CELEX: 51987PC0411
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Date: 1987-08-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 1826/84 imposing a definitive anti-dumning duty on imports of vinyl acetate monomer originating in Canada (presented by the Commission)

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                    ii         E EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(87 ) 411 final
                                              Brussels , 21 August 1987
                                 Proposai for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION
      amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1826 / 84 imposing a definitive
         anti-dumning duty on imports of vinyl acetate monomer
                            originating in Canada
                       ( presented by the Commission )
 C0MC87 ) 411 final
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                                Explanatory Memoradum
1 . In February 1984 ( 1 ) the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping
     duty on imports of vinyl acetate monomer ( VAM ) originating in Canada .
     A definitive anti-dumping duty was imposed in June 1984 ( 2 ), in the
     form of a minimum price .
2 . In June 1986 , following the initiation of a review procedure
     regarding anti-dumping duties on imports of VAM originating in the USA,
     the Canadian exporter of VAM ( Celanese Canada ) also requested a review .
     Celanesa Canada neither questioned nor asked a review of dumping but
     requested exclusively a review of the injury level .
3 . The findings of the injury investigation of the first half of 1986
     concerning VAM originating in the USA have consequently been used . It was
     established that due  to developments in costs , a downward adjustment
     of the minimum price  is warranted and that the new anti-dumping duty
     should be the amount  by which the f ree -at - Communi ty-f ronti er net price ,
     before duty , is less than 525 ECU per 1000 Kilogrammes of vinyl acetate
     monomer .
( 1 ) 0J No L 58, 29.02.1984 , p. 17
( 2 ) OJ No L 170 , 29.06.1984 , p. 70
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                                        Proposai for a
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION
   amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1826 /84 imposing a definitive anti-dumping
         duty on imports of vinyl acetate monomer 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^, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/872, and
in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposai submitted by the Commission after consulta¬
tions     within    the    Advisory     Committee   as   provided    for    by   the   above
Régulation ,
Whereas :
1.     In July 1983 the Commission initiated an anti-dumping proceeding con-
cerning vinyl acetate monomer originating in Canada^. A provisional duty
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was imposed in February 1984 . In June 1984 , by Regulation (EEC) No 1826/84 , the Council
imposed a definitive anti-dutping duty on imports of vinyl acetate monomer originating in
Canada .      The amount of the duty imposed was equal to the amount by which
the f ree -at - Cominunity -f rontier net price , before duty, was less than
647 ECU per 1U00 kilogrammes .
2 . Before that , in May 1981 , as regards imports of vinyl acetate monomer
originating in the USA , a definitive anti-dumping duty had been imposed and
an undertaking had been accepted . These measures were due to expire in
1986 . In November and December 1985 the Commission gave notice of f-he
impending expiry of the undertaking (6 ) and the duty (7 > concerning vinyl
acetate monomer imports originating in the USA , pursuant to Article 15 of
 Regulation (EEC) No 2176 / 84 .
loj   No L 201 ,   3U.-07.1984 . u.1 .
'OJ   No L 167 ,   26.6.-1937 , p.9 .
JOJ   No C 180,    07.07.1983, p. 3 .
* 0J  No L 58,     29.02.1984, p. 17 .
^ OJ  No L 170,    29.06.1984, p. 70.
®0J No C 300, 23.11.1985, p. 4.
  OJ No C 385 , 31.12.1985 , p. 6 .
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 Subsequently, the Commission received a review request from the Conseil
Européen des Fédérations de l' Industrie Chimique ( CEFIC ) representing the
totality of Community production of the product concerned .
In July 1986 the Commission , having decided that there was sufficient
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evidence to warrant a review, published a notice of re-opening 0 of the
anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of vinyl acetate monomer falling
within subheading ex 29.14 A II c)1 of the Common Customs Tariff^       corres¬
ponding to NIMEXE code 29.14-32 originating in the United States of America
and commenced an investigation .
3.   This investigation of dumping and prices on the EEC market covered the
period from 1 January 1986 to 30 June 1986 .
It was established that there was still dumping and that this led to injury
to the Community industry . Subsequently , anti-dumping duties were imposed
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on vinyl acetate monomer originating in the United States of America -.
4 . In the meantime , in June 1986, Celanese Canada requested a review of
the anti-dumping measures currently in force with respect to vinyl acetate
monomer originating in Canada on the grounds of changed circumstances with¬
 in the meaning of Article 14(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2176 /84 . Celanese
 Canada argued that the costs of making these products had declined signi ¬
ficantly since the duty was imposed ; as the floor price for the duty
against Canadian vinyl acetate monomer was based on the market price needed
by Community producers to cover full cost plus profit , according to
 Celanese 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 .
8
9 0J No C 164, 02.07.1986 , p.2
  0J No L 213, 04.08.1987 , p.32
 ---pagebreak--- 5.   The Commission has accordingly proceeded to a limited review of the
anti-dumping measure in force vis- £- vis the exporter concerned without a
re-opening of the investigation in accordance with Article 14(3 ) of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2176 /84 .    The data available from the injury
investigation concerning vinyl acetate monomer originating in the United
States of America have been used ; the conclusions drawn from these data as
to injury caused by imports of vinyl acetate monomer originating in the
United States apply to the case of imports from Canada .
It was established that due to developments in costs , a downward adjustment
of the minimum price is warranted .
Having compared the Community producers' weighted average prices and costs ,
taking into account their profit situation , with the sole importer 's costs
and profit , it has been concluded that the definitive anti-dumping duty
should be the amount by which the free-at- Community -frontier net price ,
before duty, is less than 525 ECU per 1000 kilogrammes for vinyl acetate
monomer .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                   Article 1
In Article 1(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1826 / 84 , " 647 ECU per 1000 kilograms " is
replaced by " 525 ECU per 1000 kilograms ".
                                       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