CELEX: 51983PC0179
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Date: 1983-03-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3072/80 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on certain seamless tubes of non-alloy steels originating in Spain (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                      Proposal f o r a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending Regulation (EEC) No 3072/80 imposing a d e f i n i t i v e
         co u n te rv ailin g duty on c e r ta in seamless tubes of n on -allo y
                               steels o r ig in a tin g in Spain
                    (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 C0M(83) 179 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3072/80              imposed a d e f i n i t i v e cou ntervailing
 duty on c e r ta in seamless tubes of non-alloy steels o r ig in a tin g in Spain
 from 1 December 1930.
 The Spanish s te e l producers' association UNESID has since requested on
 beh alf of Spanish exp orters , that the duty be reviewed, on fche ground
 th a t the rate of domestic turnover tax in Spain has been considerably
 increased since 1980.
As t h is was one of the main fac to rs in e s ta b lis h in g the rate of subsidy,
the Commission decided to reopen the a n ti-su b sid y proceeding and                   gave
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notice thereof .
On the basis of the a v a ila b le in fo rm atio n , the Commission has found that
the increase in turnover tax rates in Spain since 1980 has raised the
aggregate le v e l of in d ir e c t ta x a tio n on these products fo r which an
export rebate may be claimed from 2.75 % to 4 .5 % of the export p ric e .
Accordingly, the Commission proposes th at the d e f i n i t i v e countervailing
duty be reduced from 11.75 % to 10 % in order to take account of the
1.75 % increase in ta x .
(1) 0J No L 322, 2 8 .1 1 .1 9 3 0 , p. 30.
(2) 0J No C 196, 3 0 .7 .1 9 3 2 , p. 3.
 ---pagebreak---                                      Proposal f o r a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending Regulation (EEC) No 3072/80              imposing a d e f i n i t i v e
         cou n te rv ailin g duty on c e r t a in seamless tubes o f n o n -a llo y
                              steels o r ig in a t in g in Spain
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty e s ta b lis h in g the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 of 20 December 1979
on p ro tectio n against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not
members of the European Economic Community , as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1580/822,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission a f t e r co n sultation with
the Advisory Committee set up under the abovementioned Regulation,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3072/80^ imposed a d e f i n i t i v e counter­
v a i l in g duty on c e r t a in seamless tubes of n o n -a llo y s te e ls w ith in Common
Customs T a r i f f subheadings ex 73.18 A and ex 73.18 C and Nimexe codes 73.18
ex 13, ex 23, ex 27, ex 28, ex 32 and ex 7 4 , o r ig in a tin g in Spain, with
e f f e c t from 1 December 1980;
Whereas the Spanish s te e l producers' association UNESID, on beh alf of the
Spanish exporters of seamless s t e e l tubes, has requested a review of the
duty on the ground th a t the r a te of domestic turnover tax in Spain has
s u b s ta n tia lly increased since 1980;
Whereas since t h is was a key element in the determ ination of the rate of
subsidy, a review appeared t o be warranted; whereas the Commission, a f t e r
c o n s u lta tio n , decided th a t the a n ti-s u b s id y proceeding should be reopened
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and accordingly announced t h a t a new in v e s tig a tio n would be undertaken ;
  0J No L 339, 3 1 .1 2 .1 9 7 9 , p. 1.
  0J No L 178, 2 2 .6 .1 9 8 2 , p. 9.
  0J No L 322, 2 8 .1 1 .1 9 8 0 , p. 30.
  OJ No C 196, 3 0 .7 .1 9 8 2 , p. 3.
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   Whereas the Commission has given the in te re ste d p a r tie s the opportunity
   to make known t h e i r views, in p a r t ic u la r by replying to the questionnaire
   addressed to the p a r tie s known to be concerned, and has in add ition
   again fo rm a lly requested the Spanish a u t h o r itie s fo r information about
   the le v e l of in d ir e c t ta x a tio n on the products in question;
   Whereas the Spanish exporters have supplied no evidence which could
   have enabled the Commission to look at the actual aggregate level
  of in d ir e c t taxes on seamless s te e l tubes exported to the Community;
  whereas the Commission's formal request fo r inform ation from the
  Spanish a u t h o r itie s has also remained unanswered;
  Whereas the Commission has th e re fo re been obliged to base i t s new
  c a lc u la tio n of the subsidy e f f e c t of Spanish export rebates on information
  supplied c o n f i d e n t ia ll y by the complainants; whereas the Spanish
  exp o rte rs ' repres entatives have expressly agreed to th is procedure;
 Whereas the Commission has used the same method of c a lc u la tio n applied
 to determine the d e f i n i t i v e co u n te rv a ilin g duty in Regulation
 (EEC) No 3072/80; whereas on the basis of the new information supplied
 by the complainants and the higher general rates of aggregate turnover
 tax now p r e v a ilin g in Spain the Commission has concluded t h a t , taking
 a weighted average fo r a l l the exporters concerned, the tax incidence in
 respect of which an export rebate can be claimed has increased from
2.75     %   to 4 .5 %;
Whereas in these circumstances the d e f i n i t i v e cou n te rv ailin g duty can
be reduced by an amount corresponding to the increase in ta x a tio n , namely
from 11.75 % to 10 % of the export p r i c e ,                account being taken of any
commission, in respect of which no export rebate may be claimed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
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A r t i c l e 1 (2 ) and the f i r s t subparagraph of A r t i c l e 1 (3 ) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 3072/80 are replaced by the fo llo w in g :
"2. The amount of the d e f i n i t i v e c o u n te rv a ilin g duty s h a ll
        be equal to 10 % of the export p ric e fob Spanish port of
        export or f r e e Spanish f r o n t i e r , as a p p ro p ria te .
        Where the importer cannot furnish reasonable evidence of
        t h is p r i c e , the duty s h a ll be equal to 10 % of the value fo r
        customs purposes a f t e r deduction of a fix e d amount of
        29.40 ECU per tonne.
  3. In the case of shipments to Germany by Tubexport on beh alf
        of Tubos Reunidos SA or Babcock and Wilcox Espanola SA which
        are imported by Goosmann GmbH S ta h lr o h r v e r t r ie b actin g as sole
        agent fo r the above companies, the duty s h a ll be assess e a i at
        9.65 % of the p ric e or value r e fe r r e d to in paragraph 2 above
        where t h is includes the commission paid to Goosmann GmbH"
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This Regulation s h a ll enter in to force on the t h ir d day fo llo w in g i t s
p u b lic a tio n on the O f f i c i a l Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation s h a ll be binding in i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y
a p p lic a b le in a l l Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                           For the Counci l