WRITTEN QUESTION E-0624/04 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Dumping of imported Norwegian and Faeroese rainbow trout.
Date: 2004-03-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Faroes, Norway, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, aquaculture, dumping, fish, import (EU), originating product

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/197

(2004/C 88 E/0202)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0624/04

by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Dumping of imported Norwegian and Faeroese rainbow trout

(1 March 2004)

The question whether the provisional anti-dumping duty laid down by the Commission last September
should continue to apply on a definitive basis (for five years) to imports of large rainbow trout from
Norway and the Faeroes is at this moment under consideration. The Commission has proposed a 19,9 %
anti-dumping duty on rainbow trout imported from Norway.

As far as EU fish-farmers are concerned, enforcement of the duty is vital for the continuation of their
livelihood. In 2003 Norway supplied almost 7 million kilos of rainbow trout to the Union Member States
at the extremely low price of EUR 2,46 per kilo. Production costs in Norway and, for example, Finland are
approximately EUR 3,50 per kilo.

The Norwegian dumping stems from overproduction. Last year Norway granted 50 new production
licences and offered 60 more for sale at the end of the year. Fish-farming losses in Norway totalled
EUR 190 million in 2002 and were even higher last year. About 20 % of production is accounted for by
rainbow trout.

In its role of overseeing the internal market, what steps will the Commission take, and within what time-
frame, to eradicate harmful dumping from the market?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 2004)

After the imposition, in September 2003, of provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of large rainbow
trout from Norway and the Faeroe Islands, the Commission has examined all submissions from the
interested parties concerning the provisional findings. In January, a price undertaking had been accepted
from exporters from the Faeroe Islands.

The provisional findings have been, after in depth examination, confirmed by the Member States. Indeed,
by Council Regulation (EC) No 437/2004 (1) a definitive duty of 19,9 % on imports of large rainbow trout
originating in Norway and of duties ranging from 42,6 to 54,4 % on imports of the same product from the
Faeroe Islands, with the exception of the imports originating from the exporters having offered the price
undertaking accepted by the Commission, have been imposed. The imposition of these measures aims at
removing the injurious dumping found during the investigation conducted by the Commission. It is
therefore expected to restore a level playing field in the Community market protecting thus the
Community industry from unfair competition. The definitive anti-dumping measures will apply for a
period of five years, which is normally necessary to counteract the dumping which is causing injury.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 437/2004 of 8 March 2004 imposing definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting
definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of large rainbow trout originating in Norway and the Faeroe
Islands, OJ L 72, 11.3.2004.

(2004/C 88 E/0203)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0640/04

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(3 March 2004)

Subject: Surprising presence of names of Union bodies such as OLAF in confused news from Israeli

institutions with regard to the use of EU funds by the Palestinian President

In what appears to be the result of deliberate spreading of poisonous rumours by the Israeli administration
and civic institutions there, there have recently been reports in the Spanish press which mixed up
comments on the depositing of money in a Paris bank account held by the Palestinian President’s wife, and
the research apparently being carried out in Jerusalem by an OLAF delegation on a so-called ‘Arafat