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En række brugere har desuden allerede andre forsyningskilder såsom Tyrkiet og Indien, som ikke ville blive negativt påvirket af indførelse af antisubsidietold.
In fact, the average fixed costs of the sampled Union producers were in the range of 25 %-35 % of the total costs of production during the IP.
Andre brugere kan også skifte forsyningskilder og foretage deres indkøb enten i tredjelande eller hos EU-erhvervsgrenen.
In the preceding years 2010 and 2011, the percentage of fixed costs was slightly lower, but still within the same range.
Ud fra ovenstående afviste Kommissionen argumenterne fra en række brugere imod indførelsen af foranstaltninger.
This clearly shows that the high capacity in the IP had obviously an impact on the cost of production, but its impact was not significant and cannot explain the high losses incurred in the IP, in particular, compared to the profits achieved in previous years.
Konkurrenceaspekter
In addition, the capacity utilisation rate of the sampled Union producers went down compared to previous years but was still at the level of 65 % in the IP.
En importør hævdede, at da en række EU-producenter deltog i et verdensomspændende kartel for planglas (solcelleglas indgår heri) og fik en bøde af Europa-Kommissionen i 2007, bruger de antisubsidietolden som et middel til at genvinde de tab, de led på bøderne for kartelvirksomhed og som følge af tabet af markedsandele i Unionen.
Finally, in its analysis the Commission has also taken into account that the installed capacity can be adapted for the production of other types of glass, which fall outside the scope of this investigation.
Hvis adgangen til EU-markedet desuden begrænses ved hjælp af antisubsidietold, får EU-producenterne stærkere incitamenter til at indgå i kartelvirksomhed eller anden konkurrencegrænsende adfærd i forbindelse med varer, der ikke kan sælges i store mængder som f.eks. møbelvarer.
Accordingly, also because of this element the Commission disagrees with the interested party that the high installed capacity is economically not viable,
Disse argumenter burde afvises.
In view of the above, the Commission rejects the claims put forward by the parties and reiterates that the developments in consumption, capacity and capacity utilisation during the period considered, analysed both separately and cumulatively, are not such as to break the causal link found between the material injury suffered by the Union industry and the subsidised imports.
For det andet indgik ingen af EU-producenterne i stikprøven i kartellet, ej heller nogen af de nuværende EU-producenter med den største salgsmængde.
Trends in solar modules
For det tredje forventes den mulige indførelse af antisubsidietold ikke at få nogen indvirkning på EU-erhvervsgrenens konkurrenceadfærd, dels fordi dette ikke vil ændre EU-markedets struktur, og dels fordi virksomhederne har en generel forpligtelse til at opfylde EU's og de nationale gældende konkurrenceregler, uanset om der indføres told eller ej.
According to the information at the Commission’s disposal [20], around 80-85 % of solar glass sales are made to solar modules producers (Crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and thin-film photovoltaic modules), and around 15-20 % of the sales are made to producers of solar thermal flat plate collectors producing hot water.
En importør hævdede desuden, at indførelsen af told ville få en negativ indvirkning på EU-markedet for antirefleksbehandling af solcelleglas.
Consequently, the trends observed in solar modules have an important impact on the consumption of solar glass.
Dette marked, som importøren identificerede som et beslægtet marked, domineres angiveligt af EU-producenterne, og indførelsen af foranstaltninger ville styrke deres position på bekostning af de konkurrerende leverandører af antirefleksbehandling.
After disclosure, two parties claimed that, in addition to the development in consumption of the product concerned, the injury suffered by the Union industry was also caused by the drop in consumption of solar modules and the losses suffered by this industry in the end of 2011/beginning of 2012.
Det blev endvidere fremført, at importørerne havde vanskeligt ved at opnå ordrer fra EU-producenterne eller ved at få leveret disse ordrer inden for en rimelig frist og til rimelige priser.
The impact of the financial distress of the solar panels producers on the solar glass market allegedly started to appear in the end of 2011 and in 2012, due to the necessary time lag between the two events.
Markedet for antirefleksbehandling indgår i undersøgelsen og er ikke et beslægtet marked.
Consumption of solar modules increased constantly throughout the same period, i.e. 2009-2012, and even though there was a decrease in 2012, the level of consumption remained 221 % higher than in 2009 and 44 % higher than in 2010 [21].
Undersøgelsen viste, at EU-producenterne i UP faktisk stadig var konkurrencedygtige på dette nichemarked trods deres forholdsvis højere priser, da markedet betragter deres antirefleksbehandlede varer som havende en kvalitetsfordel.
In addition, it was established that while demand for modules in the Union was initially generated by financial support schemes, mainly feed-in-tariffs (FITs), it could not be concluded that the FITs cutbacks (at the end of 2011, beginning of 2012) had broken the causal link between subsidised imports and injury [22].
Der blev dog ikke fremlagt dokumentation for, at EU-erhvervsgrenen ikke ville være i stand til at efterkomme en mulig øget efterspørgsel efter antirefleksbehandlet solcelleglas.
This was due to the fact that demand for solar modules remained relatively high over the same period 2009-2012.
Derfor bør det argument afvises.
Consequently, the level of consumption of solar modules, and as a result the demand of solar glass, remained high during the period considered.
For så vidt angår påstandene om, at EU-producenterne har afvist levering af ordrer eller rettidig levering til rimelige priser, er det helt op til den enkelte producent at vælge sin forretningsstrategi, i det omfang producenten eller producenterne ikke alene eller sammen indtager en dominerende position på det relevante marked.
Its slight decrease in 2012 cannot be regarded on its own as a factor such as to break the causal link established between the subsidised imports from the PRC and the material injury by the Union industry.
Der er tilstrækkelig konkurrence på EU-markedet til at skifte leverandør og/eller bruge flere leverandører.
Similarly, since the demand for solar modules remained relatively high over the period 2009-2012 and the demand of solar glass increased by 65 % over the same period, the impact on solar glass consumption of the deterioration of the financial situation of solar modules producers in the end of the 2011/beginning of 2012 cannot be regarded on its own as a factor to be such as to break the causal link established between the subsidised imports of solar glass from the PRC and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Derfor bør det argument også afvises.
In view of the above, the Commission confirms that the development of consumption of solar modules cannot be regarded on its own as a factor such as to break the causal link established between the subsidised imports from the PRC and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Konklusion vedrørende Unionens interesser
The investigation has established a causal link between the material injury suffered by the Union industry and the subsidised imports from the PRC.
På baggrund af ovenstående konkluderedes det, at det ud fra en samlet vurdering af alle de forskellige interesser af hensyn til Unionens interesser er nødvendigt at indføre endelige foranstaltninger over for importen af solcelleglas med oprindelse i Kina.
The Commission analysed other possible causes of injury, such as imports from other third countries, export performance of the Union industry, changes in the patterns of consumption and of production capacity or the market situation of some of the users of the product concerned.
G. UDLIGNINGSFORANSTALTNINGER
None of them, analysed both individually and cumulatively, were found to be such as to break the causal link established between the subsidised imports from the PRC and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
I betragtning af konklusionerne vedrørende subsidiering, skade, årsagssammenhæng og Unionens interesser bør der indføres endelige udligningsforanstaltninger for at hindre, at den subsidierede import forvolder EU-erhvervsgrenen yderligere skade.
Based on the above analysis, which has properly distinguished and separated the effects of all known factors on the situation of the Union industry from the injurious effects of the subsidised imports, it is concluded that the subsidised imports from the country concerned have caused material injury to the Union industry within the meaning of Article 8(6) of the basic Regulation.
Skadestærskel
Post IP several Union solar glass producers have publicly announced cessation of production operations which has inevitably shifted significant operating capacity to idle capacity.
Med henblik på at fastlægge niveauet for disse foranstaltninger blev der taget hensyn til de konstaterede subsidiemargener og, hvilket toldbeløb der er nødvendigt for at afhjælpe den skade, som EU-producenterne har lidt, uden at overstige de konstaterede subsidiemargener.
This further reinforces the causal link established above and demonstrates the devastating effect that subsidised imports have on the Union industry.
Ved beregningen af det toldbeløb, som er nødvendigt for at afhjælpe virkningerne af den skadelige subsidiering, blev det fastslået, at enhver foranstaltning bør give EU-erhvervsgrenen mulighed for at dække sine produktionsomkostninger og opnå en fortjeneste før skat på salget af samme vare i Unionen, som det med rimelighed kunne forventes af erhvervsgrenen på normale konkurrencevilkår, dvs. en situation uden subsidieret import.
F. UNION INTEREST
En fortjenstmargen på 8,3 % af omsætningen betragtes som et passende minimum, som EU-erhvervsgrenen kunne have forventet at opnå i en situation uden den skadelige subsidierede import.
In accordance with Article 31 of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether, despite the conclusion on injurious subsidy, it was clearly not in the Union interest to adopt measures in this case.
Denne fortjenstmargen er baseret på de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters gennemsnitlige fortjeneste i 2010, hvor importen af den pågældende vare stadig var begrænset og derfor endnu ikke kunne have fordrejet de normale konkurrencevilkår.
The analysis of the Union interest was based on an appreciation of all the various interests involved, including those of the Union industry, importers, raw materials suppliers and users of the product concerned.
På dette grundlag blev der beregnet en ikke skadevoldende pris for EU-erhvervsgrenen på samme vare.
Interest of the Union industry
Den ikke skadevoldende pris blev fastsat ved at lægge ovennævnte fortjenstmargen på 8,3 % til produktionsomkostningerne i UP for EU-producenterne i stikprøven.
The Union industry directly employed about 860 people in the IP in the production and sale of the like product.
Den nødvendige prisstigning blev derefter fastlagt ud fra en sammenligning af de stikprøveudvalgte samarbejdsvillige kinesiske eksporterende producenters vejede gennemsnitlige importpris, som fastsat i forbindelse med underbudsberegningerne og behørigt justeret for importomkostninger og told, og de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters vejede gennemsnitlige ikke skadevoldende pris på samme vare ved salg på EU-markedet i UP.
The investigation established that the Union industry has suffered material injury caused by the subsidised imports from the country concerned during the investigation period.
Enhver forskel i forbindelse med denne sammenligning blev derefter udtrykt i procent af den vejede gennemsnitlige cif-importværdi.
Some Union producers were already forced to close down their production facilities while some others have faced insolvency [23].
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger anfægtede en part den fortjenstmargen, der blev anvendt som målfortjeneste.
In the absence of measures, a further deterioration in the Union industry’s economic situation appears very likely.
Denne anførte, at Kommissionen burde tage hensyn til alle andre faktorer, der påvirkede rentabiliteten i UP.
It is expected that the imposition of anti-subsidy duties will eliminate the trade-distorting effects of injurious subsidisation and restore effective competition on the Union market, allowing the Union industry to align the prices of the like product to reflect the costs of production thus improving its profitability.
Denne hævdede, at den rimelige målfortjeneste ikke kunne være højere end 5 %.
It can also be expected that the imposition of measures would enable the Union industry to regain at least part of the market share lost during the period considered, with a positive impact on its overall financial situation.
Kommissionen afviser denne påstand af følgende årsager.
Moreover, the Union industry should be able to have better access to capital and to further invest in R & D and innovation in the solar glass market.
Den anvendte målfortjeneste er ikke baseret på skøn, men på en reel fortjeneste, som EU-erhvervsgrenen opnåede forud for den konkurrencefordrejning, der forårsagedes af den kinesiske subsidierede import.
Finally, it is likely that the Union producers who were forced to cease production as a result of the pressure of the Chinese subsidised imports might restart their business activity.
Kommissionen finder, at dette er en rimelig fortjeneste, og har også taget hensyn til, at markedssituationen ikke var væsentligt anderledes end i UP, bortset fra indvirkningen af den kinesiske subsidierede import.
Overall, under this scenario, not only the existing jobs would be secured, but there would also be a reasonable prospect for further production expansion and increase in employment.
Denne parts udtalelse i den forbindelse om, at forbruget i 2010 var meget højere end i 2012, er faktuelt forkert.
Should measures not be imposed, further losses in market share are expected with a further deterioration of the Union industry’s profitability.
Endelig er den foreslåede målfortjeneste på 5 % vilkårlig, da den ikke er baseret på data eller faktiske beregninger, og afvises derfor.
This would be unsustainable in the short to medium-term.
Foranstaltninger
As a consequence, in addition to the large number of Union producers that were already forced out of the market, other producers could be facing insolvency which would in the short to medium term lead to a likely disappearance of the Union industry with the consequent significant impact of the existing jobs.
Ud fra ovenstående og i overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 15 bør der indføres en endelig udligningstold på importen af solcelleglas med oprindelse i Kina på niveauet for enten subsidiemargenen eller skadesmargenen, afhængigt af hvad der er lavest, i henhold til reglen om den lavest mulige told.
It is therefore concluded that the imposition of the anti-subsidy duties would be in the interest of the Union industry.
For de samarbejdsvillige kinesiske virksomheder, som ikke indgik i stikprøven, og som er opført i bilaget, fastsættes den endelige told til det vejede gennemsnit af satserne for de stikprøveudvalgte virksomheder.
For the two cooperating importers the major business activity consisted of trading the product concerned.
Ud fra ovenstående fastsættes toldsatserne således:
Both of them had diversified sources of the product concerned, that is to say, they were not only sourcing from the PRC, but also from the Union and third countries.
Skadesmargen
An argument was put forward that the imposition of measures on the product concerned would negatively affect the importers’ business activity.
Udligningstold
Firstly, the imposition of duties should not result in the elimination of all imports from the PRC.
Andre samarbejdsvillige virksomheder, der er opført i bilag I
Secondly, although it can be expected that the imposition of measures may have a negative effect on the financial situation of the importers importing only or mainly from the PRC, in view of the possibility to source from third countries, the importers can be expected to be flexible and shift their sources of supply if deemed necessary.
Alle andre virksomheder
It is therefore concluded that the imposition of measures at the proposed level may have a certain negative impact on the situation of unrelated importers of the product concerned, but that its impact is mitigated by the fact that importers and traders can use other sources of supply, both from third countries and the Union industry, the latter having the capacity to increase its production, and in any case it would not outweigh the positive impact on other parties.
Ovennævnte udligningsforanstaltninger er fastlagt i form af værditold, dvs. i forhold til værdien af importen.
Interest of raw materials suppliers
De individuelle udligningstoldsatser for de virksomheder, der er nævnt i denne forordning, blev fastlagt ud fra konklusionerne i nærværende undersøgelse.
No raw materials supplier cooperated with the investigation.
De afspejler derfor den situation, der blev konstateret i forbindelse med undersøgelsen, for så vidt angår de pågældende virksomheder, der blev udtaget til stikprøven, hvor gennemsnittet af de toldsatser, de blev pålagt, fandt anvendelse på de samarbejdsvillige virksomheder, som ikke indgik i stikprøven.
In the absence of data from such suppliers, there was no evidence that the imposition of measures would be against the interest of those parties.
Disse toldsatser finder (i modsætning til den landsdækkende told for »alle andre virksomheder«) udelukkende anvendelse på import af varer med oprindelse i det pågældende land og fremstillet af virksomhederne og således af de nævnte specifikke retlige enheder.
Interest of users
Importerede varer, der er fremstillet af andre virksomheder, som ikke udtrykkeligt er nævnt i artikel 1, herunder enheder, som er forretningsmæssigt forbundet med de udtrykkeligt nævnte, kan ikke være omfattet af disse satser, men er underlagt toldsatsen for »alle andre virksomheder«.
All users that responded are producers of solar modules and/or thermal collectors.
Alle anmodninger om anvendelse af en individuel virksomhedsspecifik udligningstoldsats (f.eks. efter ændring af den pågældende enheds navn eller etablering af nye produktions- eller salgsenheder) bør omgående indgives til Kommissionen med alle relevante oplysninger, især om ændringer i virksomhedens aktiviteter i forbindelse med produktion, hjemmemarkeds- og eksportsalg i tilknytning til f.eks. den pågældende navneændring eller den pågældende ændring i produktions- og salgsenheder.
Three users are in favour of imposing anti-subsidy duties, arguing that the Union industry produces better quality solar glass which cannot always be supplied by Chinese companies.
Forordningen vil i givet fald blive ændret i overensstemmelse hermed ved en ajourføring af listen over virksomheder, der er omfattet af individuelle toldsatser.
By contrast, three other users were against the imposition of anti-subsidy measures.
For at sikre korrekt håndhævelse af udligningstolden bør resttoldsatsen ikke blot finde anvendelse på de ikke samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producenter, men også på de producenter, der ikke eksporterede til Unionen i UP, undtagen hvis de var samarbejdsvillige i forbindelse med undersøgelsen.
Those users expect that the imposition of anti-subsidy duties would have a negative impact on their business.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger hævdede klageren, at antidumping- og udligningsforanstaltninger i form af en værditold ikke var effektive, og anmodede Kommissionen om at indføre foranstaltninger i form af en mindsteimportpris (»MIP«).
They expect not to be able to pass on the increase in prices to final consumers given the dire situation of the solar modules industry.
Desuden foreslog en række brugere også en MIP.
According to the information submitted by users, solar glass constitutes only around 6-8 % of the total costs of the solar modules.
De grunde, som parterne fremsatte, og de grunde, som Kommissionen havde til at afvise disse anmodninger, er omhandlet i betragtning 144-168 i Kommissionens gennemførelsesforordning (EU) nr. 470/2014 [24] (»forordningen om endelig antidumpingtold«).
Thus, solar glass constitutes only a limited part of the costs and of the final value of the photovoltaic modules.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger tilbød de tre eksporterende producenter i stikprøven samt Henan Yuhua pristilsagn i form af MIP'er.
In addition, it can be estimated that if anti-subsidy duties are imposed on solar glass imported from the PRC, the impact on the total costs of the solar modules should be less than 1 %.
Kommissionen afviste de foreslåede tilsagn af de grunde, der er beskrevet i betragtning 172-179 i forordningen om endelig antidumpingtold.
This is mainly due to the fact that cooperating users buy significant quantities of the solar glass from Union producers.
Foranstaltningerne i denne forordning er i overensstemmelse med udtalelse fra det udvalg, der er nedsat ved grundforordningens artikel 25, stk. 1 —
Accordingly, while a possible imposition of anti-subsidy duties will most probably slightly increase input prices for solar modules compared to the counterfactual scenario without duties, it is not expected to have a significant negative impact on the costs and on the final prices of the Union solar modules industry.
VEDTAGET DENNE FORORDNING:
In addition, some of the users already have other sources of supply such as Turkey and India which would not be negatively influenced by the imposition of anti-subsidy duties.
Artikel 1
Other users can switch to other sources of supply as well, either from third countries or from the Union industry.
Der indføres en endelig udligningstold på importen af solcelleglas bestående af hærdet planglas af natronkalk med et jernindhold på under 300 ppm, en soltransmission på over 88 % (målt i henhold til AM1,5 300-2500 nm), en varmebestandighed på indtil 250 °C (målt i henhold til EN 12150), en temperatursvingningsmodstand på Δ 150 K (målt i henhold til EN 12150) og en mekanisk modstandsdygtighed på 90 N/mm2 eller mere (målt i henhold til EN 1288-3), i øjeblikket henhørende under KN-kode ex70071980 og med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina.
In view of the above, the Commission rejected the arguments brought forward by some of the users against the imposition of measures.
Antirefleksbehandlet solcelleglas (behandlet på en eller to sider) henhører under Taric-kode 7007198019, og solcelleglas, der ikke er antirefleksbehandlet, henhører under Taric-kode 7007198011.
Competition aspects
Udligningstoldsatserne fastsættes til følgende af nettoprisen frit Den Europæiske Unions grænse, ufortoldet, for den i stk. 1 omhandlede vare, som fremstilles af de virksomheder, der er opført i tabellen:
One importer argued that since some Union producers participated in a world cartel of flat glass (solar glass is part of it) and were fined by the European Commission in 2007, they are using the anti-subsidy tool as a way of recuperating the losses they made on fines for the cartel and on losing market share in the Union.
Virksomhed
In addition, if the access to the Union market were to be restricted by means of anti-subsidy duties, there will be stronger incentives for the Union producers to enter into a cartel or other anti-competitive behaviour in respect of products with low volume leverage capabilities in the Union like home furnishing products.
Taric-tillægskode
These arguments should be rejected.
Anvendelsen af de individuelle udligningstoldsatser, der er fastsat for de virksomheder, som er nævnt i stk. 2, er betinget af, at der over for medlemsstaternes toldmyndigheder fremlægges en gyldig handelsfaktura, der overholder kravene i bilag II.
First, the Commission observes that the cartel has ceased to function in 2007.
Hvis en sådan faktura ikke fremlægges, anvendes den told, der gælder for »Alle andre virksomheder«.
Therefore, the effects of the cartel in the past had no impact on the industry during the period considered.