COMMUNITY ARE VERY SMALL .
46 THIS ARGUMENT CANNOT BE UPHELD . IT IS CLEAR FROM ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION NO 3017/79 THAT THE INJURY CAUSED TO AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY INDUSTRY BY DUMPED IMPORTS MUST BE ASSESSED AS A WHOLE, AND IT IS NOT NECESSARY ( OR, INDEED, POSSIBLE ) TO DEFINE SEPARATELY THE SHARE IN SUCH INJURY WHICH IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO EACH OF THE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE .
47 THE CONTESTED REGULATION DEFINED INDIVIDUALLY THE DUMPING MARGIN ATTRIBUTABLE TO EACH COMPANY, BY REFERENCE TO THE ORIGIN OF ITS IMPORTS, IN THIS CASE JAPAN . IN THE CASE OF NACHI THE DUMPING MARGIN WAS FIXED AT 9.65% AND THE DEFINITIVE DUTY IMPOSED UPON IT WAS EQUAL TO THAT AMOUNT, BY REASON OF THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY SUFFERED BY THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE .
48 IT FOLLOWS FROM THE FOREGOING THAT, CONTRARY TO WHAT THE APPLICANT MAINTAINS, THE RATE OF DUTY IMPOSED CORRESPONDS TO THE DUMPING MARGIN AND THEREFORE TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY BY ITS IMPORTS OF BALL-BEARINGS .
49 THE SUBMISSION MUST THEREFORE BE REJECTED .
C - SUBMISSION THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY WAS FIXED ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATES FOR JAPANESE CURRENCY
50 THE APPLICANT CLAIMS THAT BY BASING THE RATE OF THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATES THE COUNCIL IMPOSED ON IT AN ANTI-DUMPING DUTY WHICH EXCEEDED THE INJURY CAUSED BY ITS IMPORTS . THE APPLICANT ARGUES THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONALITY ACCOUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN NOT OF OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATES BUT OF CONSUMER PURCHASING POWER-PARITIES CALCULATED BY, AMONG OTHERS, THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF STATISTICS IN WIESBADEN .
51 IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT APPEARS FROM THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COURT THAT FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VALUE OF JAPANESE CURRENCY HAD NO EFFECT ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE INJURY SUFFERED BY THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY, IN SO FAR AS THE SALES BY IMPORTERS WERE ASSESSED IN THE CURRENCY OF THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE .
52 IT IS TRUE, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE NORMAL VALUE AND THE EXPORT PRICE EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES WAS CARRIED OUT BY CONVERTING PRICES EXPRESSED IN YEN ON THE BASIS OF OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATES, AND THOSE RATES THEREFORE HAD AN EFFECT ON THE CALCULATION OF THE DUMPING MARGIN .
53 IN THAT REGARD IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE PURPOSE OF DEFINING A DUMPING MARGIN IS TO CORRECT THE EFFECT WHICH IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES AT DUMPED PRICES ACTUALLY HAD ON THE CORRESPONDING COMMUNITY INDUSTRY . THAT EFFECT CAN ONLY BE ASSESSED IN THE LIGHT OF THE OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATES ON THE BASIS OF WHICH INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSACTIONS TAKE PLACE .
54 IT SHOULD ALSO BE STATED THAT IN THIS CASE THE INSTITUTIONS USED AN AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE CALCULATED OVER A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF