CELEX: 51983PC0063
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1100/80 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain acrylic fibres originating in the United States of America (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- C O M M IS S IO N           OF THE                 E U R O P E A N C O M M U N IT IE S
                                                                        C0MC83)       63   fin a l
                                                                        B ru s s e ls ,  3   February     1983
                                                P roposal       fo r  a
                                       COUNCIL       REGULATION         (EEC)
          am ending      R e g u la tio n   (EEC)     No   1 1 00/80     im p o s in g   a d e fin itiv e
            a n ti-d u m p in g   d u ty   on   c e rta in    a c ry lic    fib re s    o rig in a tin g
                                 in   th e   U n ite d   S ta te s   of   A m e rica
                      (s u b m itte d    to   th e   C o u n c il  by   th e   C o m m issio n )
  C0M(83) 63 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In    1980     th e    C o u n c il   im posed       a   d e fin itiv e      d u ty   of    13.7%           im p o rts   of
d is c o n tin u o u s     a c ry lic     fib re     and    17.6%      fo r    c o n tin u o u s    fila m e n t    tow    of
a c ry lic     fib re .
F o llo w in g    th e     im p o s itio n      of   th is    d u ty   th e    C om m ission        re c e iv e d   a   request
fro m     one    A m e ric a n    producer         to    und e rta ke      a   re v ie w    procedure          re g a rd in g
th is     d u ty.
The     C o m m is s io n ,    a fte r    c o n s u lta tio n ,    re-opened          th e    procedure         and     commenced
its     in v e s tig a tio n .        T h is    in v e s tig a tio n     has     shown      no    dum ping       fo r   th e
co m p a n ie s    in v e s tig a te d .
For     th o se    e x p o rte rs     who     d id   not    make     th e m s e lv e s    known       to   th e    C om m ission
d u rin g    th e    re v ie w    procedure,           th e    C om m ission       c o n s id e re d    it   w o u ld   be   a   bonus
fo r    n o n -c o o p e ra tio n     to    d e te rm in e    dum ping       m a rg in s    b e lo w   th e    le v e l   found
in    th e   p re v io u s     in v e s tig a tio n .
As    regards        in ju ry ,     th e    C om m ission       re c e iv e d    no    new    e v id e n c e   to   a lte r    its
v ie w    th a t  th e     c o n tin u e d    a p p lic a tio n    of    th e    e x is tin g     d u ty   was    a   re q u ire m e n t
fo r    th e   e lim in a tio n       of    in ju ry     and    th e   p re v e n tio n     of    its     recurrence.
A m e ric a n    C ya n a m id ,    th e    company       th a t    re q u e ste d     th e   re v ie w    procedure,          has
o ffe re d     an    a c c e p ta b le    u n d e rta k in g    not     to   e xport       in   th e    fu tu re    at    p ric e s
b e lo w    th e  p re v a ilin g       norm al      v a lu e   at    th e   tim e     of   e x p o rt.
On t h e     b a s is    of   th e se     fa c ts ,    th e re fo re ,     th e    C om m ission       proposes         th a t   the
C o u n c il am ends       its    R e g u la tio n     (EEC)      No    11 0 0 /8 0    to   th e    e x te n t th a t     th e
above      m e n tio n e d     company        is   e x c lu d e d   fro m    th e    d u ty .
 ---pagebreak---                                                               P ro po sa l o f a
                                               COUNCI L       REGULATION          (EEC)
                             a m ending        R e g u la tio n     (EEC)     No     1 1 0 0/80     im p o s in g
                             a   d e fin itiv e       a n ti-d u m p in g     du ty    on    c e rta in   a c ry lic
                             fib re s      o rig in a tin g       in   th e   U n ite d    S tates     of    A m e rica
THE    COUNCI L      OF THE        EUROPEAN         COMMUNITIES,
H a vin g   regard       to    th e    T re a ty    e s ta b lis h in g     th e    European        E conom ic      C o m m u n ity,         ■■
H a vin g   regard       to     C o u n c il  R e g u la tio n (E E C )N o      3017/79       of    20   December        1979              !
on   p ro te c tio n     a g a in s t    dumped       or    s u b s id is e d   im p o rts     from    c o u n trie s    not               ;
members       of   the     European          E conom ic       C o m m u n ity   (1)    as    amended       by
R e g u la tio n    (EEC)      No    1580/82        (2),      and    in   p a rtic u la r     A rtic le      12   th e re o f,              1
                                                                                                                                             ii
H a vin g   regard       to    th e   p roposal         s u b m itte d    by   th e    C om m ission       a fte r   c o n s u lta tio n s    j
w ith in    th e   A d v is o ry     C o m m itte e     p ro v id e d   fo r    under      th e   above      R e g u la tio n ,
W hereas      th e   C o u n c il,     by    R e g u la tio n     (EEC)     N o11 0 0 /8 0     (3 ),   im posed      d e fin itiv e           !
                                                                                                                                              j
a n ti-d u m p in g    d u tie s     on    im p o rts     of    c e rta in    a c ry lic     fib re s    o rig in a tin g     in            J
th e   U n ite d    S ta te s    of    A m e ric a ;                                                                                          j
                                                                                                                                              \
W hereas      th e   d u tie s     im p o se d    were      13.7%      fo r   d is c o n tin u o u s   a c ry lic    fib re s     (4)
and    17.6%     fo r    c o n tin u o u s     fila m e n t     tow    of   a c ry lic     fib re     (5X ;
                                                                                                                                              J
W hereas      fo u r   e x p o rte rs      were     exempt       fro m    th e    re le v a n t   d e fin itiv e     d u tie s ^ th re e   ]
of   them     because        s a le s   of    th e    p ro d u c ts    concerned         were     not    made     at   dumped              :
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le v e ls   and    one    because          it    had    o ffe re d     an   a c c e p ta b le    p ric e   u n d e rta k in g ;               ;
(1)      0J   No   L 339,        31 . 1 2 . 1 9 7 9 ,   p.    1
(2)      0J   No   L 178,        22 . 6 . 1 9 8 2 ,   p.    9
(3)      0J   No   L 114,        3 .5 .1 9 8 0 ,    p.    37
(4)      NIMEXE      Code      :    5 6 .01-15
(5)      NIMEXE      Code      :    5 6 .02-15
 ---pagebreak--- W hereas       th e   C om m ission        has     s in c e    re c e iv e d    a   request       fro m      A m e rica n     C yanam id
Company,         Wayne,       N.   Jersey,         U n ite d     S ta te s    of    A m e ric a ,    to    re v ie w    th e    d u tie s
in s o fa r    as   th e y    a p p ly   to    it    and    th is      company        has    p ro v id e d     e v id e n c e   th a t
recent       p ric e    d e v e lo p m e n ts   on     b o th    th e    U n ite d    S ta te s    and     EEC m a r k e t s      have
s ig n ific a n tly       changed        the    m arket        c o n d itio n s     s in c e   th e    im p o s itio n      of    th e
d e fin itiv e      d u ty ;
W hereas,        s in c e   th e    s a id   in fo rm a tio n        p ro v id e d    s u ffic ie n t      e v id e n c e   to    ju s tify
a   re v ie w    of    th e   p ro c e e d in g ,th e      C om m ission        a c c o rd in g ly     announced          by    a  n o tic e
p u b lis h e d    in   th e    O ffic ia l      Journal         of    th e    European        C o m m u n itie s      (1)    a   re v ie w
of   th e    d e fin itiv e       a n ti-d u m p in g      d u tie s     on    im p o rts    of    c e rta in      a c ry lic     fib re s
o rig in a tin g       in   th e    U n ite d     S ta te s    of    A m e rica     and     commenced          an    in v e s tig a tio n
of   th e   m a tte r     at    C om m unity       le v e l;
W hereas       th e    C om m ission       o ffic ia lly         so    a d v is e d   th e   e x p o rte rs      known      by    it   to
be   concerned          as    w e ll   as    th e    re p re s e n ta tiv e s       of    th e   e x p o rtin g      co u n try    and
th e   c o m p la in a n ts ;
W hereas      th e     C om m ission       has     g iv e n    th e    p a rtie s     d ire c tly      concerned          th e
o p p o rtu n ity     to    make      known      th e ir     v ie w s    in   w ritin g      and     to    be    heard      o ra lly ;
W hereas      a ll    e xp o rte rs      known       to    be    concerned          to o k   th is     o p p o rtu n ity      to
present       w ritte n       and    oral     o b s e rv a tio n s ;
W hereas      th e    C o m m issio n      sought        and     v e rifie d      a ll    in fo rm a tio n       it    deemed      to    be
necessary         fo r    th e   purposes          of    th e    re v ie w    procedure         and      c a rrie d     out     in v e s tig a tio n s
at   th e   p re m is e s    of    th e    fo llo w in g       :
EEC p r o d u c e r s     :   Hoechst       A .G .,      F ra n k fu rt
                              C o u rta u ld s     L td ,   B ra d fo rd
                              S o c ie tl   Ita lia n a        P ro d o tti     A c rilic i,       M ila n
                              S nia    F ib re     SpA,     M ila n
                              V om vix     S .A .,     A thens
                              Bayer      A .G .,     Leverkusen
                              A n ic fib re      SpA,     M ila n
(1)      OJ No C 1 4 0 , 3 . 6 . 8 2 , p . 8
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e x p o rte rs      :                    B a d is c h e    C o rp .,     W illia m s b u r g ,       V irg in ia
                                         A m e ric a n     C y a n a m id ,    W ayne,       N .J .
W he re a s     th e    w r itte n       s u b m is s io n s     of    c e rta in      of    th e     c o m p a n ie s    who      had     re q u e s te d
th a t    th e ir     p ro d u c ts      be    e x e m p te d    frp m     th e    in v e s tig a tio n          in d ic a te d      th a t   th e y
had     e x p o rte d     s m a ll    q u a n titie s        of    s p e c ia l    ty p e s    of    a c ry lic        fib r e     w h ic h   w ere
c o m p le te ly      d iffe re n t        fro m     th e    ty p e s    to    w h ic h    th e     d e fin itiv e         d u tie s     a p p ly ;
w h e re a s    a   c o m p a ris o n      c o u ld    th e re fo re       not     be    m ade      and      fu rth e r      in v e s tig a tio n
as    re g a rd s     th e s e    c o m p a n ie s     was     a c c o rd in g ly      not      u n d e rta k e n ;
W h e re a s    th e    C o m m is s io n      s e le c te d     th e    p e rio d     fro m      1 J a n u a ry       1981      to    30    June
1982      as    th e    re le v a n t      in v e s tig a tio n        p e rio d ;
W he re a s     fo r    A m e ric a n      C y a n a m id    and              B a d is c h e    n o rm a l     v a lu e s    w e re    e s ta b lis h e d
by    ta k in g     w e ig h te d     a v e ra g e     p ric e s     of     th e ir    d o m e s tic       s a le s ;     w h e re a s    p r o fita b ility
 of    th e s e    p ric e s     was      e s ta b lis h e d      fo r    b o th    c o m p a n ie s      in    th e    d o m e s tic     m a rke t     in   a ll
 r e le v a n t    in s ta n c e s ;
W he re a s      A m e ric a n     C y a n a m id     c la im e d    th a t     c e r ta in     "R e se a rch        and      D e v e lo p m e n t"    and
"C o rp o ra te        D e b t"   expenses            s h o u ld    be    d e d u c te d    fro m      th e    d o m e s tic      s a le s   p ric e ;
w h e re a s     th e    C o m m is s io n      re je c te d      th e s e    c la im s     on    th e     g ro u n d s     th a t    in s u ffic ie n t
e v id e n c e     in   th e ir      su p p o rt      had     been      p r o v id e d ;
W h e re a s             B a d is c h e ,     w h ic h    had     o ffe re d      an    a c c e p ta b le       p ric e     u n d e rta k in g      d u rin q
 th e    p r e v io u s    i n v e s t i q a t i o n , when       s h o w in q    p r o fita b ility            of    its     d o m e s tic     p ric e s
 c la im e d     th a t    th e   a llo c a tio n         of    th e    fix e d     c o s ts     to    th e     fib re s      a c tiv ity       s h o u ld
 be    based       on    th e    fix e d      c o s ts    a c tu a lly       u tiliz e d       ra th e r      th a n    on    th e    fu ll     s ta n d a rd
 fix e d     c o s ts ;    w h e re a s     th e    C o m m is s io n     a c c e p te d     th is      c la im     in    v ie w    of    th e    p re s e n t
 lo w    u tiliz a tio n         of    c a p a c ity      of    th e    w o rld     a c ry lic       fib r e      in d u s try ;
W h e re a s     e xp o rt     p ric e s     w e re     d e te rm in e d      on    th e    b a s is     of     th e    p ric e s     a c tu a lly
p a id     or    p a y a b le    fo r     th e    p ro d u c ts     e x p o rte d     to    th e     C o m m u n ity      d u rin g     th e    p e rio d
 of    in v e s tig a tio n ;
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  W h e re a s     in    c o m p a rin g     n o rm a l    v a lu e    w ith      e x p o rt    p ric e s     th e     C o m m is s io n     to o k
  account          w h e re    a p p ro p ria te      of     d iffe r e n c e s       a ffe c tin g       p ric e     c o m p a ra b ility
  such .as differences in transport costs, payment terms                                                          and     so    on;     w h e re a s   a ll
 comparisons were made at an ex-works level;
  W h e re a s     th e    above       e x a m in a tio n      of    th e     fa c ts     showed        t h a t n o d u m p in g      e x is te d
  in    th e     case      of    A m e ric a n     C y a n a m id   and         th a t    B a d is c h e             had     re s p e c te d     its
   p r ic e    u n d e rta k in g ;
 W h e re a s      fo r    th o s e   e x p o rte rs      who     d id     not      m ake     th e m s e lv e s     know n      in    th e    c o u rse
 of     th e     re v ie w     in v e s tig a tio n ,       th e     C o m m is s io n      c o n s id e re d     th a t    it    w o u ld
 c o n s titu te        a    bonus       fo r    n o n -c o o p e ra tio n        to    assum e       th a t    th e    d u m p in g   m a rg in s
 fo r     th e s e    e x p o rte rs       w e re   any      lo w e r   th a n      th e    d u m p in g    m a rg in s     d e te rm in e d      in
 th e     o rig in a l       in v e s tig a tio n ;
 W h e re a s     as    re g a rd s      in ju r y    th e     C o m m is s io n      r e c e iv e d    no    n ew    e v id e n c e    to   a lte r
 its      v ie w    th a t    th e    c o n tin u e d     a p p lic a tio n         of    th e    e x is tin g      d u ty    was    n e ce ssa ry
 in     o rd e r    to    e lim in a te        in ju r y    and     th e .p re v e n tio n          of    its     re c u rre n c e ;
W h e re a s        in    th e s e    c ir c u m s ta n c e s       no     a lte r a tio n        to    th e    d e fin itiv e       d u tie s
 is     re q u ire d ;
W h e re a s        a fte r     b e in g    in fo rm e d      of    th e     fin d in g s      of    th e     in v e s tig a tio n       A m e ric a n
C y a n a m id      has     o ffe re d      an    u n d e rta k in g       not     to     e x p o rt    in   th e    fu tu re      at    p ric e s
b e lo w      th e    p r e v a ilin g      n o rm a l    v a lu e    at     th e    tim e      of    e x p o r t ; w h e re a s     th e    C o m m is s io n ,
h a v in g      c o n s u lte d     th e    Member        S ta te s ,      c o n s id e rs      th is     u n d e rta k in g      to    be
a c c e p ta b le       and     th a t    e x p o rts     m ade     by    th is      Company          s h o u ld   now      be    e x c lu d e d    fro m
th e     d u tie s ;
W h e re a s        th e     C o m m is s io n     has    a ls o    re v ie w e d       th e    u n d e rta k in g      of            B a d is c h e
a c c e p te d      by    it    in    R e g u la tio n      (E E C )    No 2 7 1 2 / 7 9        (1 );     w h e re a s    th e    C o m m is s io n
has       c o n c lu d e d    th a t    th is     u n d e rta k in g       s h o u ld     be   m o d ifie d       in    o rd e r    to    be
e ffe c tiv e ly          c o n tro lle d       and     to    ta k e    account           of    c u rre n t     m a rke t     p ric e s ;     th e
Company           has     a g re e d    to    th is    m o d ific a tio n          and      has     o ffe re d     a new        u n d e rta k in g
(1 )       OJ No L 3 0 8 , 4 .1 2 .1 9 7 9 , p .                 11
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to    re p la c e     th e   o r ig in a l     one    w h ic h     th e    C o m m is s io n ,     a fte r    c o n s u lta tio n     w ith    th e
Member        S ta te s ,     c o n s id e rs    a c c e p ta b le     and    th a t     B a d is c h e   s h o u ld    c o n tin u e   to    be
e x c lu d e d    fro m    th e     a o p lic a tio n      of    th e    d u ty ,
 HAS ADOPTED T H I S              R E G U L A T IO N   :
                                                                  A r tic le     1,
A r tic le      3   of    R e g u la tio n      (E E C )   No 1 1 0 0 / 8 0      is     h e re b y   re p la c e d    by    th e   fo llo w in g     :
" A rtic le       3
"T h e    d e fin itiv e        a rrti-d u m p in g       d u ty    in s titu te d        by    A r tic le     1  s h a ll    not    a p p ly
to    a c r y lic     fib r e s     p ro d u c e d   and     e x p o rte d     by     :
       B a d is c h e    C o ro o ra tio n ,      W illia m s b u r g ,      V irg in ia ,        USA;
~     E .I.     Dupont        d e N em ours and C o m p a n y, W i I m i n g t o n ,              D e la w a re ,    U SA;
-      E a s tm a n    C h e m ic a ls    D iv is io n      of    E a s tm a n    Kodak       Com pany,        K in g s p o rt,    Tennessee,
       USA     (e x p o rte d     by    E a s tm a n    C h e m ic a l    In te rn a tio n a l       AG,     Zug,      S w itz e rla n d );
-     M o n s a n to    In te rn a tio n a l        S a le s    Com pany,         M is s o u ri,     USA;
-      A m e ric a n     C y a n a m id   Com pany,         W ayne,       N.   J e rs e y ,     USA.
                                                                    A r tic le      2
 T h is    R e g u la tio n      s h a ll   e n te r     in to    fo rc e    on     th e    th ird      day    fo llo w in g      its     p u b lic a tio n -
  in   th e    O ffic ia l       J o u rn a l   of    th e    E u ro p e a n    C o m m u n itie s .
 T h is    R e g u la tio n      s h a ll   be    b in d in g      in    its   e n tire ty        and    d ir e c tly      a p p lic a b le    in
 a ll    Member        S ta te s .
 Done a t        B ru s s e ls ,                                                                             For t h e       C o u n c il