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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)397 final
Brussels,31July1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposingadefinitive anti-dumping dutyonkraftliner
paperandboardoriginating intheUnitedStatesof
America ..t
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC78)397final

Explanatory Memorandum
ByRegulation (EEC)N°511/78of7March1978theCommissionimposeda
provisional anti-dumping dutyonkraftlinerpaperandboardoriginating
intheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Thiswasextendedwithcertainmodi­
ficationsbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°1226/78of9June1978whi.ch
appliesuntiltheentry .intoforceofanActoftheCounciladopting
definitivemeasuresor,attheLatest,untiltheexpiryofaperiodof
threemonthsbeginningon11June1978.
SincetheimpositionofthedutytheCommission'sserviceshave"continued
theirexamination ofthismatterincollaboration withtheMemberStates.
Thisincludedanon-spotinvestigation ofthetwomajorAmerican
exportersplustwootherAmericancompanieswhichhadannounceddomestic
priceincreasesintheUnitedStatesmarket.''
ThefactsasfinallyestabLishedshowthatthereis.dumpingandinjury
andthattheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutyshouldbedefi­
nitivelycollected.Thesefactsalsoshowthatthefairmarketprices
established bytheprovisional anti-dumping dutyarecurrentlyjustified
andshouldbeusedasthebasisforthedefinitiveduty.
Inthesecircumstances,theCommissionsubmitstheattachedproposalfor
aCouncilRegulationimposing'adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonkraft
linerpaperandboardoriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmericaand
providingforthedefinitivecollectionoftheamountssecuredbyway
ofprovisional duty.

PROPOSAL FQRACOUNCIL,REGULATION (EEC)
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonkraftlinerpaperandboard
originating ,intheUnitedStatesofAmerica "
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°459/68of5April1968onpro­
tectionagainstdumpingorthegrantingofbountiesorsubsidiesbycountries
(1)whicharenotmembersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,aslastamended
(2)byRegulation (EEC)N°1411/77,andinparticularArticle17thereof,
■HavingregardtotheproposalmadebytheCommissionafterhearingthe
opinionsexpressedintheAdvisoryCommitteesetupunderRegulation (EEC)
N°459/68,' .
WhereastheCommission hasreceivedacomplaintsubmittedinthenameof
theCommunitylinerboardindustrysettingoutevidenceastotheexistence s
ofthedumpingoflikeproductsoriginating invariouscountries,aswellas
materialinjuryresultingtherefrom;
Whereas,sinceitappearedfromtheinformationreceivedthatthecomplaintwas
admissible andthatdefensivemeasuresagainstdumpingmight"benecessary,
theCommissionofficiallynotifiedtherepresentatives oftheexporting
countriesandtheimportersandexportersknowntobeconcerned,published
inthe..OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesof17December1977,of
3March1978andof3May1978noticesoftheinitiationofenquiriesconcern­
(3)ingimportsofkraftlineroriginating intheUSA,Sweden,Finland,
Austria,Portugal,Canada^^andtheSovietUnion^"^andcommencedan ,
examination ofthefactsforalttheabove-mentioned countries;
Whereas,sincepreliminary examination ofthemattershowedthattherewas
dumpingandsincetherewassufficientevidenceofinjuryandthe-interestsof
theCommunitycalledforimmediateintervention,theCommission,byRegulation
(EEC)N°511/78^imposedaprovisionalanti-dumpingdutyonkraftliner
paperandboard,originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,theperiodof
validityofwhichwasextended -byRegulation(EEC)No1226/78(7);
(1)OJN°L93,17.04.1968,p.1(5)0JN°C105,03,05.1978,p.5
(2)OJN°L160,30.06.1977,p.4(6)0JN°L69,07.03.1978,p.9(3)OJN°C304,17.12.1977,p.3(7)0JN°L153'09.06.1978^p.1
(4)0JN°C54,03.03.1978,p.2

Whereas,inordertoexaminetheexistenceofdumping,theCommission
* > i
comparedtheexportpricestotheCommunitywiththoseprevailingonthe
domesticmarketsconcerned;
Whereasthesecomparisonsweremadeattheex-factorylevel/andinrespect
ιofsalesmadeaitthesametime,dueallowancehavingbeenmade,ontheirmerits,
fordifferences -intransportandancillarycosts,intheconditionsand
1 ; ■ ».
termsofsale,indutiesandtaxationandforotherdifferencesaffecting
pricecomparability;' .
■'.v' :
Whereasthisexaminationofthemattershowsthatdumpinghastakenplace,
themarginofwhichvariesconsiderably 'dependingontheexporting'firm.and
thédateofthetransaction;.
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustryconcerned,theevidence
available ,totheCommissionshowsthatimportsintotheCommunityofkraft
liner'originating intheUSA,Sweden,Finland,Austria,Portugal,Canadaarid
theSovietUnionhaveincreasedfromalevelofapproximately 1.1million
tonnesin1975to1.6milliontonnesin1977;
WhereastheimportsconcernedrepresentamarketshareintheCommunityof
70%in1975and80%in1977andconsequently haveaveryconsiderable
influenceonthemarket; ,. ,'
WhereasthepricesoftheseimportsontheCommunitymarkethavefallencon­
siderably,particularly inrecentmonths,thusexercising adepressive
effectontheCommunityproducers 1prices; '■ (
Whereasthisdevelopment has'takenplacetothedetrimentoftheCommunity ,s
industry,whichisinadifficultsituation,characterized bylargeunsold
stocks,thecompletecessation -ofproductioninoneareaoftheCommunitywith
consequentlossof1jobs,andshort-timeworkingforthepersonneloftheenter­
prisesconcerned,andbyareductioninprofitsorheavylossesforseveralof
thefirmsconcerned. > .■
Whereas,therefore,thefactsasfinallyestablished showthat,duecon­
siderationhavingbeengiventotheotherfactorshavingabearingon/the
situationofthisindustry,as,forexample,theratherlimitedimportsfrom
othersourcesandcompetition fromsubstitutable products,thedumpedimports
arecausingandthreateningtocausematerialinjurytotheCommunity
industry; -

Whereasinthemeantimevoluntaryundertakingstorevisepricestolevels
consideredsatisfactoryhavebeengivenonbehalfofSwedish,Finnish,
Austrian,Canadian,PortugueseandSovietUnionexporters;whereasthose
undertakings "havebeenacceptedbytheCommission,which,asaconsequence,
hasdecidedtoterminatetheproceduresinquestion.
Whereas,inthecircumstances,theinterestsoftheCommunityrendernecessary
theimpositionofadefinitiveanti-dumpingdutyonimportsofkraftliner
paperandboardoriginatingintheUnitedStatesofAmericaandthe
definitivecollectionoftheamountssecuredbywayofprovisionaldutyin
respectofkraftlinerpaperandboardofAmerican'origin;:'
Whereas,inordertoensurefairtreatmentofimportsatdifferent
prices,theamountofthedutyshouldbe.thedifferencebetweenthedeclared '
priceofthegoodsandtheir,fairmarketpriceintheUnitedStatesof
AmericabroughtuptoaCIFCommunityfrontierbasis,
'■ s■ " 1 ' 1
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : N '
Artiele1
I
Adefinitiveanti-dumpingdutyisherebyimposedon,kraftlinerpaper
andboard,fallingwithinCommonCustomsTariffsubheadingex48.01CIIand
correspondingtoNIMEXEcodes48.01-15,21,27and31,originatinginthe'
UnitedStatesofAmerica.
Theprovisionsinforcefortheapplicationofcustomsdutiesshallapply
inrespectofthisduty.
Article2
Theamountofsuchdutyshallcorrespondtothedifferencebetweenthe
fairmarketpriceintheUnitedStatesofAmericaassetoutbelowandthe^
free-at-frontierCommunityprice,dutyunpaid,pertonnenettothefirst
"importer, •
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ForthepurposesofthisRegulation,thefairmarketpricesintheUnited
StatesofAmericabroughtuptoaCIFCommunityfrontierbasis,dutyunpaid,
areasfollows:

Pertonne
Nominalweight175gramsormorepersquaremetre: US$258
Nominalweight150gramsormoreandlessthan175
gramspersquaremetre: US$268
Nominalweightlessthan150gramspersquaremetre:US$'278
Theabovefairmarketprices:
-shallbereducedby1%ifpaymentismadeimmediately onreceiptofthe
goodsbythefirstimporterintheCommunity,
~shallbenetifpaymentismadewithin30daysofthereceiptofthe
goodsbythefirstimporterintheCommunity,
-shallbeincreased by1%foreachsubsequent 30dayperiodofcredit­
.7' ■ r •
Wherepricesareinvoicedbyreference area,thefairmarketpriceper
100squaremetresshallbe■calculatedinaccordance withthefollowing
formula: '
Fairmarketpricein.US$pertonneXnominalgramweight ,
persquaremetre
10000
Theactualgramweightmayvaryby+5%fromthe~nominal gramweight.;,
'Article3
1 ' ' '
'• '
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutyundertheprovisionsof
Regulation (EEC)N°"511/78extendedbyRegulation (EEC)N°1226/78shallb
definitively collectedtotheextentthattheydonotexceedtherateof
dutyfixedinthisRegulation .

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Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatFortheCouncil