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Kommissionen finder derfor foreløbigt, at den subsidierede import har haft en betydelig negativ indvirkning på EF-erhvervsgrenens situation.
It is therefore provisionally considered that the subsidised imports had a significant negative impact on the situation of the Community industry.
Faldende efterspørgsel i forbindelse med afmatningen på stålmarkedet
Decline in demand linked to the slowdown in the steel market
To interesserede parter hævdede, at enhver skade, der havde ramt EF-erhvervsgrenen, var forbundet med den afmatning, som den vigtigste aftager af samme vare, nemlig stålindustrien, havde været ude for i 2001 og begyndelsen af 2002.
Two interested parties claimed that any injury felt by the Community industry was linked to the downturn experienced in 2001 and early 2002 by the primary consumer of the like product, namely the steel industry.
Afmatningen i stålindustrien i 2001 og 2002 erkendes og bekræftes af udviklingen i forbruget af den pågældende vare og den samme vare, der toppede i 2000 og derefter faldt i både 2001 og 2002.
The 2001-2002 downturn in the steel industry is acknowledged and is indeed confirmed by the consumption trend of the product concerned and like product, which peaked in 2000, and subsequently declined in both 2001 and 2002.
EF-erhvervsgrenens rentabilitet faldt støt i årene fra 2000 til 2002.
Indeed, the profitability of the Community industry declined steadily in the years 2000 to 2002.
Argumentet er imidlertid klart irrelevant for 2000, hvor EF-erhvervsgrenen ikke kunne drage fordel af højkonjunkturen på stålmarkedet, hvilket fremgår af det store fald i salgsprisen og rentabiliteten, som konstateredes det pågældende år.
However, the argument has certainly no relevance regarding 2000, a year during which the Community industry could not benefit from the boom in the steel market, as witnessed by the major drops in sales price and profitability observed that year.
Samme år steg importen fra Indien derimod stærkt med 45 %, og dens markedsandel voksede med 1,5 procentpoint.
The same year, by contrast, import volumes from India increased sharply by 45 % and their market share rose by 1,5 percentage point.
Det bemærkes også, at forbruget fra 2000 til undersøgelsesperioden lå væsentligt højere end 1999-niveauet.
It is also noted that consumption was from 2000 until the IP significantly above the 1999 level.
Afmatningen i stålindustrien førte således ikke til en samlet begrænset efterspørgsel efter den pågældende vare og den samme vare, selv om det ekstraordinære niveau i 2000 tydeligvis ikke blev nået i de efterfølgende år.
Thus, a downturn in the steel industry did not translate into an overall reduced demand for the product concerned and the like product; although obviously the outstanding 2000 level was not reached in subsequent years.
Det konkluderes derfor foreløbigt, at den faldende efterspørgsel i forbindelse med afmatningen af stålmarkedet ikke er en tilfredsstillende forklaring på den skade, der er forvoldt EF-erhvervsgrenen, og kun bidrog til denne skade i meget begrænset omfang, om overhovedet.
It is therefore provisionally concluded that the decline in demand linked to the slowdown in the steel market does not provide a satisfactory explanation for the injury felt by the Community industry, and only contributed to the injury suffered by the Community industry to a very limited extent, if at all.
Virkningerne var således ikke af en art, der kan ændre den foreløbige konklusion om, at der er en reel og betydelig årsagssammenhæng mellem dumpingimporten fra det pågældende land og den væsentlige skade, som EF-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
The effect was consequently not such as to alter the provisional finding that there is a genuine and substantial causal link between the subsidised imports from the country concerned and the material injury suffered by the Community industry.
Genskabelse af normale konkurrencevilkår efter opløsningen af et kartel
Return to normal competition conditions after the dismantling of a cartel
Flere interesserede parter fremførte, at enhver skade, som EF-erhvervsgrenen havde mærket, blot skyldtes, at der igen var skabt normale konkurrencevilkår på fællesskabsmarkedet for grafitelektrodesystemer.
Several interested parties claimed that any injury felt by the Community industry was merely the consequence of the return to normal competition conditions on the Community market for graphite electrode systems.
Nærmere bestemt tilskriver de nævnte parter faldet i EF-erhvervsgrenens priser og rentabilitet fra og med 1999 det forhold, at udgangspunktet var kunstigt højt på grund af karteldannelse.
More precisely, the said parties attribute the drop in Community industry’s prices and profitability from 1999 onwards to the fact that the starting point was artificially high due to the existence of a cartel.
I sin beslutning 2002/271/EF af 18. juli 2001 [5] fandt Kommissionen, at de to klagende producenter i Fællesskabet sammen med andre producenter havde udgjort et kartel mellem maj 1992 og marts 1998.
In decision 2002/271/EC of 18 July 2001 [5], the Commission found that the two complainant Community producers had, together with other producers, practised a cartel between May 1992 and March 1998.
Undersøgelsesperioden i nærværende antisubsidieprocedure går fra den 1. april 2002 til den 31. marts 2003, mens den periode, der er relevant for vurderingen af skade, omfatter perioden fra den 1. januar 1999 til udgangen af undersøgelsesperioden.
The IP set in the present anti-subsidy proceeding covers the period from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, whilst the period relevant for the assessment of injury trends covers the period starting on 1 January 1999 until the end of the IP.
Både undersøgelsesperioden og den betragtede periode ligger derfor lang tid efter kartelvirksomheden.
Therefore, both the IP and the period considered are substantially posterior to the operation of the cartel.
Det fremgik af undersøgelsen, at selv om der findes forskellige former for aftaler og kontrakter, er de fleste transaktioner typisk omfattet af en årlig kontrakt, der garanterer et vist antal leverancer om året til en bestemt pris.
The investigation has found that, although different kinds of agreements and contracts exist, the largest volumes of transactions are typically covered by an annual contract whereby a certain number of deliveries are guaranteed through the year at a certain price.
Forhandlingerne om årlige kontrakter finder normalt sted i oktober og november i året før kontraktens ikrafttræden.
Negotiations of annual contracts typically take place in October-November of the year preceding the entry into force of the contract.
Det fremgik af undersøgelsen, at årlige kontrakter i perioden 1998-1999 dækkede omkring 40 % af transaktionerne, mens seksmånederskontrakter dækkede omkring 35 % og tremånederskontrakter eller enkeltstående ordrer tegnede sig for omkring 25 %.
The investigation has found that in the period 1998-1999, annual contracts covered around 40 % of the transactions, six-month contracts covered around 35 % and three-month contracts or single orders covered around 25 %.
Langfristede kontrakter (f.eks. af tre års varighed) er i den seneste tid blevet mere almindelige, men havde i 1997-1998 kun marginal betydning, hvis de overhovedet forekom, hvilket logisk kan forventes på et marked kendetegnet ved høje priser.
Long-term contracts (e.g. three-year contracts) have been gaining ground relatively recently, but were, in the years 1997-98, marginal, if not totally non-existent, as would logically be expected in a market that was characterised by high prices.
Det konstateredes derfor, at stort set alle de transaktioner, der rent faktisk blev faktureret og betalt i 1999, og de deraf følgende priser, som er undersøgt under betragtning (102) og (103), følger af aftaler mellem sælgere og købere, der er indgået efter den periode, hvor der blev konstateret markeds- og prisfastsættelse.
It was therefore found that virtually all the transactions actually invoiced and paid in 1999, and the ensuing prices examined under recitals (102) and (103) above result from agreements between sellers and purchasers set after the period during which market and price fixings had been found.
Til støtte for ovennævnte argument henledte de samme interesserede parter Kommissionens opmærksomhed på udviklingen i priserne på elektroder af stor diameter (dvs. over 700 mm), et segment der angiveligt ikke dækkes af indiske eksporterende producenter.
As a supportive element to the above argument, the same interested parties drew the attention of the Commission to the development of prices of large diameter electrodes (i.e. with a diameter above 700 mm), a segment that is allegedly not served by Indian exporting producers.
Det fremgik af undersøgelsen, at selv om de to indiske eksporterende producenter ikke eksporterede dette varesortiment til Fællesskabet i undersøgelsesperioden, udviklede de deres tekniske kapacitet til at fremstille sådanne varer.
The investigation found that although the two Indian exporting producers did not export this range of product during the IP to the Community, they developed their technical capability to produce this range of product.
Det konstateredes endvidere, at EF-erhvervsgrenens priser for denne bestemte varekategori var faldet forholdsvis mere mellem 1999 og undersøgelsesperioden end EF-erhvervsgrenens gennemsnitspriser for den samme vare set som helhed.
The investigation further found that the Community industry’s prices for this particular range of products had fallen relatively more between 1999 and the IP than the Community industry’s average prices for the like product considered as a whole.
Dette varesortiment tegner sig for en begrænset andel, omkring 8 %, af EF-erhvervsgrenens samlede salg på fællesskabsmarkedet af den samme vare.
This product range represents a limited share, around 8 %, of the Community industry’s total sales volume on the Community market of the like product.
Yderligere to forhold skal nævnes for dette særlige markedssegment.
This particular market segment has two more features.
For det første er det et forholdsvist nyt og voksende marked, hvilket betyder, at dette marked er blevet stadig mere konkurrencepræget fra 1999 til undersøgelsesperioden.
First, it is a relatively recent and growing market, which implies that this market has become increasingly competitive in the years 1999 to the IP.
For det andet karakteriseres det af et meget lille antal store kunder, der også køber elektroder af mindre diameter.
Second, it is characterised by the presence of a very small number of large customers, who also purchase smaller diameter electrodes.
Som det logisk kan forventes, benytter disse kunder, som er større end gennemsnittet, deres større købekraft til at opnå større rabatter end »normale« kunder.
As one would logically expect, these larger-than-average customers use their leveraged purchasing power to obtain larger discounts than a ‘normal’ customer would obtain.
Prisudviklingen for dette særlige markedssegment fordrejes derfor at de ovennævnte store kunders dominans.
The price trend for this particular segment is therefore distorted by the growing predominance of the above large customers.
Selv om indiske producenter ikke regelmæssigt eksporterede varer i dette sortiment i undersøgelsesperioden, fandtes der endelig i forbindelse med undersøgelsen indiske pristilbud vedrørende sådanne varer, som kunder i Fællesskabet benyttede som yderligere forhandlingsmiddel i forhandlingerne med EF-erhvervsgrenen.
Finally, although Indian producers did not export this product range on a regular basis during the IP, the investigation found Indian price offers for this product range, which Community customers used as a further bargaining tool in their negotiations with the Community industry.
Kommissionen anmodede om og modtog prisoplysninger fra EF-erhvervsgrenen, der dækkede en lang periode (siden midten af 1980erne) og var repræsentative for salget af samme vare på fællesskabsmarkedet.
The Commission requested and obtained long term price series (since the mid 1980s) from the Community industry, for representative sales of the like product on the Community market.
Det fremgik af disse oplysninger, at priserne steg gradvist gennem 1990erne og nåede et højdepunkt i 1998.
This series shows that prices increased gradually during the 1990s and reached a peak in 1998.
Mellem 1998 og 1999 konstateredes der et kraftigt prisfald på 14 %, hvilket klart afspejler afslutningen på perioden med markeds- og prisfastsættelse.
Between 1998 and 1999, a sharp decline in price by 14 % was observed, which clearly mirrors the end of the period of market and price fixing.
Argumentet om genskabelsen af normale konkurrencevilkår efter opløsningen af kartellet forklarer heller ikke EF-erhvervsgrenens tab af markedsandel fra 1999 til undersøgelsesperioden, der symmetrisk svarer til den subsidierede imports øgede markedsandel.
In addition, the argument of the return to normal competition conditions after dismantling of the cartel provides no explanation for the loss in market share felt by the Community industry from 1999 until the IP, as symmetrically opposed to the gain in market share enjoyed by subsidised imports.
Det følger af ovenstående, at genskabelsen af normale konkurrencevilkår efter opløsningen af kartellet kun kan forklare en begrænset del af den skade, der er forvoldt EF-erhvervsgrenen, og at virkningerne heraf derfor ikke kunne ændre den foreløbige konklusion om, at der er en reel og betydelig årsagssammenhæng mellem den subsidierede import fra det pågældende land og den væsentlige skade, som EF-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
It follows from the above that the return to normal competition conditions after dismantling the cartel might explain only a limited part of the injurious trend experienced by the Community industry, and that its effect was consequently not such as to alter the provisional finding that there is a genuine and substantial causal link between the subsidised imports from the country concerned and the material injury suffered by the Community industry.
Ingen andre producenter i Fællesskabet, som ikke tilhørte EF-erhvervsgrenen, samarbejdede i forbindelse med undersøgelsen.
No other Community producer not belonging to the Community industry co-operated in the investigation.
Det skal imidlertid bemærkes, at en af de to andre kendte producenter i Fællesskabet blev insolvent og indstillede produktionen i november 2002 (se betragtning (77)).
It must be noted however that one of the two other known Community producers became insolvent and stopped producing as of November 2002 (see recital 77 above).
Det fremgår af de foreliggende oplysninger, at de to øvrige producenters salg i EF steg fra omkring 15000 tons i 1999 til omkring 21000 tons i 2002, før det faldt til omkring 19000 tons i undersøgelsesperioden.
Based on available evidence, the EC sales volume of the two other producers increased from around 15000 tonnes in 1999 to around 21000 tonnes in 2002, before declining to around 19000 tonnes during the IP.
For så vidt angår deres markedsandel steg den fra 12,5 % i 1999 til 16,6 % i 2002, før den faldt til 14,4 % i undersøgelsesperioden.
As far as their market share is concerned, it went from 12,5 % in 1999 to 16,6 % in 2002, before declining to 14,4 % during the IP.
Hvis undersøgelsen havde omfattet hele 2003, ville den eneste resterende producent i Fællesskabet have haft en markedsandel på 9,7 %.
If the investigation had covered 2003 as a whole, the market share of the sole remaining Community producer would have been 9,7 %.
Det er korrekt, at de to øvrige producenter i Fællesskabet vandt markedsandel med 1,9 procentpoint mellem 1999 og undersøgelsesperioden, men det forhold, at en producent blev insolvent, er lige som for EF-erhvervsgrenen tegn på en skadelig situation.
While it is true that the two other Community producers gained 1,9 percentage points of market share between 1999 and the IP, the fact that one producer became insolvent is, as with the Community industry, indicative of an injurious situation.
Det konkluderes derfor foreløbigt, at andre EF-producenters resultater kun i meget begrænset omfang bidrog til den skade, som EF-erhvervsgrenen havde lidt, om overhovedet, og at deres virkninger derfor ikke kunne ændre den foreløbige konklusion om, at der er en reel og betydelig årsagssammenhæng mellem den subsidierede importen fra det pågældende land og den væsentlige skade, som EF-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
It is therefore provisionally concluded that the performance of other Community producers only contributed to the injury suffered by the Community industry to a very limited extent, if at all, and that its effect was consequently not such as to alter the provisional finding that there is a genuine and substantial causal link between the subsidised imports from the country concerned and the material injury suffered by the Community industry.
Import fra andre tredjelande
Imports from other third countries
Ifølge de foreliggende oplysninger steg den samlede import af samme vare med oprindelse i andre tredjelande end Indien med 20 % fra omkring 13000 tons i 1999 til omkring 15000 tons i undersøgelsesperioden, og dens markedsandel steg fra 10,7 % i 1999 til 11,8 % i undersøgelsesperioden.
According to the available information, the total import volume of the like product originating in third countries other than India increased by 20 % from around 13000 tonnes in 1999 to around 15000 tonnes in the IP, and their market share increased from 10,7 % in 1999 to 11,8 % in the IP.
For så vidt angår denne imports vejede gennemsnitlige cif-priser er de faldet med 8 % mellem 1999 og undersøgelsesperioden, nemlig fra omkring 2400 EUR pr. tons i 1999 til omkring 2200 EUR pr. ton i undersøgelsesperioden.
As regards the weighted average CIF prices of these imports, they decreased by 8 % between 1999 and the IP, from around 2400 EUR/tonne in 1999 to around 2200 EUR/tonne in the IP.
Det skal bemærkes, at priserne på importen fra andre tredjelande end Indien var betydeligt højere end priserne på importen fra de pågældende land i hele den betragtede periode.
It should be noted that the prices of imports from third countries other than India remained substantially higher than the prices of the imports from the country concerned throughout the period considered.
Det konstateredes desuden, at kun tre andre lande end Indien havde en markedsandel i Fællesskabet, som lå over 1 % i undersøgelsesperioden, nemlig Japan, Polen og USA.
It was further found that only imports originating in three countries other than India had a share of the Community market above 1 % during the IP, i.e. Japan, Poland and the USA.
Det blev fastslået, at (i) Japans markedsandel steg fra 2,1 % i 1999 til 2,6 % i undersøgelsesperioden, (ii) Polens markedsandel steg fra 3,3 % i 1999 til 4,4 % i undersøgelsesperioden og (iii) USA's markedsandel faldt fra 5,3 % i 1999 til 4,7 % i undersøgelsesperioden.
It was found that (i) the market share of Japan rose from 2,1 % in 1999 to 2,6 % in the IP, (ii) the market share of Poland increased from 3,3 % in 1999 to 4,4 % in the IP and (iii) the market share of the USA declined from 5,3 % in 1999 to 4,7 % in the IP.
For så vidt angår disse tre lande synes cif-importpriserne på varer fra Japan og USA at ligge under EF-erhvervsgrenens priser, mens priserne på importerede varer med oprindelse i Polen fandtes at ligge over EF-erhvervsgrenens priser.
From these three origins, the CIF import prices of Japan and the USA appear to undercut the Community industry’s prices, whilst prices of imports originating in Poland were above the prices of the Community industry.
Desuden har disse tre landes cif-importpriser altid ligget over det pågældende lands priser.
In addition, CIF import prices of these three countries have always been above those of the country concerned.
Endvidere er der ingen beviser for, at denne import fandt sted til subsidierede priser.
Furthermore, no evidence is available that would indicate that these imports were made at subsidised prices.
Det fremgik af undersøgelsen, at de to produktionsanlæg, der fremstiller den pågældende vare i Polen og eksporterer den til Fællesskabet, begge er datterselskaber af en klagende fællesskabsproducent.
The investigation established that the two facilities producing the like product in Poland and exporting it into the Community are both subsidiaries of one complainant Community producer.
Alle de ovennævnte varer, der er importeret fra Polen i undersøgelsesperioden, er derfor blevet fremstillet på vegne af den nævnte fællesskabsproducent.
Therefore, all of the above import volumes from Poland during the IP have been made on behalf of the aforementioned Community producer.
Det fremgik også af undersøgelsen, at omkring 40 % af den mængde af samme vare, der importeredes fra USA, rent faktisk var blevet importeret af den anden klagende EF-producent med henblik på endeligt salg i Fællesskabet.
The investigation also established that approximately 40 % of the volumes of the like product imported from the USA have been actually imported by the other complainant Community producer for final sale in the Community.
Der fandtes ingen tegn på, at det dermed forbundne videresalg skadede andre producenter i Fællesskabet, eller at disse importaktiviteter fandt sted på bekostning af egenproduktionen i Fællesskabet.
No indication was found that the corresponding re-sales were injurious to other Community producers or that these importing activities were made at the expense of own production in the Community.
De to klagende fællesskabsproducenter ejer andre produktionsanlæg, der fremstiller den pågældende vare i andre tredjelande, men det fremgik af undersøgelsen, at importen fra disse anlæg både individuelt og kollektivt var ubetydelig, dvs. under 1 % af forbruget i Fællesskabet.
The two complainant Community producers own other facilities producing the like product in other third countries, however, the investigation established that these import volumes were individually and collectively negligible, i.e. below 1 % of the Community consumption.
De to klagende fællesskabsproducenter er store selskaber, der er aktive på verdensplan.
The two complainant Community producers are large companies operating on a global level.
Deres aktivitetsområde er ikke begrænset til Fællesskabet.
Their field of activity is not restricted to the Community alone.
Disse selskaber importerer ikke blot begrænsede mængder af den samme vare til endeligt salg i Fællesskabet, men eksporterer også en betydelig del af deres produktion i Fællesskabet til tredjelande.
These companies not only import some limited quantities of the like product for final sale in the Community, but also export a substantial amount of their Community production outside the Community.
Baggrunden for disse globale transaktioner er en stigende tendens til at specialisere de forskellige produktionsanlæg med hensyn til dimensioner og kvaliteter af den samme vare, hvilket har til direkte følge, at de to klagende fællesskabsproducenter for visse dimensioners og kvaliteters vedkommende er nødt til at importere varer fra tredjelande for at supplere det sortiment, der tilbydes kunderne i Fællesskabet.
The rationale behind these world shipments is an increasing tendency to specialise the various facilities by dimensions and grades of the like product, with the direct consequence that both complainant Community producers have, for certain dimensions and grades, to resort to imports from non-EC facilities in order to complement the range of products offered to the customer in the Community.