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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)245 final.
Brussels.29April1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningthedefinitivecollectionoftheprovisional anti-dumping
dutyoncertainweldedsteeltubesoriginating inRomania
S>-<sc(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InFebruary1982theCommission imposedaprovisional anti-dumping duty
of25%onimportsofcertainweldedsteeltubesoriginating inRomania(l).
Thedefinitive examination ofthemattershowsthatinthefirsthalf
of1981therewasaweightedaveragedumpingmarginof30%.
TheinjurytotheCommunityindustryinquestioncausedbytheseimports
consistsessentially ofanincreaseintheRomanianshareoftheGerman
market/towhichtheseimportsarealmostexclusively destinedand
undercutting oftheGermanproducers *pricesbyupto20%.Onthe
Germanmarket,onwhichtheotherCommunityproducersalsosellaconsiderable
partoftheirproduction,ithasthereforebeenimpossibletoobtainprices
thatwouldcovercostsandtheCommunityproducers havehadtosuffer
largelosses.
TheRomanianexporterofferedtogiveapriceundertaking .TheCommission,
afterconsulting theMemberStates,hasconsideredthistobeacceptable
andnowintendstoterminatetheanti-dumping procedure.
AsfarasdumpingbytheRomanianexporterandthematerialinjuryto
thebranchoftheCommuhityindustryinquestionareconcerned,thenthe
interestsoftheCommunitycallforthedefinitivecollection ofthe
provisional duty.
Itistherefor*proposedthattheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional
dutyshouldbedefinitively collected,insofarasthecustomsvalue
oftheimportedgoodswaslessthan820DMpertonne.
(1)Regulation (EEC)No250/82,OJNoL26,3.2.1982,p.5
• y.•«4

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningthedefinitivecollectionoftheprovisionalanti-
dumpingdutyoncertainweldedsteeltubesoriginatinginRomania
THFCOUNCIL OFTHEEliKOPHAN
COMMUNITILS .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
17/~*#of20December1V7Vonprotectionagar'
dumpedorsubsidizedimportsfromcountriesno;
iihml-trsoftheluropym!'•onomieCommunity ('),
.nutinp.Htuui.irAituic^ 11and12thereof/
.V
tifirtltotheproposalsubmitted Ivythe
i"iiniimiiinaftercokmiIiIIKJHwithintheAdvisory
t"iiimiiiih 1MtupunderArticlef>ofRegulation (LLC)
Nu<tM7/7",
WhereasinAugustIV81theCommissionreceived•
requestfortheinitiationofananti-dumpingproce­
durelodgedbytheLiaisonCommitteeoftheEuro­
peanCommunitysteeltubeindustryonbehalfof
manufacturers accountingforthemajorpartofthe
Community'sproductionofcertainweldedsteeltubes
(g<sp'pc);
Whereas,juuethecomplaintprovidedsufficient
evidenceofclumpinginrespectofthelikeproduct
originatinginRomaniaandofmaterialinjuryresul­
tingtherefrom,theCommission accordingly
aiuwuirucd,byanoticepublishedintheOjtni.il
Jiimn.il"I/''t.Furofi.in(tmr'iiinitiii('),theinitia­
tionofaprocedureconcerningimportsofcertain
weldedsteeltubes(gaspipe)originatinginRomania
andcommenced aninvestigationofthematterat
Community level;
Whereas,sincetheprovisionalexaminationofthemattershowed
thatdumpingwastakingplaceandthattherewasadequateproofof
materialinjuryresultingtherefromtotheCommunityindustryinquestii
theCommission,bymeansofRegulation(EEC)No250/82(3),imposeda
provisionalanti-dumpingdutyof25%onimportsofcertainweldedsteel
tubesoriginatinginRomania;
(1)0JNoL339,31.12.1979,p.1
(2)0JNoC.299,18.11.19ai,p.2
(3)0JNoL26,3.2.1982,p.5

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WhereasinArticle2ofthatRegulation theCommission gavetheparties
inquestiontheopportunity tomakeknowntheirviewsandapplytobe
heardorallybytheCommissionwithinamonthoftheentryintoforceofthe
provisional duty,withoutprejudicetoArticle7(A)(b)and(c)of
Regulation No3017/79;whereastheexporterandsomeoftheimportersin
questionhaveavailedthemselvesofthisopportunity andmadetheirviews
knownorallyandinwriting;whereastheCommission hascarefullyexamined
theargumentsputforward andfoundnoreasontoamendtheprovisionally
established weightedaveragedumpingmargin;
Wheraswithregardtotheinjury,theCommission hasreceivedno
information sincetheadoptionofRegulation (EEC)No250/82whichwould
makeitnecessarytoreviseitsconclusions formulated inthatRegulation;
Whereassomeimporters have,however,statedthattheRomaniantubeswere
partlyacceptedinreturnforexportstoRomaniaandthatthelatterare
beinghamperedbytheCommissionintervention ;whereasthisdoesnot,
however,detractfromthefactthattheimportsinquestionweremadeat
dumpingprices;whereastheCornission fo.undthatthedumpedtubeswere
insomecasesevensoldataloss;whereas ,thepricesoftheRomanian
tubeswere,inanycase,upto20%lowerthantheGermanproducers'
marketprice;whereasinviewoftheextentoftheinjuryresulting
therefrom andthedifficultsituationfacingEuropeantubeproducers,
theCommission hastherefore becomeconvincedthattheinterestsofthe
Community make ■protective measuresnecessary;
WhereasonbeingpresentedwiththesefindingstheRomanianexporter,
Metalimportexport,Bucharest,offeredapriceundertaking whichappears
tobesufficient toeliminatetheinjuriouseffectsoftheimportsin
questioninthefuture.
Whereastheprocedure maytherefore beterminated without.theimposition
ofadefinitive anti-dumping duty;

Whereas,asfarasdumpingbytheRomanianexporterandthematerial
injurytothebranchoftheCommunityindustryinquestionare
concerned,theinterestsoftheCommunitynevertheless call
forthedefinitivecollectionoftheprovisional duty,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional anti-dumping d«itypursuant
.V
toRegulation (EEC)No250/82shallbedefinitively collectedinsofar
asthecustomsvalueoftheimportedgoodswaslessthan820DMper
tonne.
Article2
IThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayIfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloffbeI
EuropeanCommunities . I
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, fortheCouncil