CELEX: 51983PC0007
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Date: 1983-01-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing the definitive collection of the provisional anti-dumping duty on polyvinyl chloride originating in Czechoslovakia (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(83) 7 final
                                                 Brussels, 7 January 1983
                                 Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
      establishing the definitive collection of the provisional anti-dumping duty
      on polyvinyl chloride originating in Czechoslovakia
                    (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 7 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY             MEMORANDUM
In September           1982      the     Commission            imposed        a provisional               anti-dumping             duty
of   12%   on    imports         of polyvinyl              chloride         originating             in Czechoslovakia
The   facts      as    finally         e s t a b l i s h e d show t h a t i n 1981                t h e r e was      a     weighted
average      dumping         margin        of     55%.
The   injury       caused        by    these       imports         to the       Community           industry concerned
consists       essentially             o f an      increase i n the               Czech       market        share       i n Germany
and   the Netherlands                and     undercutting of                the     Dutch       and      German         manufacturers'
prices     by    up    to 19%.           The     market        share      was     i n c r e a s e d at a time             when     demand
was   declining          i n the       Community, which                 meant       that the          Community            manufacturers
therefore        lost      further         sales.          Despite cutting                back      output considerably
the   Community          manufacturers,                not     least      because         o f t h e dumped            imports,        have
been   unable        to s t a b i l i z e      the market           and     halt      the d e c l i n e in           prices.
The   Czech      e x p o r t e r has       offered         a price        undertaking.                After       c o n s u l t i n g the
Member     S t a t e s , the       Commission            has     accepted this              u n d e r t a k i n g and       intends     to
terminate        the anti-dumping                   proceeding.
In view      of    the dumping             by    the     Czech      e x p o r t e r and       the m a t e r i a l        injury
sustained        by    the     Community           industry concerned                   the     interests           of the        Community
require      that the p r o v i s i o n a l            duty      be   definitively               collected.
 For   these      reasons         i t i s proposed              that the amounts                 s e c u r e d by      way     of
provisional          duty      be    definitively              collected,          except         where the            customs
documents       presented upon                 i m p o r t a t i o n show t h a t p o l y v i n y l           chloride          manufactured
by  the emulsion             p r o c e s s , which        was     not     the     subject of the proceeding,                          has
been     imported.
 Regulation          (EEC)       N°    2 5 6 8 / 8 2 , OJ     N°    L 274,        24.9.1982, p.                15
 ---pagebreak---                                                Proposal           for a
                                        COUNCIL            REGULATION (EEC)
  establishing the definitive collection of the provisional anti-dumpinq duty
 on                          p o l y v i n y l chloride originating in Czechoslovakia,
 THE     COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard               t o the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard               t o Council R e g u l a t i o n          (EEC) N° 3017/79 of 20 December 1979
on p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t       dumped o r s u b s i d i z e d imports from countries not members
                                                                1
of t h e E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c Community , a s amended by Regulation (EEC)
                   2                           .                                            ,            •
N° 1580/82 , a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 12 thereof,
After consultations                    within t h e A d v i s o r y         Committee set up pursuant to
A r t i c l e 6 o f Regulation (EEC) N ° 3017/79,
Whereas i n J u l y 1981 t h e C o m m i s s i o n received a complaint from the European
Council         o f C h e m i c a l M a n u f a c t u r e r s ' Federations, on behalf of 24 producers
of p o l y v i n y l c h l o r i d e r e s i n s a n d compounds, representing almost the whole
                                 . ,                   , .         .        initiate               . . .
of t h e Community i n d u s t r y , a s k i n g i t t o / an anti-dumping proceeding;
Whereas t h e c o m p l a i n t c o n t a i n e d           s u f f i c i e n t evidence that like products
originating i n Czechoslovakia,                           t h e German Democratic Republic, Hungary and
Romania were b e i n g dumped, a n d t h a t m a t e r i a l                         i n j u r y was being caused thereby;
whereas t h e C o m m i s s i o n a c c o r d i n g l y            a n n o u n c e d , by a notice published in the
                                                                                   3             . . .
O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s , t h e initiation of a proceed­
i n g i n r e s p e c t o f i m p o r t s o f p o l y v i n y l chloride (Nimexe codes ex 39.02-41
and 39.02-43) o r i g i n a t i n g i n Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic,
Hungary a n d Romania and commenced an investigation of the matter at
Community l e v e l ;
  0J N ° L 339,            31.12.1979, p. 1
  0J N ° L 178,            22.06.1982, p. 9
  0J N ° C 332,            19.12.1981, p. 2
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Whereas a preliminary examination of the facts revealed that dumping was
taking place and provided sufficient evidence that material injury was being
caused thereby to the Community industry concerned; whereas the Commission
thereupon informed the exporters concerned of the need to adopt protective
measures; whereas, in view of the above findings, the exporters in the
German Democratic Republic, Hunqary and Romania offered undertakings which
                                                                        1
were accepted by the Commission; whereas by Regulation (EEC) N 2568/82
the Commission therefore terminated the proceeding in respect of the above
countries and imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of 12X on imports
of polyvinyl chloride originating in Czechoslovakia;
Whereas in Article 3 of the said Regulation the Commission gave the parties
concerned an opportunity, within one month of the entry into force of the
provisional duty and without prejudice to Article 7(4)(b) and (c) of
Regulation (EEC) N° 3017/79, to make known their views and apply to be heard
orally by the Commission; whereas the exporter and a number of the importers
concerned availed themselves of this opportunity and made known their views
both in writing and orally; whereas the Commission examined carefully the
arguments put forward and found no reason to amend the provisionally
determined weighted average dumping margin;
Whereas, as regards the question of injury, the Commission has received no
information since the adoption of Regulation (EEC) N° 2568/82 which would
require any revision of its conclusions formulated in the said Regulation;
Whereas, after being informed of these findings, the Czech exporter, Petrimex,
Bratislava, offered an undertaking to the Commission to respect certain
minimum prices for its exports to the Community; whereas the Commission
considers this undertaking appropriate in order to eliminate the injurious
effects of those exports; whereas the Advisory Committee set up pursuant to
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) N° 3017/79 has raised no objections; whereas,
in these circumstances, the undertaking can be accepted, the proceeding
terminated and the provisional duty lifted;
Whereas the proceeding may therefore be terminated without the imposition
of a definitive anti-dumping duty;
 0J N° L 274, 24.9.1982
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Whereas, as f a r as dumping by the Czech e x p o r t e r and the m a t e r i a l i n j u r y t o
the Community i n d u s t r y i n q u e s t i o n are concerned, the i n t e r e s t s of the
Community n e v e r t h e l e s s c a l l f o r the d e f i n i t i v e c o l l e c t i o n of the p r o v i s i o n a l
duty;
Whereas, as p o l y v i n y l c h l o r i d e manufactured by the emulsion p r o c e s s was not
covered by the p r o c e e d i n g , i t i s a p p r o p r i a t e t o r e l e a s e those amounts which
can be shown to have been l e v i e d as the p r o v i s i o n a l anti-dumping duty on
imports of p o l y v i n y l c h o r i d e manufactured by the emulsion p r o c e s s o r i g i n a t i n g
in Czechoslovakia,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                               Article 1
1. The amounts secured by way of p r o v i s i o n a l anti-dumoinq d u t y , Dursuant
to R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N° 2568/82, on imports of p o l y v i n y l c h l o r i d e , o t h e r than
that manufactured by the emulsion p r o c e s s , o r i g i n a t i n g m                       Czechoslovakia,
s h a l l be d e f i n i t i v e l y c o l l e c t e d .
2. S e c u r i t i e s lodged i n r e s p e c t of imports of p o l y v i n y l c h l o r i d e manufactured
by the emulsion p r o c e s s s h a l l be r e l e a s e d p r o v i d e d t h a t the s a i d method of
manufacture i s recorded i n the customs documents s u b m i t t e d on i m p o r t a t i o n .
                                               Article 2
T h i s R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o f o r c e on the t h i r d day f o l l o w i n g t h a t of i t s
p u b l i c a t i o n i n the O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l of the European Communities.
T h i s R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l be b i n d i n g i n i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y a p p l i c a b l e i n
a l l Member S t a t e s .
Done at B r u s s e l s ,                                                For the C o u n c i l