Council Regulation (EC) No 1012/2002 of 10 June 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed
Date: 2002-06-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Poland, anti-dumping duty, originating product, tax, wood product

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1012/2002

of 10 June 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports
of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland and collecting definitively the
provisional duty imposed

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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(9) and Article 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 (2), and
in particular Article 4(1) and (2) thereof,

(3)

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

Whereas:

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE

(1)

The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, imposed
definitive anti-dumping duties on certain imports of flat
pallets of wood falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20
originating in the Republic of Poland and accepted
undertakings offered by certain producers in connection
with these imports. Sampling was applied to Polish
producers/exporters and individual duties ranging from
4,0 % to 106 % were imposed on the companies in the
sample, while a weighted average duty of 6,3 % was
imposed on other cooperating companies not included
in the sample. A duty of 10,6 % was imposed on
companies which either did not make themselves known
or did not cooperate in the investigation. The producers
from whom undertakings were accepted were exempted
from anti-dumping duties with regard to imports of one
specific pallet type, the EUR-pallet, which is the only
pallet type covered by the undertakings.

(2)

Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 stipulates
that where any party provides sufficient evidence to the
Commission that:

— it did not export to the Community or produce the
wooden pallets described in Article 1(1) of
that
Regulation during the investigation period,

— it is not related to any of the producers or exporters
in Poland which are subject to the anti-dumping
duties imposed by that Regulation,

— it has actually exported to the Community the goods
concerned after the investigation period, or it has
entered into any irrevocable contractual obligation to
export a significant quantity to the Community,

then that Regulation can be amended by granting the
party in question the duty rate applicable to cooperating
producers who were not
i.e. 6,3 %.
Exporting producers meeting the criteria of Article 4(1)
and thus subject to the weighted average duty of 6,3 %
are listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2334/97.

in the sample,

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 provides
furthermore that any party meeting the criteria set out in
thereof can also be exempted from the
Article 4(1)
payment of the anti-dumping duty if an undertaking
with regard to the so-called EUR-pallets is accepted from
such a party. Exporting producers from which such an
undertaking is accepted are listed in Annex II to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2334/97.

The Council, by Regulations (EC) No 2079/98 (3), (EC)
No 2048/1999 (4), (EC) No 1521/2000 (5) and (EC) No
1678/2001 (6) amended Annexes I and II to Regulation
(EC) No 2334/97.

B. ACCEPTANCE OF UNDERTAKING

One Polish exporting producer, P.P.H. ‘Astra’ Sp. z o.o.,
Nawojowa, which received the weighted average duty of
6,3 %, has also offered an undertaking with regard to
EUR-pallets which was
accepted by Commission
Decision 2002/380/EC (7). Consequently, this company
should be added to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
2334/97.

(4)

(5)

C. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE UNDERTAKING

(6)

The following six Polish exporting producers from
which the Commission accepted undertakings have
violated the undertaking by not respecting the minimum
price specified therein:

— P.W. ‘Intur-kfs’ Sp. z o.o., Inowroclaw (TARIC addi-

tional code 8662),

— Z.P.H.U. ‘Miroslaw Przybylek’, Klonowa (TARIC addi-

tional code 8574),

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

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

(2) OJ L 324, 27.11.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1678/2001 (OJ L 227, 23.8.2001, p. 22).

(3) OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 255, 30.9.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 227, 23.8.2001, p. 22.
(7) OJ L 135, 23.5.2002, p. 24.

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— Import-Export ‘Elko’ Sp. z o.o., Kalisz (TARIC addi-

tional code 8532),

— ‘Drewpal’ sp.

j., Blizanow (TARIC additional code

8534),

— ‘D&M&D’ Sp. z o.o., Blizanow (TARIC additional

code 8566),

— ‘CMC’ Sp. z o.o., Andrychow, Inwald (TARIC addi-

tional code 8528).

The Commission therefore informed these six exporting
producers that it was intended to remove their names
from the list of companies from which an undertaking
was accepted. These exporting producers commented on
the breaches pointed out by the Commission and were
granted a hearing where so requested. However, none of
these exporting producers put forward any arguments
which put into question the finding of a violation of the
undertaking.

In order
to prevent CMC Sp. z o.o.-Andrychow
continuing to benefit from an exemption from the anti-
dumping duties by simply channelling its exports
through its related company, the Commission consid-
ered it appropriate to withdraw its acceptance of the
undertaking given by the following exporter/producer
and to impose definitive anti-dumping duties:

— P.P.H.U. ‘Zbigniew Marek’, Andrychow (TARIC addi-

tional code A113).

As breaches of the undertakings have been found to
have occurred, acceptance of the undertakings has been
withdrawn by Commission Decision 2002/380/EC.
should therefore be
Definitive anti-dumping duties
imposed forthwith against the six companies mentioned
in recital 6, as well as against the related company
mentioned in recital 7 with regard to their exports of the
EUR-pallets.

D. AMENDMENT OF ANNEX II TO REGULATION

(EC) No 2334/97

In view of all the above, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
2334/97 which lists the companies from which under-
takings have been accepted should be amended accord-
ingly. The exporting producers which are no longer
subject to undertakings shall be subject to the appro-

(7)

(8)

(9)

priate duty provided for in Article 1(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2334/97.

(10) Any claim requesting the application of these individual
company anti-dumping duty rates (e.g.
following a
change in the name of the entity or following the setting
up of new production or sales entities) should be
addressed to the Commission forthwith (1) with all rele-
vant information, in particular any modification in the
company's activities linked to production, domestic and
export sales associated with e.g. that name change or
that change in the production and sales entities. The
Commission,
if appropriate, will, after consultation of
the Advisory Committee, amend the Regulation accord-
ingly by updating the list of companies benefiting from
individual duty rates,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 shall be replaced by
the Annex shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

1.
Definitive anti-dumping duties are hereby imposed on
imports of EUR-pallets falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20
(TARIC code: 4415 20 20*10) originating in the Republic of
Poland and exported by the following companies:

‘Intur-kfs’ Sp. z o.o., Inowroclaw,
— P.W.
— Z.P.H.U.
‘Miroslaw Przybylek’, Klonowa,
— Import-Export ‘Elko’ Sp. z o.o., Kalisz,
— ‘Drewpal’ sp.
— ‘D&M&D’ Sp. z o.o., Blizanow,
— ‘CMC’ Sp. z o.o., Andrychow, Inwald,
‘Zbigniew Marek’, Andrychow.
— P.P.H.U.

j., Blizanow,

2.
The rate of the anti-dumping duty applicable to the net,
free-at-Community frontier prices, before duty, on EUR-pallets,
shall be as follows:

Name of the company

Anti-dumping rate

TARIC code

P.W.

‘Intur-kfs’ Sp. z o.o., Inowroclaw

Z.P.H.U.

‘Miroslaw Przybylek’, Klonowa

Import-Export ‘Elko’ Sp. z o.o., Kalisz

‘Drewpal’ sp.

j., Blizanow

‘D&M&D’ Sp. z o.o., Blizanow

‘CMC’ Sp. z o.o., Andrychow, Inwald

P.P.H.U.

‘Zbigniew Marek’, Andrychow

9,7 %

6,3 %

6,3 %

6,3 %

6,3 %

6,3 %

6,3 %

8016

8019

8019

8019

8019

8019

8019

(1) Commission of

the European Commission, Directorate-General

for Trade, Terv 00/13, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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 Luxembourg, 10 June 2002.

For the Council

The President

J. PIQUÉ I CAMPS

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Manufacturer

Additional TARIC code

1. “Baumann Palety” Sp.zo.o., Barczewo

2. E. Dziurny — C. Nowak S.C., Snietnica

3. F.P.H. “Tina” S.C., Katowice

4. Firma “Sabelmar” S.C., Konczyce Male

5. “Kross-Pol” Sp.zo.o., Kolobrzeg

6. P.P.H. “GKT” S.C., Bilgoraj

7. P.P.H. “Unikat”, Aleksandrow IV 697

8. P.P.H.U. “Adapol” S.C., Wolomin

9. P.P.H.U. “Alpa” Sp.zo.o., Dobrzyca

10. P.P.U.H. “Alwa” Sp.zo.o., Slawno

11. P.P.H.U. “Palimex” Sp.zo.o., Wloszakowice

12. P.P.U.H. “SMS” — St. Mrozowicz, Suleczyno

13. P.T.H. “Mirex”, Kolobrzeg

14. P.W. “Peteco” Sp.zo.o., Warszawa

15. “Paletex” Produkcja Palet, Roman Panasiuk, Warszawa

16. Produkcja Palet “A. Adamus”, Kuznia Grabowska

17. P.P.H. Zygmunt Skibinski, Kowal

18. “Scanproduct” S.A., Czarny Dujanec

19. “Transdrewneks” Sp.zo.o., Grudziadz-Owczarki

20. W.Z.P.U.M. “Euro-Tech”, Rakszawa

21. Z.P.H. “Palettenwerk” — K. Kozik, Jordanow

22. Zaklad Przerobu Drewna S.C., Drawsko Pomorskie

23. Z.P.H.U. “Sek-Pol” Sp.zo.o., Tarnobrzeg

24. “Euro-Mega-Plus” Sp.zo.o., Kielce

25. Wyrob, Sprzedaz, Skup Palet, Josef Kolodziejczyk, Aleksandrow IV 704

26. Firma Produkcyjno Transportowa Marian Gerka, Brodnica

27. Z.P.H.U. “Drewnex” Mamos, Luczak, Mamos s.j., Cekow

28. P.P.H.U. “Probox”, Import-Export, Kalisz

29. Zaman S.C., Radom

30. “Marimpex”, Pulawy

31. “AVEN” Sp.zo.o., Kostrzyn

8570

8571

8572

8573

8576

8584

8586

8587

8588

8589

8590

8591

8597

8690

8691

8692

8693

8715

8716

8725

8726

8745

8526

8527

8529

8530

8531

8533

8535

8537

8558

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Manufacturer

Additional TARIC code

32. P.P.H.U. “Eurex” BIS, Godynice

33. ENKEL S.C., Pulawy

34. Produkcja Stolarska Posrednictwo Export-Import, W.i.T. HENSOLDT, Lebork

35. P.P.U.H. “DREWPOL”, Braszewice

36. PTN Kruklanki Sp.zo.o., Krulanki

37. WEDAM S.C., Stezyca

38. Import-Export Jan Sibinski, Czajkow

39. P.P.H.U. “Alk”, Bierzwnik

40. “Empol” S.C., Jastrzebniki 37

41. Euro-Handels Sp.zo.o., Szczecin

42. P.P.H. “Paletex” Sibinski Jaroslaw, Czajkow

43. Firma “KIKO” S.C., Poznan

44. “Enkel” Waldemar Wnuk, Pulawy

45. Firma Borkowski S.C. Export-Import, Grabow n. Prosna

46. “Bilusa” Sp.zo.o., Klodawa

47. P.P.U.H. PAL-POL S.C., Prabuty

48. Firma “A.C.S.” S.C., Kamien

49. “SMT” Sp.zo.o., Miastko

50. Firma Transdrewneks Gadzala Antoni, Torun

51. “Palko” Sp.zo.o., Sedziszow

52. P.P.H. “Vector”, Kalisz

53. P.P.H.U. “ELMA” S.C., Sobieseki

54. P.P.H. SWENDEX S.C., Lublin

55. Pomorski Serwis Paletowy Sp.zo.o., Kobylnica

56. “EMI” S.C., Bilgoraj

57. P.P.H.U. ROMAX Import-Eksport, Wroclaw

58. P.P.D.B. “Lesnik” S.C., Krosno

59. “EUROPAL” S.C., Brzeziny

60. P.P.U.H. “CENTROPAL” EKSPORT-IMPORT, Czajkow

61. Energomontaz Polnoc Serwis Sp.zo.o., Swierze Gorne

62. P.P.H. “BOM'S” S-ka zo.o., Suwalki

63. P.P.H. “Astra” Sp.zo.o., Nawojowa

8538

8540

8541

8834

8556

8557

8559

8561

8560

8440

8441

8443

8444

8446

8484

8485

8486

8562

8563

8565

8567

A109

A110

A114

A124

A133

A259

A260

A261

A262

A263

A378’