CELEX: 51987PC0505
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Date: 1987-10-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 96/85 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of pentaerythritol originating in Canada (presented by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(87 ) 505 final
                                                  Brussels , 16 October 1987
                                Proposai for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 96 / 85 imposing a definitive anti-dumping
         duty on imports of pentaerythritol originating in Canada
                       (presented by the Commission )
C0M(87 ) 505 final
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                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   In September 1984 (1 ) thè Commission imposed a provisionai anti-dunping duty
     on imports of pentaerythritol ( penta ) originating in Canada . A definitive
     anti-dunping duty was imposed in January 1985 (2 ), in thè form of a minimum
     price duty .
2.   In December 1986 the Canadian exporter of penta ( Celanese Canada) requested
     a review of the anti-dumping duty as regards exclusively the injury level .
3.   The review , which took place in the months March-May 1987, exstablished that
     due to development in costs , a downward adjustment of the minimum price is
   " warranted : the new anti-dunping duty should be the amount by which the
     f ree- at -Community -frontier net price , before duty , is less than 871 ECU per
     1000 kilogrammes of pentaetythritol .
(1 ) 0J No L 254, 22.9.1984, p.5 .
(2 ) 0J No L 13, 16.1.1985 , p.1 .
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                                Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EF.C )
  amending Regulation (EEC ) No 96/85 iaposing a definitive anti-duaping duty
               on iaports of pentaerythritol originating in Canada
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on
protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members
of the European Economic Community (1 )/ as amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1761 / 87 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 12 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposai submitted by the Commission after
consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above
Régulation ,
Whereas :
In    March   1984    the  Commission  initiated       an anti-dumping  proceeding
concerning pentaerythritol originating in Canada (3 ). In September 1984, a
provisional anti-dumping duty was imposed on imports of pentaerythritol
originating in Canada by Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 2681 / 84 ( 4 ). In
January 1985 a definitive duty was imposed on imports of pentaerythritol
originating in Canada by Counci l Regulation ( EEC ) No 96 /85 ( 5 ). The amount
of the duty was to be equal to the amount by which the price per tonne net ,
f ree-at“Communi ty-f rontier , before duty , to the first independent importer ,
is less than 1062 ECU .
(1 )  0J No L  201 , 30.7.1984, p. 1 .
 (2)  0J No L  167, 26.6.87, p. 9 .
 (3 ) 0J No C  72, 13.3.1984, p. 2 .
 (4 ) 0J No L  254, 22.9.1984, p. 5 .
 (5 ) 0J No L  13, 16.1.1985, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- At the end of 1986, Celanese Canada requested a review of the anti-dumping
measures currently in effect with respect to pentaerythritol exports to the
Community on the grounds of changed circumstances within the meaning of
Article 14(1 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 2176/84.       Celanese argued that the
costs of making the        product had declined significantly since the duty
was imposed; as the floor price for the anti-dumping duty on Canadian
pentaerythritol was based on the market price needed by Community producers
to cover full cost plus profit Celanese argued that it should be reduced to
correspond to the present cost situation .
Celanese Canada neither questioned nor sought a review of the dumping
margin established in the earlier proceeding . The review request centred
exclusively on the injury aspect of the investigation .
The Commission has accordingly proceeded to a review of the anti-dumping
measure in force vis-S-vis the exporter concerned without a re-opening of
the investigation in accordance with Article 14(3 ) of Regulation (EEC )
No 2176 /84 .
Taking as a reference period the second half of 1986, it was established
that due to developments in costs , a downward adjustment of the minimum
price is warranted .
Taking into account the Community producers' costs of production and a
reasonable profit margin , the Commission determined that the injury would
be removed if the amount of the duty corresponded to the amount by which
the f ree-at -Community-f rontier price , before duty, to the first independent
importer in the importing Member State is less than 871 ECU per tonne .
Regulation ( EEC ) No 96 / 85 should be amended to this effect .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                     Artide 1
In Article 1 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 96 / 85 , "1062 ECU " is hereby
replaced by " 871 ECU ".
                                     Article 2
This Régulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council