THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE INJURY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUBSIDIZATION HAS NOW BEEN ELEIMINATED BY THE IMPOSITION OF A COUNTERVAILING DUTY OF 11.75 % ; WHEREAS , PRIOR TO THAT DUTY , IN OCTOBER 1979 , SPANISH SEAMLESS TUBE WAS , ON AVERAGE , SELLING AT 12.6 % BELOW THE PRICE OF COMPARABLE COMMUNITY PRODUCED TUBE IN GERMANY , AND 17.36 % BELOW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ; WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , A LARGE PART OF THE MARGIN OF PRICE UNDERCUTTING SHOULD NOW HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED ;
WHEREAS , MOREOVER , COMMUNITY IMPORTS OF SPANISH SEAMLESS TUBE HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY SINCE THE END OF 1979 ; WHEREAS IN 1979 THESE STOOD AT 40 688 TONNES , OF WHICH 23 021 TONNES WERE IMPORTED INTO GERMANY AND 7 265 TONNES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM ; WHEREAS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1980 IMPORTS INTO GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE , RESPECTIVELY 5 369 TONNES AND 3 179 TONNES ;
WHEREAS IN THE PERIOD JULY TO NOVEMBER 1980 ONLY 425 TONNES WERE IMPORTED INTO GERMANY , AND IN THE PERIOD JULY TO DECEMBER 1980 ONLY 861 TONNES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS THEREFORE CONCLUDED THAT THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING AS DISTINCT FROM SUBSIDIZATION IS NOT IN ITSELF A SOURCE OF MATERIAL INJURY TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY ; WHEREAS IT IS CONSEQUENTLY NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST DUMPING IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY IN FORCE AGAINST THE SUBSIDY WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO EXIST ;
WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TERMINATE , IN RESPECT OF THE DUMPING ASPECT , THE PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF CERTAIN SEAMLESS TUBE OF NON-ALLOY STEELS ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
SOLE ARTICLE
THE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF CERTAIN SEAMLESS TUBES OF NON-ALLOY STEELS ORIGINATING IN SPAIN IS HEREBY TERMINATED .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 JUNE 1981 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
WILHELM HAFERKAMP
VICE-PRESIDENT