Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan
Date: 2004-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Japan, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, recording equipment, television

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 22.12.2004 
COM(2004)825 final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-
dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

By  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1015/94  (as  subsequently  amended),  a  definitive  anti-
dumping  duty  was  imposed  on  imports  of  certain  television  camera  systems  originating  in 
Japan. The Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty the camera 
systems  listed  in  the  Annex  to  that  Regulation,  representing  high-end  professional  camera 
systems technically falling within the product definition of the above mentioned Regulation, 
but which cannot be regarded as broadcast camera systems. 

In  September  2000,  the  Council,  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000,  confirmed  the  above 
definitive anti-dumping duties in accordance with Article 11(2)  of Council  Regulation (EC) 
No  384/96  of  22  December  1995  on  protection  against  dumped  imports  from  countries  not 
members of the European Community. 

The Commission has received requests from two Japanese exporting producers of television 
camera systems to add certain models of professional camera systems to the Annex to Council 
Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 and thus exempt them from the application of the duty.  

The attached proposal for a Council Regulation contains more detailed information showing 
that both models should be exempted from the application of the duty and should be included 
in the above mentioned Annex as they were considered to be professional camera systems. 

The  interested  parties  were  informed  and  did  not  object  to  the  attached  proposal.  The  Anti-
Dumping Committee was consulted and agreed unanimously. 

It is consequently proposed to amend the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 
and  to  approve  the  publication  of  the  attached  Regulation  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the 
European Union. 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)° 

amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-
dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan 

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 Community1, (’the 
basic Regulation’), 

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

Whereas: 

A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURES 

The  Council,  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1015/942,  imposed  a  definitive  anti-dumping 
duty on imports of television camera systems (’TCS’) originating in Japan. 

In  Article  1(3)(e)  of  Regulation  No  1015/94,  the  Council  specifically  excluded  from 
the  scope  of  the  anti-dumping  duty  camera  systems  listed  in  the  Annex  to  that 
Regulation  (’the  Annex’),  representing  high-end  professional  camera  systems 
technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) 
No 1015/94, but which cannot be regarded as television camera systems. 

In  October  1995,  the  Council,  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2474/953,  amended  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 1015/94, in particular as regards the definition of the like product 
and  certain  models  of  professional  camera  systems  which  were  explicitly  exempted 
from the definitive anti-dumping duty. 

In October 1997, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1952/974, amended the rates of 
the  definitive  anti-dumping  duty  for  two  companies  concerned,  namely  for  Sony 
Corporation  and  Ikegami  Tsushinki  Co.  Ltd  pursuant  to  Article  12  of  the  basic 
Regulation. Furthermore, the Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-

OJ  L  56,  6.3.1996,  p.1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  461/2004  (OJ  L  77  of 
13.3.2004, p. 12). 
OJ L 111, 30.4.1994, p.106. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 176/2000 (OJ 
L 22, 27.1.2000, p. 29). 
OJ L 255, 25.10.1995, p. 11. 
OJ L 276, 9.10.1997, p. 20. 

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dumping duty certain new models of professional camera systems by adding them to 
the Annex. 

In  January  1999  and  January  2000,  the  Council,  by  Regulations  (EC)  No  193/19995 
and  (EC)  No  176/20006,  amended  Regulation  (EC)  No  1015/94  by  adding  certain 
successor  models  of  professional  camera  systems  to  the  Annex  and  thus  excluding 
those  from  the  application  of  the  definitive  anti-dumping  duty.  In  October  2004,  the 
Council, by Regulation (EC) 1754/20047, amended Regulation (EC) No 176/2000. 

In  September  2000,  the  Council,  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/20008,  confirmed  the 
definitive  anti-dumping  duties  imposed  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1015/94  (as 
subsequently amended) pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation. 

In  January  2001  and  in  May  2001,  the  Council,  by  Regulations  (EC)  No  198/20019 
and (EC) No 951/200110, amended Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 by adding certain 
successor models of professional camera systems to the Annex of Council Regulation 
(EC)  No  2042/2000  and  thus  excluding  them  from  the  application  of  the  definitive 
anti-dumping duty. 

In September 2001, further to an interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic 
Regulation,  the  Council,  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1900/200111  confirmed  the  level  of 
the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 
on imports of TCS from the exporting producer Hitachi Denshi Ltd. 

In  September  2002,  the  Council,  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1696/200212,  amended 
Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000  by  adding  certain  successor  models  of  professional 
camera  systems  to  the  Annex  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000  and  thus 
excluding them from the application of the definitive anti-dumping duty. 

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In April 2004, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 825/200413, amended Regulation 
(EC)  No  2042/2000  by  adding  certain  successor  models  of  professional  camera 
systems to the Annex of Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 and thus excluding 
them from the application of the definitive anti-dumping duty. 

B. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NEW MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL 
CAMERA SYSTEMS 

1. Procedure 

(11)  Two  Japanese  exporting  producers,  namely  Sony  Corporation  (‘Sony’)  and  Victor 
Company  of  Japan  Limited  (‘JVC’)  informed  the  Commission  that  they  intended  to 

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OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 10. 
OJ L 22, 27.1.2000, p. 29. 
OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p. 1. 
OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 38. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 825/2004 (OJ L 127, 
29.4.2004, p. 12). 
OJ L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 1. 
OJ L 134, 17.5.2001, p.18. 
OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p.3. 
OJ L 259, 27.9.2002, p.1. 
OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 12. 

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introduce new models of professional camera systems into the Community market and 
requested  the  Commission  to  add  these  new  models  of  professional  camera  systems, 
including  their  accessories,  to  the  Annex  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000 
and thus exempt them from the scope of the anti-dumping duties. 

(12)  The  Commission  informed  the  Community  industry  accordingly  and  commenced  an 
investigation limited to the determination of whether the products under consideration 
fall  within  the  scope  of  the  anti-dumping  duties  and  whether  the  operational  part  of 
Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 should be amended accordingly.  

2. Models under investigation 

(13)  The requests for exemption were received for the following models of camera systems, 

supplied with the relevant technical information: 

(i) Sony: 

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viewfinder HDVF-C30W 

(ii) JVC: 

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Camera head KY-F560E 

The  Sony  viewfinder  was  presented  as  a  model  which  can  only  be  used  with  camcorders, 
cameras  that  are  outside  the  scope  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000.  The  JVC  model  was 
presented  as  a  successor  of  a  professional  camera  model  already  excluded  from  the  anti-
dumping measure in force.  

3. Findings 

i) Viewfinder HDVF-C30W 

(14)  As  far  as  viewfinder  HDVF-C30W  is  concerned,  it  was  found  that  it  falls  under  the 
product  description  of  Article  1(2)(b)  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000. 
However,  it  can  only  be  used  with  camera  heads  that  do  not  fall  under  the  product 
description of Article 1(2)(a) of the same Regulation. In particular, the signal-to-noise 
ratio  of  these  camera  heads  is  54  dB,  whereas  the  description  in  Council  Regulation 
(EC)  No  2042/2000  for  the  camera  heads  requires  ‘55  dB  or  more  at  normal  gain’. 
Therefore, it was concluded that this viewfinder should be regarded as a professional 
camera  system  falling  within  the  definition  of  Article  1(3)(e)  of  Council  Regulation 
(EC) No 2042/2000. As a consequence, this viewfinder should be excluded from the 
scope  of  the  existing  anti-dumping  measures  and  added  to  the  Annex  of  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. 

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In accordance with the established Community Institutions' practice, this model should 
be exempted from the duty from the date of receipt by the Commission services of the 
relevant  request  for  exemption.  Therefore,  all  imports  of  the  following  viewfinder 
imported on or after 1st April 2003 should be exempted from the duty from this date: 

Sony – Viewfinder HDVF-C30W 

ii) Camera head KY-F560E  

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(16)  With regard to the camera head KY-F560E, it was found that, although falling within 
the product description of Article 1(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000, 
this  model  is  mainly  used  in  technical  and  medical  applications.  It  was  therefore 
concluded that this model was to be regarded as a professional camera system falling 
within the definition of Article 1(3)(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. It 
should  therefore  be  excluded  from  the  scope  of  the  existing  anti-dumping  measures 
and added to the Annex of Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. 

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In accordance with the established Community Institutions' practice, this model should 
be exempted from the duty from the date of receipt by the Commission services of the 
relevant request for exemption. Therefore, all imports of the following camera model 
imported on or after 15th April 2004 should be exempted from the duty from this date: 

JVC - Camera head KY-F560E 

4. Information of the interested parties and conclusions 

(18)  The Commission informed the Community  industry and the exporters  of the TCS of 
its findings and provided them with an opportunity to present their views. None of the 
parties objected to the Commission's findings. 

(19)  On  the  basis  of  the  above,  Regulation  (EC)  No  2042/2000  should  be  amended 

accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

The Annex of Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 shall be replaced by the Annex hereto. 

Article 1 

Article 2 

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

2. This Regulation shall apply to imports of the following models produced and exported to 
the Community by the following exporting producers: 

(a) Sony Corporation (Sony) from 1st April 2003: 

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Viewfinder HDVF-C30W  

(b) Victor Company of Japan Limited (JVC) from 15th April 2004: 

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Camera head KY-F560E 

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

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Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX  

List  of  professional  camera  systems  not  qualified  as  television  camera  systems 
(broadcast camera systems) which are exempted from the measures 

Company 
name 

Sony 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

DXC-M7PK 

DXF-3000CE 

CCU-M3P 

RM-M7G 

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CA-325P 

CA-325AP 

CA-325B 

CA-327P 

CA-537P 

CA-511 

CA-512P 

CA-513 

VCT-U14(1) 

DXC-M7P 

DXF-325CE 

CCU-M5P 

DXC-M7PH 

DXF-501CE 

CCU-M7P 

RM-

M7E(1) 

DXC-M7PK/1 

DXF-M3CE 

CUU-M5AP(1) 

DXC-M7P/1 

DXF-M7CE 

DXC-M7PH/1 

DXF-40CE 

DXC-327PK 

DXF-40ACE 

DXC-327PL 

DXF-50CE 

DXC-327PH 

DXF-601CE 

DXC-327APK 

DXF-40BCE 

DXC-327APL 

DXF-50BCE 

DXC-327AH 

DXF-701CE 

DXC-537PK 

DXF-WSCE(1) 

DXC-537PL 

DXF-801CE(1) 

DXC-537PH 

HDVF-C30W1) 

DXC-537APK 

DXC-537APL 

DXC-537APH 

EVW-537PK 

EVW-327PK 

DXC-637P 

DXC-637PK 

Company 
name 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

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DXC-637PL 

DXC-637PH 

PVW-637PK 

PVW-637PL 

DXC-D30PF 

DXC-D30PK 

DXC-D30PL 

DXC-D30PH 

DSR-130PF  

DSR-130PK 

DSR-130PL 

PVW-D30PF 

PVW-D30PK 

PVW-D30PL 

DXC-327BPF 

DXC-327BPK 

DXC-327BPL 

DXC-327BPH 

DXC-D30WSP(1) 

DXC-D35PH(1) 

DXC-D35PL(1) 

DXC-D35PK(1) 

DXC-D35WSPL(1) 

DSR-135PL(1) 

Company 
name 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

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Ikegami 

HC-340 

VF15-21/22 

MA-200/230 

RCU-240 

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CA-340 

HC-300 

VF-4523 

MA-200A(1) 

RCU-390(1) 

HC-230 

VF15-39 

MA-400(1) 

RCU-400(1) 

HC-240 

VF15-46(1) 

CCU-37 

RCU-240A 

HC-210 

VF5040(1) 

CCU-10 

HC-390 

VF5040W(1) 

CA-300 

CA-230 

CA-390 

CA-400(1) 

CA-450(1) 

LK-33 

HDL-30MA 

HDL-37 

HC-400(1) 

HC-400W(1) 

HDL-37E 

HDL-10 

HDL-40 

Hitachi 

HV-C10F 

GM-51(1) 

RC-C1 

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CA-Z1HB 

Z-ONE (L) 

Z-ONE (H) 

Z-ONE 

Z-ONE A (L) 

Z-ONE A (H) 

Z-ONE A (F) 

Z-ONE A 

Z-ONE B (L) 

RC-C10 

RU-C10 

RU-Z1 (B) 

RU-Z1 (C) 

RU-Z1 

RC-C11 

RU-Z2 

RC-Z1 

CA-C10 

CA-C10SP 

CA-C10SJA 

CA-C10M 

CA-C10B 

CA-Z1A(1) 

CA-Z31(1) 

CA-Z32(1) 

CA-ZD1(1) 

Company 
name 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

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RC-Z11 

RC-Z2 

RC-Z21  

RC-Z2A(1) 

RC-Z21A(1) 

RU-Z3(1) 

RC-Z3(1) 

Z-ONE B (H) 

Z-ONE B (F) 

Z-ONE B  

Z-ONE B (M) 

Z-ONE B (R) 

FP-C10 (B) 

FP-C10 (C)  

FP-C10 (D) 

FP-C10 (G) 

FP-C10 (L) 

FP-C10 (R) 

FP- C10 (S) 

FP-C10 (V) 

FP-C10 (F) 

FP-C10 

FP-C10 A 

FP-C10 A (A) 

FP-C10 A (B) 

FP-C10 A (C) 

FP-C10 A (D) 

FP-C10 A (F) 

FP-C10 A (G) 

FP-C10 A (H) 

FP-C10 A (L) 

FP-C10 A (R)  

Company 
name 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

FP-C10 A (S) 

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FP-C10 A (T) 

FP-C10 A (V) 

FP-C10 A (W) 

Z-ONE C (M) 

Z-ONE C (R) 

Z-ONE C (F) 

Z-ONE C  

HV-C20 

HV-C20M 

Z-ONE-D 

Z-ONE-D (A) 

Z-ONE-D (B) 

Z-ONE-D (C) 

Z-ONE.DA(1) 

V-21(1) 

V-21W(1) 

Matsushita 

WV-F700 

WV-VF65BE 

WV-RC700/B 

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WV-AD700SE 

WV-F700A 

WV-VF40E 

WV-RC700/G 

WV-F700SHE 

WV-VF39E 

WV-RC700A/B 

WV-F700ASHE 

WV-VF65BE (*) 

WV-RC700A/G 

WV-F700BHE 

WV-VF40E (*) 

WV-RC36/B 

WV-F700ABHE 

WV-VF42E 

WV-RC36/G 

WV-F700MHE 

WV-VF65B 

WV-RC37/B 

WV-F350 

AW-VF80 

WV-RC37/G 

WV-AD700ASE 

WV-AD700ME 

WV-AD250E 

WV-AD500E (*) 

AW-AD500AE 

AW-AD700BSE 

Company 
name 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

WV-F350HE 

WV-CB700E 

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WV-F350E 

WV-F350AE 

WV-F350DE 

WV-CB700AE 

WV-CB700E (*) 

WV-CB700AE (*) 

WV-F350ADE 

WV-RC700/B (*) 

WV-F500HE (*) 

WV-RC700/G (*) 

WV-F-565HE 

WV-RC700A/B (*) 

AW-F575HE 

WV-RC700A/G (*) 

AW-E600 

AW-E800 

AW-E800A 

AW-E650 

AW-E655 

AW-E750 

WV-RC550/G 

WV-RC550/B 

WV-RC700A 

WV-CB700A 

WV-RC550 

WV-CB550 

AW-RP501 

AW-RP505 

JVC 

KY-35E 

VF-P315E 

RM-P350EG 

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KA-35E 

KY-27ECH 

VF-P550E 

RM-P200EG 

KY-19ECH 

VF-P10E 

RM-P300EG 

KY-17FITECH 

VP-P115E 

RM-LP80E 

KY-17BECH 

VF-P400E 

RM-LP821E 

KY-F30FITE 

VP-P550BE 

RM-LP35U 

KY-F30BE 

VF-P116 

RM-LP37U 

KY-F560E 

VF-P116WE(1) 

RM-P270EG 

KY-27CECH 

VF-P550WE(1) 

RM-P210E 

KH-100U 

KY-D29ECH 

KA-B35U 

KA-M35U 

KA-P35U 

KA-27E 

KA-20E 

KA-P27U 

KA-P20U 

KA-B27E 

KA-B20E 

KA-M20E 

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KY-D29WECH(1) 

KA-M27E 

Company 
name 

Camera heads 

Viewfinder 

Camera control unit 

Operational 
control unit 

Master control 
unit (*) 

Camera adapters 

MAJ-387N 

OTV-SX 2 

Olympus 

MAJ-387I 

OTV-S5 

OTV-S6 

Camera OTV-SX 

(*)Also called master set up unit (MSU) or master control panel (MCP). 

(1) Models exempted under the condition that the corresponding triax system or triax-adapter is not sold on the EC market. 

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