WRITTEN QUESTION E-3843/00 by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission. Iron foundry coke dumping by the People's Republic of China.
Date: 2000-12-07
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: China, coke, dumping, extra-EU trade, iron and steel industry

C 174 E/164

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

19.6.2001

(2001/C 174 E/171)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3843/00

by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission

(7 December 2000)

Subject: Iron foundry coke dumping by the People(cid:146)s Republic of China

Decision 1238/2000/ECSC (1) provisionally established PRC dumping of coke 80+ with a dumping margin
in excess of 60 %, with price undercutting of 29,5 % resulting directly in a 9,9 % loss of Community
Industry market share. This Decision, if made definitive, would a) only result in an insignificant increase in
cost of production for Community users of coke 80+, while b) partially remedying the injury suffered by
the Community Industry.

Can the Commission confirm that if the provisional findings are confirmed at the definitive stage it intends
to impose definitive anti-dumping measures?

Is the Commission aware that failure to adopt definitive measures will
likely result in the permanent
closure of some or all of the five SME private coke 80+ producers, all established in areas of high
unemployment, and consequentially put at risk up to 1 600 direct jobs across the European Union,
including Wales?

Does the Commission regard the PRC(cid:146)s use of child labour and its failure to apply environmental
protection standards in any way approaching those of the EU in the production of coke 80+ as an unfair
economic advantage in international trade?

(1) OJ L 141, 15.6.2000, p. 9.

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(8 February 2001)

The Honourable Member is referred to the answer which the Commission gave to oral question H-868/00
asked by Mrs Riis-Jłrgensen at question time during the December 2000 session (1).

In the light of the incontrovertible results of the inquiry into the existence of such dumping and the injury
to the Community industry, and of the conclusions drawn, namely, that the impact of the anti-dumping
measures on end-users would be limited, the Commission decided on 14 December 2000 to impose
definitive anti-dumping measures.

(1) Debates of the European Parliament (December 2000).

(2001/C 174 E/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3844/00

by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 December 2000)

Subject: Filmmaking in the EU

Does the Commission believe that the recent success of Danish cinema holds any lessons either for the
MEDIA programme or for European filmmaking in general, and would EU subsidies be best directed at
films with a broad appeal such as Babette(cid:146)s Feast, The Bear, Belle Epoque and Name of The Rose, rather
than at abstruse arthouse products with very limited appeal? Could the Commission also say whether it
believes that the practice of distributors requiring cinema owners to show a slate of studio-produced films
if they wish to be offered the opportunity to show big Hollywood blockbusters is common within the EU,
and, if so, is it consistent with current competition policy?