindustrybyimportsofdumpedUSSRpianoswillthusbe
limitedbothintimeandinscope;whereas,moreover,therewillbeno
directeffectonthelevelofpriceundercutting whichthepresent
investigation hasshowntoexist;whereasconsequently themeasurestaken
underRegulation (EEC)No596/82cannotberegardedassubstituting for,or
lesseningtheneedfor,definitive measurescoveringallimportsofUSSR
pianostakeninaccordance withtheprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)
No3017/79;whereas,finally,thepurposeofRegulation (EEC)No596/82was
toreduceimportsfromtheUSSRindependently oftheeffectsofotherCommunity
measuresapplyingtoimports;whereasthispurposewouldbefrustratedif
allowanceweremadefortheeffectsofRegulation (EEC)No596/82inthe
normalimplementation oftheseotherCommunitymeasures;
t
Whereasinthesecircumstances theprotectionoftheCommunity'sinterests
callsfortheimpositionofadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonimportsof
uprightpianosoriginating intheUSSR;
Whereas,takingintoaccounttheextentofinjurycausedbythedumped
imports,andinparticularthelevelofpriceundercutting,theamountof
thedefinitivedutyshouldbeequaltothedumpingmargindefinitively
established ,
0JNoL72,16.03.1982,p.15

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyisherebyimposedonnewuprightpianos
fallingwithinsubheading92.01AexIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(Nimexe
Code92.01-12)originating intheUSSR.
2.Thedefinitiveanti-dumping dutyshallbe284ECUperpiano.
3.Theprovisionsinforcewithregardtocustomsdutiesshallapplyto
thedefinitiveanti-dumping duty.
Article2
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutyunderRegulation (EEC)
No871/82shallbedefinitively collecteduptoanamountof284ECU
perpiano.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthat
ofitspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
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