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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION
imposing adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyona
certainherbicideoriginatinginRomania*
(presented "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(79)222final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCommission,byRegulation (EEC)No.322/79of16February1979,imposed
aprovisional anti-dumping dutyonacertaintypeofherbicideoriginating
inRomania.ThisRegulationappliesuntiltheentryintoforceofanActof
theCounciladoptingdefinitives measuresor,atthelatest,untiltheexpiry
ofaperiodofthreemonthsbeginning on21February1979.
AmonthbeforetheexpiryofthistimelimitthsCommission,pursuanttothe
anti-dumping Regulation (EEC)459/68,shouldsubmittotheCouncilaproposal
relatingtotheadoptionofdefinitive measures.
Sincetheimpositionoftheduty,theCommission'sserviceshavecontinuedtheir
examination ofthefactsinco-operation withtheMemberStates.Thisexamina­
tionhasenabledtheCommissiontogatherfurtherinformation,supportedbyproof
ofthe"normalvalue"ofthisproductandoftheRomanianexportprice.
Thefactsasfinallyestablished showthatthereisdumpingandinjuryandthat
theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutyshouldbedefinitively collected.
Thesefactsalsoshowthatthenormalvalueestablished forthepurposesofthe
provisional dutyisfullyjustified andshouldbeusedasthebasisforthe
definitive duty.
Inthesecircumstances ,theCommission submitstheattachedproposalfora
CouncilRegulation imposing adefinitive anti-dumping dutyonacertaintypeof
herbicideoriginating inRomaniaandprovidingforthedefinitivecollection
oftheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional duty.

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposing adefinitive anti-dumping dutyonacertainherbicide
originatirqinRomania
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No459/68of5April1968onprotection
againstdumpingorthegrantingofbountiesorsubsidies,bycountrieswhichare
notmembersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No.1411/77(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalmadebytheCommissionafterhearingtheopinions
expressedintheAdvisoryCommitteesetupunderRegulation (EEC)No.459/68,
WhereastheCommission hasreceived acomplaintsubmittedinthenameoftheCom­
munityindustryproducing DNBPtechnical (Dinoseb)settingoutevidenceastothe
existenceofdumpingofthelikeproductoriginating inRomaniaaswellasmaterial
injuryresultingtherefrom;
Whereas,sincetheinformation receivedindicatedthatthecomplaint wasadmissible
andthatdefensivemeasuresagainstdumpingmightbenecessary,theCommission of­
ficiallynotifiedtheimportersandexporters knowntobeconcerned,publishedinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities of29December1978anoticeoftheinitia­
tionofananti-dumping procedureconcerningimportsofacertainherbicideoriginating
inRomania(3)andcommencedanexamination ofthefacts;
Jm
(1)OJNo.L93,17.4.1968,p.1
(2)OJNo.L160,30.6.1977,p.4
(3)OJNo.C311,29.12.1978,p.2
Provision»!address:RutdelaLoi200,B-1049BrutMlr-Téléphona7350040/7366040–Télégraphieaddrew:"COMEUABruitels–
Tala»;"21877COMEUB"

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Whereas,sincepreliminary examination ofthemattershowedthattherewasdumping,
thattherewassufficientevidenceofinjuryandthattheinterestsoftheCommunity
calledforirrmediateintervention,theCommission,byRegulation (EEC)No.322/79(4),
imposedaprovisionalanti-dumping dutyonacertainherbicideoriginatinginRomania;
Whereas,inthecourseoftheexamination ofthematter,completedaftertheimposition
oftheprovisional anti-durnping duty,theCommission gaveinterestedpartiestheop­
portunitytomakeknowntheirviewsinwriting,heardtheinterestedpartiesandgave
tothepartiesdirectlyconcernedtheopportunityorallytodeveloptheirviewsand
tomeetandtopresentopposingviewsandrebuttalarguments;
Whereastheinformation receivedaftertheimposition oftheabovedutydid
notsignificantly affecttheresultofthepreliminary investigation but
merelyprovided corroborating evidence;
Whereaswhendetermining dumpingontheabove-mentioned imports,theCommission hadto
takeaccountofthefactthatinRomaniatradeisonabasisofnearortotalmonopoly
andthatpricesarefixedbytheStateandthat,therefore,acomparison betweenthe
exportpriceoftheproducttotheCommunityanditsdomesticpriceisnotappropriate;
Whereas,forthesereasons,theCommission hasdecidedtobaseitsdumpingcalculations
onthepricesatwhichalikeproductofamarketeconomycountry,issoldfor
consumptionontriedomesticmarketofthatcountry;
Whereasbecauseofthefactthataccordingtotheinformation submittedtothe
Commission theUnitedStatesistheonlymarketeconomycountryapartfrom
theMemberStates^whichDNBPtechnicalisproduced,theCommission chosethe
pricesofthiscountryasbasisforthesecalculation;
Whereasthesecalculations weremadeatex-factory level,andinrespectofsalesmade
asnearlyaspossibleatthesametime,dueallowancehavingbeenmade,ontheirmerits,
fortransport andancillarycosts,packaging,dutiesandtaxationandforotherfactors
affectingpricecomparability ;
Whereasthisexamination ofthemattershowsthatdumpinghastakenplace,themargin
ofwhichexceeds40%inmarketsprincipally concerned;
Whereas,withregardtoinjurytotheindustryconcernedtheevidenceavailabletothe
Commission showsthatimportsintotheCommunityofDNBPtechnicaloriginating in
Romaniabeganin1978onlyandbytheendofthatyearhadreachedalevelofapprox­
imately35UtoAGOtonnes; ' •
Whereastheimportsconcernedrepresent amarketshareintheCommunityofapprox­
imately40%andinthetwomaincountriesofimportation 49%and68%respectively ;
(4)0JNo.L44of21.2.1979,p.8

WhereasthepricesoftheseimportsontheCommunitymarketshavebeenextremely
Low,thusexercising adepressiveeffectontheCommunityproducers'prices;
Whereasthisdevelopment hastakenplacetothedetrimentoftheCommunityindustry
andthereforeplaceditinanextremelydifficultsituation,characterized bysales
atpricesfarbelowtheEuropeancostsofproduction,byadeclineinproduction of
approximately 60%,byasignificant lossofsalesandmarketshare,byalmostcomplete
absenceofnewordersfor1979,andbytheimminentlossofjobs;
Whereas,therefore,thefactsasfinallyestablished showthat,dueconsideration
havingbeengiventotheotherfactorshavingabearingonthesituationofthis
industry,as,forexample,thedeclineofexportstocountriesoutsidetheCommunity,
thedumpedimportsarecausingandthreatening tocausematerialinjurytotheCom­
munityindustry;
Whereasinthesecircumstances ,theinterestsoftheCommunitycallforthedefinitive
collectionoftheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutyinrespectofDNBPtechnical
ofRomanianoriginandfortheimpositionofadefinitive anti-dumping dutytherate
ofwhich,havingregardtotheextentofinjurycaused,shouldapproximate tothedumping
marginsestablished ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Adefinitive anti-dumping dutyisherebyimposedonD^BPtechnical (Dinoseb)fal­
lingwithinCommonCustomsTariffsubheading ex29.07CIIIorex38.11Dandcorrespon­
dingtoNIMEXEcodesex29.07-59orex38.11-50,70,originating inRomaniaandexported
byChimimportexport ,Bucharest.Theprovisions inforcefortheapplication ofcustoms
dutiesshallapplyfortheapplication ofthisduty.

2.Thesaiddutyshallbeatarateof40%onthebasisofthevaluedeclared
inconformitywithCommissionRegulation (EEC)No.375/69of27February1969(1)
onthedeclaration ofparticularsrelatingtothevalueofgoodsforcustoms
purposes.
Artiele•2
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutyunderRegulation (EEC)No.322/79
shallbedefinitively collected.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication intheOf­
ficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
Mar.berStates.
DoneatBrussels,
(1)0J.No.L52,3-3.69,p.1