CELEX: 31978R1226
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1226/78 of 6 June 1978 extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on kraft liner paper and board originating in the United States of America, and amending its method of calculation

9 . 6. 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 153/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1226/78
                                                       of 6 June 1978
               extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on kraft liner paper and board
               originating in the United States of America, and amending its method of calcu­
                                                            lation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          the United States of America as set out below and
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the free-at-frontier Community price, duty unpaid,
                                                                     per tonne net to the first importer.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      For the purpose of this Regulation, the fair market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         prices in the United States of America brought up
459/68 of 5 April 1968 on protection against                         to a cif Community frontier basis, duty unpaid, are
dumping or the granting of bounties or subsidies by                  as follows :
countries which are not members of the European
                                                                                                           Per tonne
Economic Community (*), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1411 /77 (2), and in particular Article 16             Nominal weight 175 grams or
thereof,
                                                                     more per square metre :               US$ 258
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   Nominal weight 150 grams or
                                                                     more and less than 175 grams
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 51 1 /78 (3) the                      per square metre :                    US$ 268
Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping
duty on kraft liner paper and board originating in the               Nominal weight less than 150
United States of America ;                                           grams per square metre :              US$ 278
Whereas the examination of the facts of this matter
has not yet been completed and the exporters and
importers principally concerned have requested that                  The above fair market prices :
the duty be extended for a period not exceeding three
months,                                                              — shall be reduced by 1 % if the terms and
                                                                         conditions of sale provide for payment when
                                                                         the goods arrive in the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     — shall be net if payment is made within 30 days
                          Article 1                                      of the arrival in the Community,
The provisional anti-dumping duty on kraft liner                     — shall be increased by 1 % for each subsequent
paper and board originating in the United States of                      30 day period of credit.
America, imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 511 /78, is
hereby extended for a period not exceeding three                     Where prices are invoiced by reference to area, the
months .                                                             fair market price per 100 square metres shall be
                                                                     calculated in accordance with the following
                          Article 2                                  formula :
Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 511 /78 shall be                Fair market price in US$ per tonne x nominal
replaced by the following :
                                                                               gram weight per square metre
     '2. The amount of such duty shall correspond
     to the difference between the fair market price in                                     10 000
(') OJ No L 93, 17. 4. 1968 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6 . 1977, p. 4 .                               The actual gram weight may vary by ± 5 % from
(3) OJ No L 69, 11 . 3. 1978, p. 9.                                  the nominal gram weight.'
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                       Article 3                            Without prejudice to Article 18 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                            No 459/68, it shall apply until the entry into force of
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day           an Act of the Council adopting definitive measures or,
following its publication in the Official Journal of        at the latest, until the expiry of a period of three
the European Communities.                                   months beginning on 11 June 1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Luxembourg, 6 June 1978 .
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                         The President
                                                                       K. B. ANDERSEN