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Dette tal ligger meget tæt på tallet fra NBB, som er baseret på de oplysninger, som medlemmerne har rapporteret til miljøbeskyttelsesagenturet (EPA), nemlig 6963000 ton.
Since there was no cooperation from US companies, it is not possible to establish the exact effect of the subsidy on the cost of production.
Den faktiske produktion af biodiesel i USA i NUP var på 4450000 ton (EIA's data), hvilket svarer til en kapacitetsudnyttelse på 62,4 % og en uudnyttet kapacitet på 37,6 %, dvs. 2678000 ton.
However, the Commission estimated that the one dollar (USD 1) provided for each biodiesel gallon produced constituted approximately one third of the final US domestic price of biodiesel during the RIP.
Denne uudnyttede kapacitet vil sandsynligvis blive anvendt til at forsyne EU-markedet, hvis foranstaltninger får lov at udløbe.
Consequently, it reiterates its findings that biodiesel prices would have been expected to increase in the past, if the producers anticipated that the schemes would not be reinstated.
De amerikanske producenter kan nemlig nemt øge deres produktion og eksportere den til EU og opnå en økonomisk fordel ved at øge kapacitetsudnyttelsesgraden og reducere enhedsproduktionsomkostningerne.
However, no changes in the prices of biodiesel in the US domestic market have been observed which could be linked to the past expiry of the schemes or to their current expiry after 31 December 2014.
Salget af den amerikanske uudnyttede kapacitet på EU-markedet vil få en væsentlig indvirkning, da det svarer til næsten 22 % af EU-forbruget i NUP.
Third, not only could the US biodiesel industry continuously avail itself of the subsidies provided by the three federal schemes, but also the funding had never been abolished for a particular time period.
NBB fremlagde en række bemærkninger i denne henseende.
The scheme was never underfunded nor was its scope of beneficiaries/benefits provided reduced.
Først påpegede NBB, at den faktiske produktionskapacitet i USA var lavere end Kommissionens skøn.
On the contrary, in 2008 [21] the credit for USD 1 per gallon was extended to all producers of biodiesel and not only to producers of agri-biodiesel.
NBB udtalte nemlig, at en række fabrikker i USA, selv om de var registrerede, faktisk er inaktive, og at den faktiske produktionskapacitet derfor er på 5409000 ton.
Indeed, the funding provided in 2013 more than doubled in comparison with 2012, while for the first half of 2014 the funding was higher than the total one for 2013 [22].
NBB anførte også, at produktionen af biodiesel i NUP var højere og udgjorde 5084000 ton.
Funding in million USD
NBB påstod følgelig, at kapacitetsudnyttelsesgraden er på ca. 94 %, og at der kun findes begrænset ekstra kapacitet, der kan anvendes til eksport til EU, hvis foranstaltningerne ophæves.
2014 (until 30 June, 2014)
Dette argument kan imidlertid ikke godtages.
Biodiesel Fuel Mixture Excise Credits
De data, som NBB har fremlagt, stemmer ikke overens med officielt tilgængelige data.
Fourth, given the importance of the schemes for the US biodiesel industry and the expectations from all market operators that the schemes would continue to exist, even if the US were to decide to abolish the schemes for the future, it could not do so by simply allowing the schemes to expire.
Biodieselproducenter i USA skal hver måned indsende en formular til EIA (EIA-22M »Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey«) og bl.a. anføre data for deres årlige produktionskapacitet og deres driftsstatus, dvs. aktiv, midlertidigt inaktiv eller permanent lukket.
Instead, the funding available would have to gradually be reduced, i.e. within several years, and/or the number of eligible beneficiaries would have to be restricted.
Siden januar 2013 har den registrerede kapacitet varieret lidt fra måned til måned, men var generelt stabil.
Otherwise it would risk causing serious injury to its domestic biodiesel industry, thereby leading to significant job losses (the industry employs around 60000 people [23]), dependency on imports of diesel and failure to meet the environmental objectives set by the Government by using biodiesel [24].
Desuden skal biodieselproducenter i USA hvert år indsende oplysninger til EPA bl.a. om, hvilken type fornyeligt brændstof, man forventer at producere eller importere, samt oplysninger om eksisterende eller planlagt produktionskapacitet.
After final disclosure, NBB claimed that the fact that sufficient funding was available in the past and that the scope of beneficiaries' benefits was not reduced in the past is irrelevant for a determination of the likelihood of recurrence of a subsidy programme that has expired.
Den registrerede kapacitet, som de amerikanske biodieselproducenter har opgivet, opdateres således regelmæssigt og kan derfor betragtes som en pålidelig kilde.
NBB further claimed that the fact that the US biodiesel industry employs around 60000 people does not automatically mean that the subsidy programmes must be reinstated or must decline over time.
Selv om den registrerede kapacitet i øjeblikket er uudnyttet eller inaktiv, skal den medtages ved beregningen af den uudnyttede kapacitet, som kan anvendes til at øge produktionen og eksporten.
Finally, the fact that Renewable Fuel Standard (‘RFS’)-2 requires a minimum of 1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel to be used annually between 2011 and 2021 does not mean that this goal will not be achieved if the subsidy programmes are not reinstated.
De tal for produktionskapaciteten, som NBB fremlagde, udelukkede allerede permanent lukket kapacitet, hvilket fremgik af deres bemærkninger.
The Commission concludes that, given the magnitude of the funding provided by means of the three federal schemes and the expectations from all market operators that the schemes would continue to exist, it would be very difficult for the US authorities to simply allow the schemes to expire.
Anlæg, der ikke er permanent lukket, kan pr. definition starte produktionen igen, hvis der sker en ændring i de fremtidige markedsvilkår (som f.eks. hvis EU-markedet åbnes igen).
The level of employment by the industry, the environmental and economic objectives served by the industry are important indicators of what would be at stake, if the US biodiesel industry is forced to reduce its production and capacity in the absence of or in the case of reduced federal subsidies.
Undersøgelsen om »sandsynlighed for fornyet dumping« i forbindelse med en udløbsundersøgelse forudsætter, at man ser på, hvad der vil ske i fremtiden, hvis foranstaltningerne får lov at udløbe, og er ikke blot et øjebliksbillede af situationen i NUP.
In addition, under this scenario the environmental objective (contained in RFS-2) of using no less than 22 billion gallons of advanced biofuels by 2022 [25], for which biodiesel also qualifies, will be also under threat.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse fastholdt NBB, at der ved produktionskapaciteten ikke burde tages højde for inaktiv kapacitet, selv hvis denne kapacitet ikke var indberettet til de amerikanske myndigheder som ophørt eller permanent lukket.
Consequently, the Commission considers that there is strong likelihood that the biodiesel mixture credit, biodiesel credit and small agri-biodiesel producers' credit schemes will be retroactively reinstated and will continue to confer benefits to US biodiesel producers in the future.
Fabrikker, der ikke er ophørt med at producere eller er permanent lukket, kan således i modsætning til NBB's påstand pr. definition starte produktionen igen, hvis forholdene ændrer sig i fremtiden.
The three federal schemes will likely cover retroactively the period after 31 December 2014, as has proven to be already the case in the past.
Uudnyttet kapacitet skal derfor medtages i den samlede amerikanske produktionskapacitet for biodiesel.
NBB further claimed that, whilst Article 18(1) of the basic Regulation refers to the likelihood of recurrence of subsidisation, countervailing duties cannot be maintained if a subsidy programme is withdrawn at the time of findings in an expiry review and countervailing duties cannot be implemented when there is no subsidy to counteract so as to prevent injury being caused.
Kommissionen vurderer derfor, at den aktuelle registrerede kapacitet udgør et fyldestgørende grundlag for at beregne den samlede produktionskapacitet og uudnyttede kapacitet i USA, og afviser derfor NBB's påstand.
The opposite would be inconsistent with Articles 15(1) and 17 of the basic Regulation, as well as with Article 19 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
Dernæst påstod NBB også, at den amerikanske biodieselindustri ikke er beregnet som en eksportindustri, idet de fleste amerikanske biodieselanlæg producerer mindre end 15000000 gallon (55000 ton) om året.
NBB further claimed that a coherent reading of these provisions would determine that duties can only be maintained if the subsidy programme as such is still in place, but benefits under the programme are not afforded.
Det skulle angiveligt ikke være økonomisk forsvarligt at lagre flere ugers produktion af biodiesel til en enkelt eksportforsendelse.
This claim should be rejected.
Kommissionen finder derfor, at denne påstand må afvises.
The wording of Article 18 of the basic Regulation does not necessarily require the Commission to establish that subsidisation actually exists in order to decide on the extension of the measures.
Den amerikanske biodieselindustri kan eksportere, og før indførelsen af de gældende foranstaltninger eksporterede de amerikanske producenter betydelige mængder biodiesel til EU-markedet, op til 1137000 ton i undersøgelsesperioden i den oprindelige undersøgelse (1.4.2007-31.3.2008).
Rather, Article 18 of the basic Regulation foresees that, while the measures are in force, subsidisation may not occur, and hence, it allows the possibility to establish a ‘likelihood of recurrence of subsidisation’.
Dette viser, at de amerikanske producenter har tilstrækkelig produktionskapacitet til at kunne eksportere.
Thus the existence of a subsidy scheme in force at the moment of extension is not an absolute requirement set out by Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Desuden kan de amerikanske producenter, der ikke har tilstrækkelig individuel produktionskapacitet til at kunne eksportere til Unionen, fortsat levere til hjemmemarkedet, og forhandlerne kan samle produktionen fra flere anlæg og eksportere den.
Moreover, the context confirms that Article 15(1), 3rd sentence, of the basic Regulation is not applicable to expiry reviews.
Derudover er EU-markedet meget attraktivt, da det er det største marked i verden, og da der anvendes betydelige incitamenter på EU-plan og nationalt plan for at fremme forbruget af biodiesel.
Article 15 of the basic Regulation in general determines the conditions for the imposition of definitive measures in the case of Article 10 investigations (that is new investigations).
Sidst, men ikke mindst, er prisniveauet i Unionen, som er højere end på andre tredjelandsmarkeder, et incitament for de amerikanske producenter til at eksportere til Unionen i stedet for andre tredjelandsmarkeder.
Indeed, many of its provisions are not applicable to expiry review investigations initiated pursuant to Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at der i betragtning af sandsynligheden for fortsat eller fornyet subsidiering kombineret med den omfattende uudnyttede kapacitet i den amerikanske biodieselindustri og EU-markedets tiltrækningskraft er sandsynlighed for, at de amerikanske biodieselproducenter vil genoptage eksporten af biodiesel til subsidierede priser til EU-markedet i store mængder, hvis foranstaltningerne får lov at udløbe.
For example, Article 15(1) fifth paragraph thereof specifies that ‘the amount of the countervailing duty shall not exceed the amount of countervailable subsidies established’.
Ud fra ovenstående konkluderer Kommissionen, jf. grundforordningens artikel 18, stk. 3, at der er sandsynlighed for fortsat eller fornyet subsidiering, hvis foranstaltningerne får lov at udløbe.
This paragraph is clearly not applicable to expiry reviews since according to Article 22(3) of the same regulation when an expiry review is conducted measures can only be repealed or maintained and thus cannot determine the amount of countervailing duty.
SKADE
Similar wording exists in Article 19 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures which also clearly governs the conditions for the imposition of definitive measures in the case of new investigations.
Definition af EU-erhvervsgren og EU-produktion
For the same reasons set out in recitals (125)-(127) above, the Commission is of the view that Article 17 of the basic Regulation is not applicable to expiry review investigations initiated pursuant to Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Den samme vare blev fremstillet af ca. 200 EU-producenter i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode.
Finally, the purpose of Article 18 of the basic Regulation is to carry out a prospective analysis of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidisation and injury.
De udgør »EU-erhvervsgrenen« som omhandlet i grundforordningens artikel 9, stk. 1.
Such an exercise suggests a certain degree of probability and distinguishes Article 18 of the basic Regulation from Articles 15(1) and 17 of the basic Regulation, whose objectives are to take into account a change in circumstances which has already occurred.
Den samlede EU-produktion i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode blev fastsat til ca. 11600000 ton.
Therefore, based on the wording, context and the objectives of Article 18, the Commission considers that Articles 15 and 17 of the basic Regulation do not apply to expiry reviews.
Kommissionen fastslog tallet på grundlag af alle foreliggende oplysninger vedrørende EU-erhvervsgrenen såsom oplysninger i anmodningen om en udløbsundersøgelse og data indhentet fra EU-producenterne i forbindelse med undersøgelsen.
For the reasons set above, the Commission rejects the claims put forward by NBB.
Syv EU-producenter, der tegnede sig for ca. 30 % af den samlede EU-produktion af samme vare, blev udtaget til at indgå i stikprøven, jf. betragtning 12-14.
Likelihood of continuation of subsidisation of other schemes
EU-forbrug
All subsidy schemes analysed above, on the basis of which subsidies were granted, were in force during the RIP.
Kommissionen fastslog EU-forbruget på grundlag af den samlede EU-produktion minus eksport, plus import fra tredjelande.
A number of small schemes are currently still in force, such as the bioenergy programme for advanced biofuel and the state subsidy schemes, and there are no indications that these schemes will come to an end in the near future.
Import- og eksportmængder blev indhentet fra Eurostats data.
Therefore, with regard to the schemes in force, the Commission considers that the expiry of the measures would be likely to lead to the continuation of subsidisation.
EU-forbruget udviklede sig således:
Impact of subsidisation on the exports to the EU
Tabel 1
The Commission also examined whether subsidised exports from the USA to the Union would be made in significant volumes should the measures be allowed to lapse.
Kilde: Data fra EU-erhvervsgrenen, Eurostat.
Due to lack of cooperation from the selected sampled producers mentioned in recital (20) above, it was not possible to carry out an analysis based on verified data supplied by US producers.
NUP
The Commission therefore made use of the following sources of information: the data provided by some US biodiesel producers at initiation stage in reply to the questionnaire for the purpose of the sampling, Eurostat, the request for an expiry review, subsequent submissions from the applicant, the US National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the websites of the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the US Department of Energy, and the US International Trade Commission.
Samlet EU-forbrug (ton)
On the basis of data collected from the EIA, the US biodiesel producers' capacity during the RIP was 7128000 tonnes.
Indeks
This volume is very close to the volume provided by the NBB based on the information submitted by its members to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that is 6963000 tonnes.
Ud fra ovenstående ses det, at EU-forbruget af biodiesel steg med 11 % i den betragtede periode.
The US actual production of biodiesel during the RIP was 4450000 tonnes (EIA's data), which corresponds to a capacity utilisation of 62,4 % and a spare capacity of 37,6 %, that is 2678000 tonnes.
Import af den pågældende vare fra USA
This spare capacity is likely to be used to supply the Union market should measures be allowed to lapse.
Mængde og markedsandel for importen fra det pågældende land
Indeed, the US producers can easily increase their production and export it to the EU with the economic benefit of the increase in capacity utilisation ratio and reduction of unit cost of production.
Tabel 2
The release in the Union market of the US spare capacity would have a significant impact as it amounts to nearly 22 % of the Union consumption during the RIP.
Kilde: Eurostat.
First, the NBB pointed out that the US real production capacity would be lower than that considered by the Commission.
USA (ton)
Indeed, according to the NBB, a number of plants in the US, albeit registered, are actually inactive and therefore the real production capacity is 5409000 tonnes.
Markedsandel
The NBB also reported a higher production of biodiesel during the RIP, amounting to 5084000 tonnes.
Priser og prisunderbud
As a consequence, the NBB claimed that the capacity utilisation is around 94 % and that there is little spare capacity to be used to export to the EU if measures were repealed.
Priser på det amerikanske hjemmemarked
However, this claim cannot be accepted.
Da de amerikanske biodieselproducenter ikke samarbejdede i forbindelse med undersøgelsen, anvendte Kommissionen tre informationskilder til at fastsætte salgsprisen på biodiesel i USA i NUP, nemlig i) besvarelserne af det spørgeskema, der blev sendt ud i forbindelse med indledningen af undersøgelsen med henblik på stikprøveudtagningen, fra en række amerikanske biodieselproducenter i den indledende fase, ii) oplysninger fra NBB baseret på oplysninger, der blev indsamlet af et markedsovervågningsfirma ved navn »Jacobsen«, og iii) oplysninger fremlagt af ansøgeren baseret på oplysninger indsamlet af Oil Price Information Service (OPIS).
The data provided by the NBB cannot be reconciled with officially available data.
Oplysningerne fra disse tre kilder vedrører forskellige handelsled og handelsbetingelser.
Biodiesel producers in the USA are obliged to submit to EIA on a monthly basis a form (EIA-22M 'Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey) indicating, among other data, the annual production capacity and their operating statuses, such as active, temporarily inactive or permanently ceased operations.
Værdierne ligger dog meget tæt på hinanden.
Since January 2013, the registered capacity varied slightly from one month to another but was overall rather stable.
Gennemsnittet af værdierne fra disse tre kilder er 1196,93 USD pr. ton.
In addition, biodiesel producers in the USA are obliged to submit to EPA on an annual basis, among other information, the type, or types, of renewable fuel expected to be produced or imported and the existing and planned production capacity.
Med den gennemsnitlige euro/dollar-vekselkurs i NUP (1 EUR = 1,356 USD) svarer dette beløb til en salgspris på hjemmemarkedet i USA på 883 EUR pr. ton [27].
The registered capacity that US biodiesel producers have declared is thus updated regularly and is therefore considered as an accurate source.
Amerikanske eksportpriser og prisunderbud
Even if the registered capacity is currently unused or idle, it must be taken into account for the calculation of the spare capacity which is available to increase production and exports.
I den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode var importen af biodiesel til Unionen fra USA ubetydelig og udgjorde ikke et relevant grundlag for beregning af prisunderbuddet.
Moreover, the production capacity values provided by the NBB already excluded the permanent shuttered capacity, as acknowledged in their submission.
Der blev derfor foretaget en sammenligning af gennemsnitsprisen på biodiesel produceret og solgt i Unionen af EU-erhvervsgrenen og den gennemsnitlige eksportpris på biodiesel til tredjelande fra USA i NUP.
Plants which are not permanently shuttered can by definition start production again, if future market conditions change (such as the opening up of the Union market).
Kommissionen konsulterede den database, som tilhører United States International Trade Commission, og uddrog mængder og værdier af eksporten af biodiesel under HTS-kode 382600 for NUP.
The ‘likelihood-of-recurrence’ test in an expiry review requires a forward looking approach about what could happen in the future if measures were allowed to lapse, and not a simple stock-taking of the situation during the RIP.
Eksportmængden (i ton) til alle lande (EU inkl.) beløb sig til 567018 ton.
Following final disclosure, the NBB maintained that the production capacity should not take into account idle capacity even if this capacity was not notified to the US authorities as dismantled or permanently shuttered.
Den gennemsnitlige værdi pr. ton i NUP beløb sig til 753,34 EUR.
However, following the EIA instructions quoted by NBB, the ‘annual production capacity [is] the quantity of biodiesel that a plant can produce in a calendar year, assuming normal downtime for maintenance.
Tabel 3
It includes the capacity of idle plant until the plant is dismantled or abandoned’ [26].
Amerikanske eksportmængder og eksportpriser i NUP
It is clear from the above that EIA takes into account in the total production capacity in the USA all possible plants which potentially can become active again.
Bestemmelseslande
Consequently, contrary to what NBB argues, plants which are not dismantled or permanently shuttered can by definition start production again, if future conditions change.
Eksportmængder (ton)
Therefore this idle capacity has to be considered as part of the total US biodiesel production capacity.
% af eksporten til alle lande
The Commission considers therefore that the current registered capacity constitutes an accurate basis for calculating the total US production capacity and spare capacity and rejects the NBB claim.
Gennemsnitsværdi (USD) pr. ton
Second, the NBB also claimed that the US biodiesel industry is not designed to operate as an exporting industry, as most US biodiesel facilities produce less than 15000000 gallons (55000 metric tonnes) per year.
Gennemsnitsværdi (EUR) pr. ton
Allegedly, it would not be economically feasible to stock several weeks of biodiesel production for a single export shipment.
I alt Gibraltar
The Commission considers that this claim must be rejected.
I alt Canada
The US biodiesel industry can export and before imposition of the measures in force, the US producers were exporting significant quantities of biodiesel to the Union market, up to 1137000 tonnes during the investigation period of the initial investigation (1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008).
I alt Australien
This shows that there are US producers with sufficient production capacity to be able to export.
I alt Malaysia
In addition, the US producers without sufficient individual production capacity for a shipment to the Union will continue serving the domestic market and traders can put together the output of several plants and export it.
I NUP var den gennemsnitlige eksportpris på amerikansk biodiesel til alle bestemmelseslande 1021,52 USD (753,34 EUR) pr. ton FAS (free alongside ship).
Moreover, the Union market is very attractive as it is the biggest in the world and there are significant Union and national incentives for biodiesel consumption.
For at beregne en sandsynlig og rimelig eksportpris til EU er det nødvendigt at tilføje omkostningerne for transport og forsikring samt en told på 6,5 % og omkostninger efter importen til denne pris.
Last but not least, the level of prices in the Union, which are higher than in other third markets, would incentivise the US producers to export to the Union rather than to other third markets.