CELEX: 51983PC0542
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Date: 1983-09-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of copper sulphate originating in Czechoslovakia and the USSR and accepting an undertaking offered by a Czech exporter (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                         C O M ( 8 3 ) 542 final.
                                                                         Brussels, 8 September 1983
                                                Proposal for a
                                       CO U N C IL R E G U L ATI ON (EEC)
  imposing a d e f i n i t i v e a n t i - d u m p i n g duty on imports of copper sulphate
          origina t i n g i n C z e c h o s lovakia and the USSR and a c c e pti ng an
                         und e r t aking o f fe red by a Czech exporter
                     ( s u b m it t e d t o t h e C o u n c il b y t h e C o m m i s s i on)
 C O M (83) 542 final
 ---pagebreak---                                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Following the receipt of a co mplaint from the Council of European Chemical
Ma n u f a c t u r e r s Fe de rat io ns (CEFIC) r e pr ese nt ing v i r t u a l l y all Community
pr o d u c t i o n of co pper sulp hat e the C o m m iss io n u n d e rto ok an in ve stigation
which resulted in the i m p o sit io n of a pr o v i s i o n a l a n t i - d u m p i n g duty on
imports of copper s u lp hat e from Cz e c h o s l o v a k i a and the USSR (Regulation
(EEC) No 1479/83, OJ No L 151, 9.6.1983).                             The rates of duty were 15 and
17% respectively.
Dumping was e s t a b l i s h e d by c o m p ari ng the C z e c h o s l o v a k i a n and Soviet export
prices with a normal va lu e based on Yugoslav pr o d u c t i o n costs.                     The Yugoslav
market was co n s i d e r e d a p p r o p r i a t e since the Comm iss io n had recently carried
out an a n t i - d u m p i n g in ve s t i g a t i o n co nc erning imports of copper sulphate from
Yu g o s l a v i a resu lti ng in the Council imposing a d e f i nit iv e anti-du mp ing duty
 (OJ No L 55, 2.3.1983).                      In addi tio n, a c c o rdi ng to the information available,
this normal va lu e was the most favo ura bl e to the Cz ec h o s l o v a k i a n and Soviet
 expo rte rs since the pr ices of other market econ omy pr od ucers, e.g. in
 Austria, tended to be higher.
 In order to find the level of injury sustained by the Community producers
 the Commission examined their production and associated costs and established
 that these costs were higher than the free Community frontier price of the
 Czechoslovakian and Soviet exporters. The provisional duty brought the
 price of the imported products to the level which eliminated the injury to
 the Community producers.
 The Co mm iss io n, having received no new e v id enc e to alter its provisional
 fi ndings, pr o p o s e s that the Council imposes a d e f i n i t i v e a n t i - du mp ing duty
 on imports of copper s u lp hat e from Cz e c h o s l o v a k i a and the USSR.               In order to
 prevent renewed d u mp ing by a further d e cr eas e in export prices it is proposed
 that the level of duty be ei ther the di f f e r e n c e b e tw een the Co mmunity frontier
  price and the price required to e l i m ina te the injury, i.e. 507 ECU for
  product of C z e c h o s l o v a k i a n or igin and 475 ECU for prod uct of Soviet origin
  or the r e s p ect iv e ad v a l o r e m percentages, w h i c hev er is the higher.
  A C z e c h o s l o v a k i a n ex p o r t e r has offe red a price u n d e r ta ki ng at the level of
  the above i n c r eas ed pr ic e and it is p r op ose d that this un d e r t a k i n g be accepted.
  The Anti-Dumping Committee is unanimously in favour of this proposal.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   imposing a de fi nitive anti-dumping duty on imports of copper
   s u lp hat e origina ti ng in Czec hos lo vak ia and the USSR and accepting
   an underta ki ng o f f e r e d       by a Czech exporter
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CO MMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
   Community,
   Having regard to Council Re gulation (EEC) No 3 0 1 7 / 7 9 of 20 December 1979
   on pr o t e c t i o n against du mp ed or s u b s i d i z e d imports from countries not
   members of the European C o m m u n i t y (1), as am ended by R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)
   No 1580/82(2), and in part icu la r A r ti cle 12 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal su b m i t t e d by the Comm iss io n after
   co n s u l t a t i o n within the Advisory Comm itt ee as p r o v i d e d for under the
   above Regulation,
   Wher eas :
   A.      Provisional action
1. The Commission, by Re gulation (EEC) No 1479/83 (3), i m po sed a
   pr o v i s i o n a l an ti-dumping duty on imports of copper s u lp hat e
   o r i g i n a t i n g in Cz ec hos lo vak ia and the USSR.
    B.      Subsequent pr oc edu re
2.  Following the imposition of the pr o v i s i o n a l a n ti -du mp ing duty the Czech
   e x po rte r and certain importers requested, and were gr a n t e d , an
   o p p o r t u n i t y to be heard by the Commission.
   The Czech exporter and certain importers also re q u e s t e d to be
    in f o r m e d of certain facts and esse nti al c o ns ide ra tio ns on the basis of
   which it was intended to re commend d e f i n i t i v e ac tion and th es e requests
   were gran ted
    (1) 0J No L 339, 31.12.1979, p. 1.
    (2) 0J No L 178, 22.6.1982, p. 9.
    (3) 0J No L 151, 9.6.1983, p. 24.
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   C.      D u m p in g
3.  The Commission had, for the imposition of the pr o v i s i o n a l duty,
    e s t a b l i s h e d normal value on the basis of figures                 o b t a i n e d in
    Yugoslavia, which was co nsidered the most a p p r opr ia te market
    e c o n o m y country pr oducing copper su lphate.
   The Czech exporter, however, r e q u est ed that Austria be co nsidered
   as an ap pr opr ia te market for e s ta bli sh ing normal value.                         On the
   ba si s of the facts av ai lab le to the Commission, however, the
   normal value es ta bli sh ed during the p r e l imi na ry i n ve sti ga tio n was more
   fa v o u r a b l e to the e x p o r t e r s than the equi val en t A u st ria n fi gu re and, consequently,
   the pr e l i m i n a r y de te rminations regarding normal value and dumping
   are confirmed.              The exporters        conc ern ed a c ce pte d these findings.
   D.       Inj ury
4. No fresh evidence regarding injury to the Community industry has
   be en submitted.
   The Commission has t h e r efo re co nfirmed the co nc lusions on injury
   re a c h e d in Re gu lation (EEC) No 1479/83.
   In the Co mmission's view, therefore, the facts as finally dete rmi ne d
   show that the injury being caused by dumped imports of copper
   s u l p h a t e o r i g ina ti ng in C z ec hos lo vak ia and the USSR, ta ke n in
   is o l a t i o n from that caused by other factors, has to be co ns ide re d
   as ma terial.
   E.       Community Interest
5. No n e w evid enc e from Community pr o c e s s i n g industries or other interested
   pa r t i e s in the C o m m uni ty has be en s u b m itt ed since the im po sition of the
   p r o v i s i o n a l duty and the Commission, th erefore, considers its
   f i nd ing s on Community interest as set out in Re g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 1479/83
   co nf irmed.
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   In these circumstances, prot ect io n of the Community's interests
   calls for the imposition of a de f i n i t i v e anti-du mp ing duty on
   imports of copper sulphate or i g i n a t i n g in C z ec hos lo vak ia and
   the USSR.
   F.      Definitive duty
6.  In the light of the above d e t e r m i n a t i o n the amount of the de f i n i t i v e a n t i ­
    dumping duty should be at the same level as the amount of the p r o v i si on al
    an ti-dumping duty. However, in order to prevent incr eas ed dumping as well
    as                  injury thro ugh further de creases in export pric es, it has been. '
    nece ssa ry to express the level of duty in a form additional to the ad
    v a lo rem pe rc ent ag e of the pr o v i s i o n a l duty. A c co rdi ng ly, the amount o f - t h e
    d e f i nit iv e duty shall be either the amount by which the f r e e - a t - C o m m u n i t y
    frontier price, before duty, to the first importer in the im porting Member
    State is less than 507 or 475 ECU for the USSR and the Czech p r od uct s
    r e sp ect iv ely or the amount d e t e r m i n e d by applying the a p p r opr ia te
    p e r c e n t a g e level of the p r o v i si on al duty, whic hev er is the higher.
   G.      Undertaking
7. The ex porters concerned were informed of the main findings of the
   su b s e q u e n t investigation.      A price u n d e r ta ki ng was su b s e q u e n t l y
   offered           by the Czech exporter Chemapol co nc erning its expo rts of
   co pp er sulp hat e to the Community.
   The effect of the said un de rta ki ng will be to increase import
   pr i c e s to the Community to the level which the Commisi so n, having
   ta ke n into account, on the one hand, the prices n e c e ssa ry to pr ovide
   an a d eq uat e return to Community pr o d u c e r s and, on the ot h e r hand,
   the pr ic e paid by the first pu r c h a s e r s in the Community of the
   d u m p e d product, considered ne cessary to el i m i n a t e injury.
    In th e s e circumstances, t h e . u n d e r t a k i n g o f f e r e d is co n s i d e r e d ac c e p t a b l e
   and the imposition of the defi nit iv e a n t i - du mp ing duty s h ou ld not
   ap pl y to exports of copper sulp hat e by Chemapol to the Community.
    No o b j e c t i o n to this was raised in the Advi sor y Committee.
 ---pagebreak---    H.      C o l l ect io n of p r o v i s i o n a l du ty
8. The am ounts s e cu red by way of p r o v i s i o n a l a n ti -du mp ing du ties should be
   co l l e c t e d d e f i n i t i v e l y in view of the critical si tu ati on in the Community
   indu str y caused by the du m p e d imports which have shown a m a r k e d increase
   in v o l u m e since the op e n i n g of the in ve stigation.
   HAS A D O P T E D THIS REGULATION:
                                                       Arti cle 1
   I.      A d e f i n i t i v e a n t i - d u m p i n g du ty is hereby imposed on imports of copper
   s u lp hat e fa lling w i t h i n su b h e a d i n g ex 28 .3 8 A II of the Common Customs
   Tariff, c o r r e s p o n d i n g to N I M E X E code 28.38-27, o r i g i n a t i n g in Czec hos lo vak ia
   and the USSR.
   2.      The am ount of the du t y shall be equal to:
   either the amount by which the pr i c e per tonne net, free at Co mmunity frontier,
   be f o r e duty, is less than:
   - 507        ECU for copper su l p h a t e o r i g i n a t i n g in C z ec hos lo vak ia and
   - 475        ECU for copper s u l p h a t e o r i g i n a t i n g in the USSR
   or the f o l l owi ng p e r c e n t a g e s of that price:
   - 15%        for copper su l p h a t e o r i g i n a t i n g in C z ec hos lo vak ia   and
   - 17%        for copper su l p h a t e o r i g i n a t i n g in the USSR,
   wh i c h e v e r is the higher.
   3.      The d u t y shall not ap pl y to p r od uct s or i g i n a t i n g in C z ec hos lo vak ia and
   e x p o r t e d by Chemapol Foreign Trade Company Limited, Prague.
   4.      The p r o v i s i o n s in force with regard to customs du ti es shall ap pl y to
   the said duty.
                                                        Article 2
   The pr ic e u n d e r t a k i n g o f f e r e d by Chemapol Foreign Trade Company Limi ted is
   he re by acce pte d.
                                                        Article 3
   The sums s e cu red by way of pr o v i s i o n a l a n t i - d u m p i n g du ty under Re gu lat io n
    (EEC) No 1 4 7 9 / 8 3 shall be d e f i n i t i v e l y coll ect ed in their entirety.
                                                        A r ti cle 4
    This R e g u l a t i o n shall enter into force on the day f o l l owi ng its p u b l i c a t i o n
    in the O f fi cia l Jour nal of the Euro pea n Communities.
    This R e g u l a t i o n shall be bi n d i n g in its en t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y ap p l i c a b l e in
    all Member States.
    Done at B r u s s e l s ,                                                  For the Council