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Da der ikke er modtaget andre bemærkninger, bekræftes konklusionen i betragtning 144 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
As a result, its entry had hardly an impact on the performance of the Union industry as a whole, except that it significantly inflated the latter’s capacity and capacity utilisation data.
Konklusion om årsagssammenhæng
Indeed, without this company’s data, the capacity of all other Union producers actually decreased between 2011 and 2012.
Ud fra ovenstående bekræfter Kommissionen sine konklusioner i betragtning 130-133 i forordningen om midlertidig told om, at importen af den pågældende vare fra det pågældende land blev dumpet i UP og underbød EU-erhvervsgrenens salg.
In addition, the investigation did not confirm that the solar glass industry is severely impacted by fixed costs.
Der er desuden et klart tidsmæssigt sammenfald mellem de øgede mængder af dumpingimport og forværringen af EU-erhvervsgrenens situation.
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 mulige årsager til skaden blev analyseret både individuelt og kumulativt ovenfor, men ingen af dem var af et sådant omfang, at de kunne bryde den konstaterede årsagssammenhæng mellem dumpingimporten fra Kina og den væsentlige skade, der forvoldtes EU-erhvervsgrenen.
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.
Der blev ikke fremlagt nye oplysninger, der kunne ændre konklusionen, og da der ikke blev modtaget andre bemærkninger til konklusionen om årsagssammenhæng, bekræfter Kommissionen betragtning 145 og 146 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
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.
EU-erhvervsgrenens interesser
Accordingly, also because of this element the Commission disagrees with the interested party that the high installed capacity is economically not viable.
Da der ikke blev fremsat bemærkninger vedrørende EU-erhvervsgrenens interesser, bekræftes konklusionerne i betragtning 148-151 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
In view of the above, the Commission rejects the claims put forward by the party 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 dumped imports.
Ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importørers/forhandleres interesser
Trends in solar modules
Da der ikke blev fremsat bemærkninger vedrørende ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importører og forhandleres interesser, bekræftes konklusionerne i betragtning 152-154 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
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.
Råvareleverandørernes interesser
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.
Da der ikke blev fremsat bemærkninger vedrørende EU-erhvervsgrenens interesser, bekræftes betragtning 155 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
The same arguments were repeated by one party following definitive disclosure.
Brugernes interesser
In recital 143 of the provisional Regulation the Commission indeed found that the trends observed in solar modules have an important impact on the consumption of solar glass as 80-85 % of the solar glass sales are made to solar modules producers (Crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and thin-film photovoltaic modules).
En bruger gav sig til kende og udtalte, at antidumpingforanstaltningerne ikke vil påvirke den, da den ikke har anvendt solcelleglas produceret i Kina og ikke har planer herom.
However, as stated in recitals 143 and 144 of the provisional Regulation, consumption of solar modules increased constantly over the period considered, that is 2009-2012, and even though it decreased in 2012, the level of consumption remained 221 % higher than in 2009 and 44 % higher than in 2010 [7].
En eksporterende producent påstod, at indførelsen af en antidumpingtold på kinesisk solcelleglas kan have en lille fordel for EU-erhvervsgrenen for solcelleglas, men også kan være til stor skade for EU-producenterne af solcellemoduler og solfangere, da de vil skulle betale højere priser for den pågældende vare.
In addition, it was established that the feed-in tariffs (FITs) cutbacks at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012 had not broken the causal link between the dumped imports of solar modules and the material injury found [8] as the demand for solar modules remained relatively high over the period 2009-2012.
Desuden vil dette uden tvivl være i strid med Unionens miljøbeskyttelsesmål, da det vil øge priserne på solcellemoduler og solfangere, og da det vil gavne solcelleglasindustrien, som den eksporterende producent opfatter som energiintensiv.
In view of the above, the Commission concludes that the decrease in 2012 of the level of consumption of solar modules cannot be regarded on its own as a factor such as to break the causal link established between the dumped imports of solar glass from the PRC and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Som det fremgår af betragtning 157 i forordningen om midlertidig told, vil indførelsen af antidumpingtold kun have en begrænset indvirkning (under 1 %) på de samlede omkostninger til solcellemoduler.
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 dumped imports of solar glass from the PRC and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Der blev ikke modtaget beviser, der kunne rejse tvivl om nøjagtigheden af denne analyse.
In the absence of any other comments, the conclusion reached in recital 144 of the provisional Regulation is confirmed.
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger om Unionens interesser, bekræfter Kommissionen betragtning 155-159 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
Conclusion on causation
Konkurrenceaspekter
In view of the above, the Commission confirms its findings in recitals 130-133 of the provisional Regulation that imports of the product concerned from the country concerned were dumped during the IP and they undercut the sales of the Union industry.
Da der ikke blev fremsat bemærkninger til konkurrenceaspekterne i betragtning 160-163 i forordningen om midlertidig told, bekræfter Kommissionen de pågældende betragtninger.
Furthermore, there is a clear coincidence in time between the increasing volumes of dumped imports and the deterioration of the situation of the Union industry.
Konklusion vedrørende Unionens interesser
The dumped imports were in direct competition with the Union industry’s production and as a result the Union industry lost profitability and market share during the period considered.
Der blev ikke fremsat bemærkninger, der kunne ændre analysen af Unionens interesser i forordningen om midlertidig told.
Other possible causes of injury were analysed above and none of them, analysed both individually and cumulatively, were found to be such as to break the causal link established between the dumped imports from the PRC and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Kommissionen bekræfter derfor betragtning 164 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
No new evidence was provided to change that conclusion and in the absence of any other comments regarding the conclusion on causation, the Commission confirms recitals 145 and 146 of the provisional Regulation.
G. ENDELIGE ANTIDUMPINGFORANSTALTNINGER
F. UNION INTEREST
Skadestærskel
Interest of the Union industry
Flere interesserede parter anfægtede anvendelsen af 8,3 % som målfortjeneste for EU-erhvervsgrenen, jf. betragtning 167 i forordningen om midlertidig told, og hævdede, at den var urealistisk høj.
In the absence of any comments regarding the interest of the Union industry, the Commission confirms recitals 148 to 151 of the provisional Regulation.
De påstod, at fortjenstmargenen på 8,3 % i 2010 var den højeste i den betragtede periode, idet 2010 var det bedste år for solcelleindustrien globalt.
Interest of unrelated importers and traders
De påstod endvidere, at EU-erhvervsgrenen for solcelleglas umuligt kunne opnå den samme fortjenstmargen i 2012 uden dumping, når den globale solcellemodulsindustri, herunder EU-erhvervsgrenen for solcellemoduler, angiveligt var i stor tilbagegang i 2012.
In the absence of any comments regarding the interest of unrelated importers and traders, the Commission confirms recitals 152, 153 and 154 of the provisional Regulation.
Som målfortjeneste anvendte Kommissionen 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 konkurrenceforhold.
Interest of raw materials suppliers
Den fortjenstmargen, der blev anvendt til at fastslå skadestærsklen, svarer derfor til en periode, hvor EU-erhvervsgrenen med rimelighed kunne forvente en fortjeneste på normale konkurrencevilkår endnu uden påvirkning af dumpingimport« [9].
In the absence of any comments regarding the interest of raw materials suppliers the Commission confirms recital 155 of the provisional Regulation.
Endelig, hvad angår solcelleglasindustrien, var dens bedste år ikke 2010, som påstået af parterne, men 2011, hvor den oplevede det højeste EU-forbrug og EU-erhvervsgrenens største salgsmængder.
Interest of users
Efter fremlæggelsen af de endelige konklusioner gentog en part sin påstand og anfægtede den anvendte fortjenstmargen som målfortjeneste.
One user came forward and indicated that the anti-dumping measures will not affect it as it has not used solar glass produced in the PRC and does not intend to do so.
Parten påstod, at Kommissionen bør tage alle andre faktorer, som påvirkede rentabiliteten i UP, i betragtning.
One exporting producer claimed that the imposition of anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar glass may benefit the Union solar glass industry a little, but harm the Union PV and solar thermal industry a lot as they will have to pay more for the product concerned.
Den påstod, at en rimelig fortjenstmargen ikke kunne være højere end 5 %.
Furthermore, this would arguably go against the environmental protection target of the Union as it would increase prices for PV modules and solar thermal applications and it would favour the solar glass industry which it perceived as energy intensive.
Kommissioner skønner, at der er tale om en rimelig fortjeneste, og har taget højde for, at markedssituationen ikke var væsentligt anderledes i forhold til UP, bortset fra indvirkningen af den kinesiske dumpingimport.
As set out in recital 157 of the provisional Regulation, the imposition of the anti-dumping duties will have only very limited impact (less than 1 %) on the total costs of the solar modules.
Partens udtalelse i denne forbindelse, om at forbruget i 2010 var meget højere end i 2012, er faktuelt ukorrekt.
No evidence was received that would question the accuracy of this analysis.
Endelig er den foreslåede målfortjeneste på 5 % vilkårlig, da den ikke er baseret på nogen data eller faktiske beregninger, og den afvises derfor.
In the absence of any other comments received concerning Union interest, the Commission confirms recitals 155 to 159 of the provisional Regulation.
Klageren påstod derimod, at fortjenstmargenen var for lav og at Kommissionen burde øge den til 15 %, da klagerens fortjeneste for 2010 var på over 10 %.
Competition aspects
De lavere fortjenstmargener, som andre stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenter tilsyneladende opnåede i 2010, er angiveligt ikke repræsentative for den fortjeneste, der med rimelighed kan forventes i en situation uden illoyal import.
In the absence of any comments regarding the competition aspects identified in recitals 160 to 163 of the provisional Regulation, the Commission confirms the recitals in question.
Årsagen til, at de kun opnåede en lavere margen i det år og til, at de var blandt de første til at mærke skaden fra dumpingimporten, er sandsynligvis knyttet til ledelsespolitik eller ledelsesvanskeligheder i disse virksomheder, som muligvis omfatter kortfristede prisfastsættelsespolitikker med medblik på at vinde markedsandele.
Conclusion on Union interest
Kommissionen kan ikke acceptere denne påstand.
No comments were received that would change the analysis of the Union interest as set out in the provisional Regulation.
Kommissionen mener, jf. ovenfor, at den gennemsnitlige fortjeneste i 2010 for hele EU-erhvervsgrenen korrekt afspejler den gennemsnitlige fortjeneste under normale konkurrencevilkår.
Therefore, the Commission confirms recital 164 of the provisional Regulation.
Den kendsgerning, at visse medlemmer af EU-erhvervsgrenen har truffet ledelsesbeslutninger, der har medført højere eller lavere fortjenstmargener end andre medlemmer af erhvervsgrenen, modsiger ikke denne konklusion.
G. DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Tilstedeværelsen af sådanne forskelle kendetegner nemlig virksomhedernes adfærd i en markedsøkonomi.
Injury elimination level
I betragtning af konklusionerne vedrørende dumping, skade, årsagssammenhæng og Unionens interesser og i overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 9, stk. 4, bør der indføres endelige antidumpingforanstaltninger over for importen af den pågældende vare svarende til skadesmargenen, i henhold til reglen om den lavest mulige told.
They also claimed that it is impossible for the Union solar glass industry to obtain the same profit margin in 2012 in the absence of dumping when the global PV module industry including the Union PV module industry allegedly entered into big recession in 2012.
I det foreliggende tilfælde bør toldsatsen derfor fastsættes på samme niveau som den konstaterede skadesmargen.
The Commission used as target profit the average profit achieved by the sampled Union producers in 2010 when the imports of the product concerned were still small and therefore could not have distorted the normal conditions of competition yet.
Klageren anmodede derfor Kommissionen om at indføre endelige foranstaltninger i form af en mindsteimportpris.
Finally, as far as the solar glass industry is concerned, its peak year was not 2010, as claimed by the parties, but 2011 when it experienced the highest Union consumption and highest sales volume of the Union industry.
Klageren påstod, at en sådan mindsteimportpris ville gøre foranstaltningerne mere effektive, især hvis der indføres to forskellige mindsteimportpriser, en for coated solcelleglas og en for ikke-coated solcelleglas.
Following definitive disclosure, one party reiterated its claim contesting the profit margin used as a target profit.
Klageren begrundede sin påstand som følger:
It argued that the Commission should take into account all other factors which affected profitability in the IP.
For det første påstod klageren, at de eksporterende producenter efter UP havde solgt coated solcelleglas til EU-markedet til samme pris, som de solgte ikke-coated solcelleglas til i UP.
It claimed that the reasonable target profit could not be higher than 5 %.
Klageren påstod endvidere, at produktionsomkostningerne til coated solcelleglas er højere end til ikke-coated solcelleglas, og at coated solcelleglas derfor normalt sælges til priser, der er 20-25 % højere end priserne for ikke-coated solcelleglas.
The Commission rejects this claim for the following reasons.
For det andet påstod klageren, at efterspørgslen i Unionen efter UP var skiftet fra ikke-coated til coated solcelleglas.
The target profit used is not based on estimation but on an actual profit achieved by the Union industry prior to the distortion of competition caused by the Chinese dumped imports.
Brugerne har i stigende grad købt coated solcelleglas i stedet for ikke-coated solcelleglas.
The Commission considers this a reasonable profit, and has taken into account that the market situation was not significantly different compared to the IP, left aside the impact of the Chinese dumped imports.
Coated solcelleglas har derfor udgjort næsten hele importen fra Kina til EU i andet halvår 2013, mens det modsatte gjorde sig gældende i UP.
The statement of the party in this respect that the consumption in 2010 was much higher than in 2012 is factually incorrect.
Antidumpingforanstaltninger kan ganske rigtigt antage forskellige former.
As indicated in Section E.2.3 above, the consumption in 2010 was at a similar level to the one in 2012.
Kommissionen har et stort spillerum med hensyn til at vælge foranstaltningernes form, men formålet er fortsat at fjerne virkningerne af den skadevoldende dumping.
Also, in 2010 the Union industry was building up capacity in view of the expected strong increase of demand, which affected negatively its profit in that year.
Undersøgelsen bekræftede, at der er en væsentlig forskel i både omkostninger og priser mellem ikke-coated og coated solcelleglas på grund af forskellen i de to varers tekniske egenskaber.
Finally, the proposed target profit of 5 % is arbitrary as it is not based on any data or actual calculations and is therefore rejected.
Coated solcelleglas, som afhængigt af den anvendte teknologi kan være med enkeltsidet eller dobbeltsidet coating, øger nemlig soltransmissionen i forhold til ikke-coated solcelleglas og kan have supplerende selvrensende, antitilsmudsende eller hårdhedsegenskaber.
The complainant claimed on the other hand that the profit margin is too low and the Commission should increase it to 15 % as the complainants’ profits for 2010 were higher than 10 %.
Coated solcelleglas af høj kvalitet kan opnå en soltransmissionen på op til 92 %.
The lower profit margins which other sampled EU producers seem to have achieved in 2010 are allegedly not representative of the profits that can reasonably be expected in the absence of unfairly traded imports.
Coating kan nedbringe refleksionen med ca. 3 % (pr. side) og dermed øge soltransmissionen for solcelleglas med enkeltsidet coating til højst 95 % og for solcelleglas med dobbeltsidet coating til højst 98 %.
Most likely, there are reasons linked to management policies or issues of those companies, possibly including short-term pricing policies aimed at gaining market share, which would explain why they only obtained a lower margin in that year and why they were among the first to experience injury from the dumped imports.
81 % af det solcelleglas fra Kina, der importeredes til Unionen og solgtes på EU-markedet i UP, var ikke-coated solcelleglas, mens der kun importeredes og solgtes 19 % coated solcelleglas.
The Commission does not accept this claim.
Forskellen i priserne og omkostningerne mellem ikke-coated og coated solcelleglas i UP var på 30 %.
As explained above in this section, in the Commission’s view the average profit in 2010 for the whole Union industry correctly reflects the average profit under normal conditions of competition.
Kommissionen vurderer dog, at klagerens beviser ikke var tilstrækkeligt begrundede.
This conclusion is not contradicted by the fact that some members of the Union industry have taken management decisions which have led to profit margins lower or higher than other members of the same industry.
Desuden råder Kommissionen ikke over tilstrækkelige beviser eller data fra andre kilder, der kunne føre til en konklusion om, at efterspørgslen siden indførelsen af de midlertidige antidumpingforanstaltninger er skiftet fra ikke-coated til coated solcelleglas, og at priserne på især coated solcelleglas er faldet betydeligt, som påstået af klageren.
Indeed, the existence of such differences is an intrinsic characteristic of the behaviour of companies in a market economy.
Kommissionen kan således ikke acceptere denne påstand og finder det hensigtsmæssigt at indføre en værditold i stedet for mindsteimportpriser.
In the absence of any other comments, the Commission confirms the methodology described in recitals 166 to 169 of the provisional Regulation.
For at tage hensyn til ovenstående påstande vil der dog blive indført to forskellige integrerede toldtariffer (»Taric-koder«) — en for coated solcelleglas og en for ikke-coated solcelleglas.
Definitive measures
Med disse toldtariffer vil Kommissionen nøje kunne overvåge markedsudviklingen og i rette tid træffe afgørelse om, hvorvidt der er brug for flere foranstaltninger.
In view of the conclusions reached with regard to dumping, injury, causation and Union interest, and in accordance with Article 9(4) of the basic Regulation, definitive anti-dumping measures should be imposed on the imports of the product concerned at the level of the injury margins, in accordance with the lesser duty rule.
Kommissionen minder desuden om, at den tidligere har anvendt mindsteimportpriser, særlig i følgende situationer:
In this case the duty rate should accordingly be set at the level of the injury margins found.
En særligt høj eksportpris for en varetype, hvilket betød, at der ikke forekom dumping for den pågældende varetype [10];betragtninger i forbindelse med EU-producenternes markedsstilling og markedsandel, som gjorde det nødvendigt af hensyn til Unionens interesser at sikre, at priserne ikke oversteg i vist niveau [11].(153) Desuden er minimumsimportpriser overvejende blevet anvendt for ensartede varer og ikke for varer, der som denne findes i flere varianter.
Following provisional disclosure, the complainant claimed that the provisional ad valorem duties were not effective.
Kommissionen mener også af disse grunde, at minimumsimportpriser ikke er egnede i denne sag.
Therefore it requested the Commission to impose definitive measures in the form of a minimum import price (MIP).
Efter fremlæggelsen af de endelige konklusioner gentog klageren sine anmodninger om indførelse af en mindsteimportpris og fremsatte bemærkninger til betragtning 152-156 med følgende argumenter.
The complainant argued that such MIP would render the measures more effective, especially if two different MIPs would be imposed, one for coated and one for uncoated solar glass.
For det første behandler disse betragtninger angiveligt ikke spørgsmålene om, hvorvidt foranstaltningernes form er effektiv til at fjerne den skadevoldende virkning af dumping og subsidiering, hvilket også er en gyldig grund til at anvende mindsteimportpriser.
The reasons put forward by the complainant were the following:
For det andet gjorde Kommissionen angiveligt ikke rede for, hvorfor disse betragtninger er relevante i denne sag og for hvordan de kan opveje EU-erhvervsgrenens interesser.
Firstly, the complainant claimed that after the IP the exporting producers have been selling coated glass to the EU market for the same price at which they had sold uncoated solar glass during the IP.
For det tredje påstod klageren, at den pågældende vare er tilstrækkeligt ensartet med henblik på en praktisk forvaltning af en mindsteimportpris, da de to vigtigste varetyper har klart forskellige egenskaber, der giver mulighed for en reel prisdifferentiering og smidig forvaltning og overvågning, især da næsten al import består af coated solcelleglas.
It also alleged that coated glass has higher production costs than uncoated glass and is therefore normally sold at prices that are 20 % to 25 % higher than those of uncoated glass.
Hvad angår den første påstand, har efterspørgslen tilsyneladende ændret sig fra ikke-coated til coated solcelleglas.
Secondly, the complainant claimed that after the IP demand in the Union shifted from uncoated to coated solar glass.