Council Regulation (EC) No 1677/2001 of 13 August 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 imposing definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway
Date: 2001-08-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, anti-dumping duty, countervailing charge, fish farming, import, sea fish

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1677/2001
of 13 August 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 imposing definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties
on imports of farmed Atlantic salmon originating in Norway

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

The form of the duties was later reviewed and Regula-
tions (EC) No 1890/97 and (EC) No 1891/97 were
replaced by Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 (8).

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from
countries not members of the European Community (1), and in
particular Article 8 thereof,

(5)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6
October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from
countries not members of the European Community (2), and in
particular Article 13 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission
after consulting the Advisory Committee,

(6)

Whereas:

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE

(7)

(8)

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 31 August 1996, by means of two separate notices
published in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties, the Commission announced the initiation of an
anti-subsidy
anti-dumping
proceeding (4) in respect of imports of farmed Atlantic
salmon originating in Norway.

proceeding (3)

and

an

These proceedings resulted in anti-dumping and coun-
tervailing duties being imposed by Council Regulations
(EC) No 1890/97 (5) and 1891/97 (6) in September 1997
in order to eliminate the injurious effects of dumping
and subsidisation.

to this, by Decision 97/634/EC (7),

In parallel
the
Commission accepted undertakings from 190 Norwe-
gian exporters and imports of farmed Atlantic salmon
originating
concerned’)
exported to the Community by these companies were
exempted from the said anti-dumping and counter-
vailing duties.

(‘the product

in Norway

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2238/2000 (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 253, 31.8.1996, p. 18.
(4) OJ C 253, 31.8.1996, p. 20.
(5) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 1. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC)

No 772/1999 (OJ L 101, 16.4.1999, p. 1).

(6) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 19. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC)

No 772/1999.

B. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE UNDERTAKING

The undertakings offered by the Norwegian companies
oblige them, inter alia, to provide the Commission with
detailed quarterly
to the
Community of the product concerned. These reports
should be received by the Commission no later than 30
days after the end of the quarter in question.

reports of

their

sales

For the fourth quarter of 2000, two Norwegian compa-
nies, Marstein Seafood AS (UT No 1/93, TARIC addi-
tional code 8197) and Westmarine AS (UT No 1/192,
TARIC additional code 8625), failed to present their
sales reports within the prescribed time limit, offering no
explanation whatsoever for this failure. The Commis-
sion's findings in this respect are set out more fully in
Commission Decision 2001/644/EC of 20 July 2001
amending Decision 97/634/EC accepting undertakings
offered in connection with the anti-dumping and anti-
subsidy proceedings concerning imports of
farmed
Atlantic salmon originating in Norway (9).

As breaches of the undertakings have been found to
have occurred, acceptance of the undertakings has been
withdrawn by the Commission. Definitive anti-dumping
and anti-subsidy duties should therefore be imposed
forthwith against the two companies concerned.

C. NEW EXPORTERS AND CHANGES OF NAME

Two Norwegian companies, Atlantis AS and Cape Fish
AS, claimed that they are ‘new exporters’ within the
meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 in
conjunction with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No
384/96 and Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97,
and have offered undertakings. Having investigated the
matter, it was established that the applicants fulfilled the
conditions for being considered as new exporters and,
accordingly,
been
accepted by the Commission. The exemption to the
anti-dumping and countervailing duties should therefore
be extended to these companies.

the undertakings offered have

(7) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 81. Decision as last amended by Commis-

tion (EC) No 1469/2001 (OJ L 195, 19.7.2001, p. 1).

sion Decision 2001/544/EC (OJ L 195, 19.7.2001, p. 50).

(9) See page 49 of this Official Journal.

(8) OJ L 101, 16.4.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

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(9)

A Norwegian exporter with an undertaking advised the
Commission that the group of companies to which it
belongs had been re-organised and that
another
company within the group was now responsible for
exports to the Community. The company therefore
requested that its name be replaced on the list of compa-
nies from which undertakings are accepted in the Annex
to Decision 97/634/EC and on the list of companies
which benefit from an exemption to the anti-dumping
and countervailing duties in the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 772/1999.

(10)

Two other exporters advised the Commission that their
names had changed and also requested that the lists of
recital be
companies mentioned in the previous
amended.

1.

(11) Having verified the nature of

these requests,

the
Commission considered them all to acceptable since the
changes do not entail any substantive changes requiring
a re-assessment of dumping, nor do they affect any of
the considerations on which the acceptance of
the
undertaking was based. The Commission's findings in
this respect are set out more fully in Commission
Decision 2001/644/EC.

Article 2

codes:

(a) Definitive countervailing and anti-dumping duties are
hereby imposed on imports of farmed (other than wild)
Atlantic salmon falling within CN codes ex 0302 12 00
(TARIC
0302 12 00*22,
0302 12 00*21,
0302 12 00*23 and 0302 12 00*29), ex 0303 22 00
(TARIC
0303 22 00*22,
0303 22 00*21,
0303 22 00*23 and 0303 22 00*29), ex 0304 10 13
(TARIC codes: 0304 10 13*21 and 0304 10 13*29) and
ex 0304 20 13 (TARIC codes: 0304 20 13*21 and
0304 20 13*29) originating in Norway and exported by
Marstein Seafood AS or Westmarine AS.

codes:

codes:

(b) These duties shall not apply to wild Atlantic salmon
(TARIC
0304 10 13*11,
0302 12 00*11,
0303 22 00*11 and 0304 20 13*11). For the purpose
of this Regulation, wild salmon shall be that in respect
of which the competent authorities of
the Member
States of landing are satisfied, by means of all customs
and transport documents to be provided by interested
parties, that it was caught at sea.

D. AMENDMENT OF THE ANNEX TO REGULATION (EC)

No 772/1999

(12)

In view of all the above, the Annex to Regulation (EC)
No 772/1999 which lists the companies exempted from
the anti-dumping and countervailing duties should be
amended accordingly,

2.

(a) The rate of the countervailing duty applicable to the net
free-at-Community frontier price, before duty, shall be
3,8 %.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 772/1999 shall be replaced
by the Annex hereto.

free-at-Community-frontier price,

(b) The rate of the anti-dumping duty applicable to the net
free-at-Community frontier price, before duty, shall be
EUR 0,32 per kilogram net product weight. However, if
the
including the
countervailing and anti-dumping duties, is less than the
relevant minimum price set out in paragraph 3, the
anti-dumping duty to be collected shall be the difference
between
free-at-
Community-frontier price, including the countervailing
duty.

that minimum price

and

the

For the purpose of paragraph 2, the following minimum prices shall apply per kilogram net product

3.
weight:

Presentation of salmon

Minimum price euro/kg net
product weight

TARIC code

Whole fish, fresh or chilled

2,925

0302 12 00*21

Gutted, head-on, fresh or chilled

Gutted, headless, fresh or chilled

Other, fresh or chilled,

including ‘steaks’

Whole fish, frozen

Gutted, head-on, frozen

3,25

3,65

3,65

2,925

3,25

0302 12 00*22

0302 12 00*23

0302 12 00*29

0303 22 00*21

0303 22 00*22

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Presentation of salmon

Minimum price euro/kg net
product weight

TARIC code

Gutted, headless, frozen

Other, frozen,

including ‘steaks’

Whole fish fillets, more than 300 gr each, fresh or chilled

Other fish fillets or fillet portions, 300 gr or less each, fresh or
chilled

Whole fish fillets,more than 300 gr each, frozen

Other fish fillets or fillet portions, weighing 300 gr or less each,
frozen

3,65

3,65

5,19

6,55

5,19

6,55

0303 22 00*23

0303 22 00*29

0304 10 13*21

0304 10 13*29

0304 20 13*21

0304 20 13*29

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 3

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 August 2001.

For the Council

The President

L. MICHEL

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ANNEX

List of companies from which undertakings are accepted and thus exempted from the definitive anti-dumping
and countervailing duties

UT No

Company name

TARIC
additional
code

3

7

8

11

13

15

16

17

20

21

22

24

26

27

31

32

33

35

39

41

42

43

44

46

47

48

50

51

52

Rosfjord Seafood A/S

Aqua Export A/S

Aqua Partner A/S

Arctic Group International

Artic Superior A/S

A/S Aalesundfisk

Austevoll Eiendom AS

A/S Keco

A/S Refsnes Fiskeindustri

A/S West Fish Ltd

Astor A/S

Atlantic Seafood A/S

Borkowski & Rosnes A/S

Brødrene Aasjord A/S

Christiansen Partner A/S

Clipper Seafood A/S

Coast Seafood A/S

Dafjord Laks A/S

Domstein Fish A/S

Ecco Fisk & Delikatesse

Edvard Johnsen A/S

Fjord Seafood ASA

Euronor A/S

Fiskeforsyningen A/S

Fjord Aqua Group A/S

Fjord Trading Ltd A/S

Fossen A/S

Fresh Atlantic A/S

Fresh Marine Company A/S

8325

8100

8101

8109

8111

8113

8114

8115

8118

8119

8120

8122

8124

8125

8129

8130

8131

8133

8136

8138

8139

8140

8141

8143

8144

8145

8147

8148

8149

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UT No

Company name

TARIC
additional
code

58

61

62

66

67

72

76

77

79

80

82

83

85

87

92

96

98

100

101

104

105

107

108

111

112

113

114

115

116

119

120

121

Grieg Seafood A/S

Hallvard Lerøy A/S

Fjord Seafood Måløy A/S

Marine Harvest Norway AS

Hydrotech-gruppen A/S

Inter Sea A/S

Joh. H. Pettersen A/S

Johan J. Helland A/S

Karsten J. Ellingsen A/S

Kr Kleiven & Co. A/S

Labeyrie Norge A/S

Lafjord Group A/S

Leica Fiskeprodukter

Lofoten Seafood Export A/S

Marine Seafood A/S

Memo Food A/S

Misundfisk A/S

Naco Trading A/S

Fjord Seafood Midt-Norge A/S

Nergård A/S

Nils Williksen A/S

Nisja Trading A/S

Nor-Food A/S

Nordic Group ASA

Nordreisa Laks A/S

Norexport A/S

Norfi Produkter A/S

Norfood Group A/S

Norfra Eksport A/S

Norsk Akvakultur A/S

Norsk Sjømat A/S

Northern Seafood A/S

8300

8303

8304

8159

8428

8174

8178

8179

8181

8182

8184

8185

8187

8188

8196

8200

8202

8206

8207

8210

8211

8213

8214

8217

8218

8223

8227

8228

8229

8232

8233

8307

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UT No

Company name

TARIC
additional
code

122

123

124

126

128

137

140

141

142

144

145

146

147

148

151

153

154

155

156

157

158

160

161

162

164

165

167

168

172

174

175

176

Nortrade A/S

Norway Royal Salmon Sales A/S

Norway Royal Salmon A/S

Frionor A/S

Norwell A/S

Pan Fish Sales A/S

Polar Salmon AS

Prilam Norvège A/S

Pundslett Fisk

Olsen Seafood AS

Marine Harvest Rogaland AS

Rørvik Fisk- og fiskematforretning A/S

Saga Lax Norge A/S

Prima Nor A/S

Sangoltgruppa A/S

Scanfood A/S

Sea Eagle Group A/S

Sea Star International A/S

Sea-Bell A/S

Seaco A/S

Seacom A/S

Seafood Farmers of Norway Ltd A/S

Seanor A/S

Sekkingstad A/S

Sirena Norway A/S

Kinn Salmon A/S

Fjord Seafood Sales AS

SMP Marine Produkter A/S

Stjermelaks A/S

Stolt Sea Farm A/S

Storm Company A/S

Superior A/S

8308

8309

8312

8314

8316

8242

8247

8248

8251

8254

8256

8257

8258

8259

8262

8264

8265

8266

8267

8268

8269

8271

8272

8273

8275

8276

8278

8279

8283

8285

8286

8287

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UT No

Company name

178

180

182

183

188

189

190

191

193

194

195

196

197

198

199

200

201

202

203

204

205

206

207

Terra Seafood A/S

Timar Seafood A/S

Torris Products Ltd A/S

Troll Salmon A/S

Vikenco A/S

Wannebo International A/S

West Fish Norwegian Salmon A/S

Nor-Fa Fish AS

Uhrenholt Seafood Norway A/S

Mesan Holding AS

Polaris Seafood A/S

Scanfish A/S

Normarine A/S

Oskar Einar Rydbeck

Emborg Foods Norge A/S

Helle Mat A/S

Norsea Food A/S

Salmon Company Fjord Norway A/S

Stella Polaris A/S

First Salmon AS

Norlaks A/S

Atlantis AS

Cape Fish AS

TARIC
additional
code

8289

8294

8298

8317

8322

8323

8324

8102

A033

A034

A035

A036

A049

A050

A157

A158

A159

A160

A161

A205

A206

A257

A258