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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUH»T»ES
COM(80)485 final
Brüssels,4August1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No191/80imposinga
definitive anti-dumping dutyonlithiumhydroxide
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmericaandthe
SovietUnion
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(80)485final

EXPLANATORY MLMORANDUM
ByRegulation (EEC)No.191/80of30January19th3Councilimposed'
adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonlithiumhydro:-"' :originrtV jin
theUnitedStatesofAmericaandtheSovietUnion,Sincethen.
4 î'LmIl__I•__•*M->.A^I.._1« ». . .
^letallgesellschaft AG/theonlyCommunityproduce^hasrequestedareview
<|fthisdefinitivedutybecauseofanincreaseintheinternalp..<■■•
fptheUnitedStatesofAmericaonwhichthedetermination ofnormalvalue
bpthforAmerican,andRussianexportswasbased.
t
TheCommissionthereforecommencedareviewofthefartsandpublisheda
noticeconcerningthismatterintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communitiesof19July1980.Thisreviewshowsthat.thenormalvalue
established inthedefinitiveanti-dumping dutyhassinceincreasedandthat
newdumpingmarginshavereappearedforAmericanandSovietexportsof
lithiumhydroxidewhichagainhaveadepressiveeffectontheCommunity
producer'spricesobligingittocontinuetosellbelowitsproductioncosts
Inthesecircumstances the'CommissionisproposingaCouncilRegulation
amendingthedefinitivedutyonlithiumhydroxideoriginating inthe
UnitedStatesofAmericaandtheSovietUnion.
Thisproposalisbeingpresentedatthisstage,eventhoughthedeadline
fixedintheabove-mentioned noticeofreviewforreceiptofinformation
doesnotexpireuntil3August1980.Forthisreasonitis-possiblethat
certainamendments mayrequiretobemadetothetextoftheregulation
priortoitsadoptionbytheCouncil.However,sinceitisessentialto
protecttheinterestoftheCommunityproducerthenecessarywritten
proceduremustbepresentedbyJuly22,latestdatebeforethe
holidayperiod.

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•• Proposalfora.
COUNCIL .REGULATION (EEC) ;
..'.-...•/..^.amendingRegulaÉ*on_.(EEC >NoVl91/80.'>•••tmnnei a .~ •>*'1'ww /^1,P°Slng*.-j'definitiveanti-dumpingdutyon.lithiumh>;roxidcoriginatingin
theUnitedStatesofAm'eric^fcnd thiSovietUnion
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,V■•'I
H;<vh.:regardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,ν<;·.4
;.HavingregaidtoCouncilRegulation(EEC}NoJ
-3017/79of20December1979onprotectionagainstil
dumpedorsubsidizedimportsfromcountriesnoti
membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(!),«andinparticularArticle14thereof;';i
„4Havingregardtotheproposalsubmittedbythej"CommissionafterconsultationwiththeAdvisoryj
,CommitteesetupunderArticle6ofRegulation(EEQ?
No3017/79,. . ?
Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No191/80(2),theCouncilimposeda
definitive anti-dumping dutyonlithiumhydroxideoriginating inthe
UnitedStatesofAmericaandtheSovietUnion;
WhereasMetallgesellschaft AG,thesoleCommunityproducer,asked
forthisdefinitive dutytobere-examined andpresentedevidence
showingthatsuchare-examination wasneeded;.
WhereastheCommissionaccordingly undertooktheabovere-examination
andpublished anopiniononthematterintheOfficialJournalofthe
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EuropeanCommunities (3);
(1)0JNoL339,31.12.1979,p.1.
(2)0JNoL23,30.1.1980,p.19{
(3)0JNocaîa,*4.-}.ijfyL.yI

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Xbi^edbythisamountinordertotakeaccounttofthe
increaseinthe,domesticUnitedSutcsprice;
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whercaf,withregardtoallo,theotherelements
affectingthedumpingcalculate,nonewin!\>ro>a-'
tionwasreceivedorfurther;ir;>umen'sadvanced
whichwould,havealteredtheCalculation ?;wh'.reas
consequently thecurrentdumpingmarginsurc'.5.%
forLithiumCorporationcfAmerica,4.4%forFoote'
MineralCompanyand44%forRussianexports;
p-'-Whereasinthecourseofthesubsequentexamination
ofinjuryitwasestablishedthatimportsintothe
I'Communityof'lithiumhydroxideoriginatinginti;e
F-'UnitedStatesofAmericaandtheSovietUnionhad
fe'.-reachedalevelof1503.tonnesJn:--.;
ELf ___..1V79;whereastheimportsconcerned
reachedamarketshareof'66,8%duringthesame
B'periodandareconsequently havinganevengreater
I'effectonthemarketthanthatestablishedduringthe
[definitive examination ;%
|TWhereasthepricesoftheseimportsintotheCommum
iipfeagain'exercisingadepressiveeffectontheJ.Communityproducer'sprices,obligingittocontinue
tosellatpricesbelowitsproductioncosts;-■1
"V"'!,
\Whereas,'withregardtoalltheotherelements
►affectingthedetermination ofinjury,nonewinfornia-
tionwasreceivednorfurtherargumentsadvanced
,whichcouldhavealteredthatdetermination ;
definitiveWhereasinthecourseofthe^__reexamination
.ofthematter,^'**"*.-ri--J^~
Y'J__'Theinterestedparties
hadtheopportunitytomakeknowntheirviewsin
writing,tobeheardbytheCommission andtoorally
developtheirviews,toinspectnon-confidential infor­
mationrelevanttothedefenceoftheirinterestsandto
beinformedoftheessentialfactsandconsiderations ;!;
.onthebasisofwhichitwasintendedtoadjustthe
measures;whereastheCommunityproducerand:
;someoftheexportersv_concerned •
availedthemselvesofthese'~possibiiitfes bymaking
knowntheirviewsinwritingandorally;
> . ' ''.' • ''''i
.,Whereasduringthev.re–examination itwas>;
establishedthatthedomesticpriceintheUnited.'
.StatesofAmerica,onwhichthedetermination of
.normalvaluewasbased,forboththeAmerican
and_Russian exports,"hadincreasedby/.
,4*6%sincethedateofthedefinitivei,"
determination ofthedumpingmargin;.|.
whOTeas^'tosConsequenc^-i t-is-necessarf.v
^toadjustthenormaLIvalue ^onwhich
ther-deflnitfve-dutyvwas^^>?-!•fWhereas,therefore,thefactsasre-examined
•showthat,dueconsideration havingbeengivento!i.<,
'y,.,otherfactorshavingabearingonthesituationof"hi,.
industry,forexample,thedeclineofexport:to.coun
>triesoutsidetheCommunity ,ij"
7^". thedumped.'importsarccausfng~ortTireatFnTngloTcause materia!
>injurytotheCommunityindustryconcerned ;If,'--■■•'_'
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,protectionof-the
;Community'sinterestscallsforthe-.' ~,j
adjustmentofthedefinitive measures
introducedbyRegulation
'i(EEC)No191/80inrespectof
^lithiumhydroxideoriginatingin
theUnitedStatesofAmericaand
>theSovietUnion;

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SCIfil®
'»ny.ytwo
\jf^i*sa*oneof»hc/Americanexporters.FOOTS
VonVralCompany,vjhintutilyundertook. ,*
.toincreaseits
>t>Itveil«hie.Itwereconsidered sati.sficiory;
whereastinsun.IcitAingwasacceptedbythe
t.onirn:ssioii ,wh'thaccordinglydecidedtoterminate
theprocedureconcerning thiscompanyandto
exclude.1fromtheapplicationofthedefinitive (a)
..'■ity;v.hfrc>sinthecourseofthere-examinast1ofr >
^nflciedtcbringitsundertakingintolinewiththe
latestpriceUve!ontheAmericanmarket;whereas '
ihisnewundertaking h:n>beenaccepteditythe
Comrrsconandconsequently thiscompanyremains
e*iludedfromtl.<-applicationoftheduty.
HASAIX->rn:onusRI-GUIATION:
Articlel
Article1(3)and(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No191/80
areherebyreplacedbythe'following:wheretheproductdefinedirparagraphIis
no*releasedforconsumption onthebasisofr
thepiicotothelir.s:purchaserir.theOoirjnu- <
nity,thedefinitive .uiti-dttmping dutyihallbej'
stthefollowingi.ttes: ia
–5tlienormalvnlufnfUS$1.66cpvrv.
lbforimportsoriginatingintheUnite! •»•
StalesofAmerica, ;'I
–-A4%oftliVnormJvnlufofl}5>SI,6l^er ''
!bfc*imjKjrtsoriginating sntheSoviet
Union
!*•where,however,thedeclarmgpartycan •
providesatisfactoryprooftothecuttomsauthor­
itiesthatthepricepaidbythefirstpurchawr:'V''
(i)exceedsorisequaltothenorma!valueof
US$1.66j>erib,nodutyshallbeapplied,or•>
Jii)islowerthanthenormalvalueofUS$1,66_'i■
perIb|?vlessthan$%.forimportsoriginating
intheUnitedstatesofAmerica,orby
lessthan4.4%forimportsoriginating
intheSovietUnion,thedutyshallbf
equaltotheamountbywhichthesaid
priceislowerthanth<?normalvalu*I"
•1/'
fo-thepurposesOithi;Regulation,thenormal . Arfiete2 i
v.i>iec.lithiumhydroxideoriginatingintheUnited '
Sj.'tc-ofAmericaanatheSovietUnion,adjustedtoa'ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
trt'.'-at-Communityfrontierbasis,beforeduty,shallbeitspublicationintheOjfieialJournalofthe
US$1-66perlb. .C&nmunitits . 1
J ,
,>.
ThisRegulationshellbebindinginits,entirety directlyapplicableinallMember •
States. , .. •i
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