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Kommissionen præciserede, at retsgrundlaget for denne justering var grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 10, litra i), idet den henviser til en avance, en forretningsmæssigt forbundet virksomhed, som har samme funktion som en agent, der arbejder på provisionsbasis, modtager.
The exporting producer Jiangsu Shagang Group claimed that the Commission did not disclose all adjustments carried out on Shagang's export price and referred to one specific adjustment.
Shagang gjorde som svar gældende, at den burde betragtes som én økonomisk enhed sammen med sine forretningsmæssigt forbundne virksomheder, og at justeringen derfor ikke burde foretages.
The Commission clarified that the legal ground for this adjustment was Article 2(10)(i) of the basic Regulation as it refers to a mark-up received by a related company which performs functions similar to those of an agent working on a commission basis.
Den 16. november 2016 blev der på anmodning af Shagang afholdt en høring mellem Shagang og Kommissionens tjenestegrene, hvor dette spørgsmål blev drøftet nærmere.
In response, Shagang claimed that it should be considered a single economic entity together with its related companies and, therefore, this adjustment should not be made.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse af oplysninger blev der endvidere den 12. januar 2017 afholdt en anden høring for bl.a. at drøfte denne justering.
On 16 November 2016, following a request from Shagang, a hearing took place between Shagang and the Commission services to further discuss this issue.
Shagang gentog, at dens forretningsmæssigt forbundne virksomheder (to forhandlere i Hong Kong og Singapore) kun beskæftiger sig med Shagangs produkter, for så vidt angår stålprodukter, og at den omstændighed, at de forretningsmæssigt forbundne forhandlere også er involveret i handelen med produkter (bortset fra stål), der ikke produceres af Shagang, er irrelevant for fastsættelsen af, om der er tale om én økonomisk enhed.
In addition, following definitive disclosure, on 12 January 2017, a second hearing took place to discuss, inter alia, this adjustment.
Det følger af fast retspraksis, at Unionens institutioner skal tage hensyn til alle de faktorer, der er nødvendige for at afgøre, om den forretningsmæssigt forbundne forhandler har funktioner, som svarer til en fuldt ud integreret salgsafdelings hos producenten, og at disse faktorer ikke kan begrænses til den pågældende vare.
Shagang reiterated that its related companies (two traders located in Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively) only deal with Shagang products, as far as steel products are concerned and that the fact that the related traders are also involved in the trading of products (other than steel) not produced by Shagang is irrelevant in establishing the existence of a single economic entity.
EU-institutionerne har navnlig ret til at tage hensyn til faktorer som salg via en forretningsmæssigt forbundet forhandler af andre varer end den pågældende vare samt salg fra en sådan forhandler af varer, der leveres af andre producenter end den producent, den er forretningsmæssigt forbundet med.
Under established case-law, the Union institutions are required to consider all factors necessary to determine whether the related trader carries out the functions of an integrated sales department within that producer and that those factors cannot be limited to the product concerned.
Derfor har Kommissionen analyseret en række faktorer og har bl.a. konstateret, at: i) den forretningsmæssigt forbundne virksomhed i Kina konsekvent opkrævede en avance fra sine forretningsmæssigt forbundne forhandlere i udlandet, ii) disse forhandleres hovedaktivitet, som udgjorde omkring 90 % af deres omsætning, bestod i at handle med andre varer end den pågældende vare, herunder handelsaktiviteter med ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne parter, iii) i nogle tilfælde blev der betalt gebyrer og udgifter ved eksportsalg til Unionen, iv) ifølge nogle af disse forretningsmæssigt forbundne forhandleres erhvervslicenser var deres hovedaktiviteter »engroshandel på honorar- eller kontraktbasis, f.eks. kommissionærer«, v) baseret på den efterprøvede resultatopgørelse blev det fastslået, at de forretningsmæssigt forbundne forhandleres egen fortjeneste dækkede alle relevante kontorudgifter, som dermed ikke blev dækket af finansielle bidrag fra moderselskabet.
In particular, the Union institutions are entitled to take into account factors such as sales by a related trader of products other than the product concerned as well as sales by such a trader of products supplied by producers other than the producer to which it is related.
Kommissionen fandt derfor, at de forretningsmæssigt forbundne forhandlere og Shagang ikke udgør én økonomisk enhed.
Accordingly, the Commission analysed several factors and established, inter alia, that: (i) there was a consistent mark-up charged by a related company in China to its related traders abroad; (ii) the main activity of these traders, amounting to around 90 % of their turnover, consisted of trading products other than the product concerned including trading activities with unrelated parties; (iii) in some cases, fees and expenses were found to have been paid in export sales to the Union; (iv) the business licence of one of these related traders described its main activities as ‘wholesale on a fee or contract basis, e.g. commission agents’; (v) based on verified the Profit & Loss sheet it was established that the related traders own profit covered all relevant office expenditures, instead of these expenditures being covered by financial contributions from the parent company.
Påstanden blev derfor afvist, og justeringen i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 10, litra i), blev opretholdt.
Therefore, the Commission found that the related traders and Shagang do not form a single economic entity.
Dumpingmargen
The claim was therefore rejected and the adjustment under Article 2(10)(i) of the basic Regulation was maintained.
Som følge af den korrektion, der blev foretaget i beregningen af eksportprisen som nævnt i betragtning 33 ovenfor, blev dumpingmargenen for to grupper af virksomheder genberegnet, hvilket resulterede i en mindre stigning.
Dumping margin
Denne stigning havde også betydning for dumpingmargenen for alle andre samarbejdsvillige og ikke samarbejdsvillige virksomheder, eftersom denne margen er baseret på margenerne for samarbejdsvillige virksomheder.
Due to the correction made on construction of the export price mentioned in recital (33) above, the dumping margins of two groups of companies were recalculated, which led to their slight increase.
De endelige dumpingmargener, udtrykt i procent af cif-prisen, frit Unionens grænse, ufortoldet, fastsættes til følgende:
This increase also had an impact on the dumping margin of all other cooperating and non-cooperating companies since this margin is based on the margins of cooperating companies.
Kinesiske eksporterende producenter
Dumping margins, the PRC
Endelig dumpingmargen
Chinese exporting producers
Andre samarbejdsvillige virksomheder
Hesteel Group Co., Ltd
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger vedrørende definitionen af EU-erhvervsgrenen og EU-produktionen, blev konklusionerne i betragtning 62-66 i forordningen om midlertidig told bekræftet.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
EU-forbruget
In the absence of any comments with respect to the definition of the Union industry and Union production the conclusions set out in recitals (62) to (66) of the provisional Regulation were confirmed.
Én interesseret part gjorde gældende, at det samlede EU-forbrug er blevet undervurderet, eftersom salg fra EU-producenter til forretningsmæssigt forbundne virksomheder på betingelser, der svarer til dem, der kan opnås på det frie marked, er blevet udelukket fra beregningen af EU-forbruget.
Union consumption
Denne påstand blev afvist.
One interested party submitted that the overall Union consumption has been underestimated as sales by Union producers to related companies, made at conditions comparable to those granted on the free market, have been excluded from the calculation of the Union consumption.
Som angivet i betragtning 69 i forordningen om midlertidig told, er sondringen mellem det bundne og det frie marked relevant for skadesanalysen, fordi varer bestemt til bunden anvendelse ikke er udsat for direkte konkurrence fra importerede varer, og de interne afregningspriser er fastsat inden for grupperne i overensstemmelse med forskellige prispolitikker.
This claim was rejected: First, as set out in recital (69) of the provisional Regulation, the distinction between captive and free market is relevant for the injury analysis because products destined for captive use are not exposed to direct competition from imports, and transfer prices are set within the groups according to various price policies.
Den produktion af varer, der er bestemt til det frie marked, er derimod i direkte konkurrence med importen af den pågældende vare, og priserne er frie markedspriser.
By contrast, production destined for the free market is in direct competition with imports of the product concerned, and prices are free market prices.
For det andet omfatter EU-producenters samlede frie marked salg til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder og ikke bundne salg til forretningsmæssigt forbundne virksomheder.
Second, the total free market includes sales of Union producers to unrelated customers and non-captive sales to related companies.
Det er blevet undersøgt og bekræftet, at dette ikke bundne salg faktisk er salg til markedspriser, og at den forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunde havde frit valg af leverandør, uanset om denne leverandør var forretningsmæssigt forbundet eller ej.
It has been investigated and confirmed that these non-captive sales are indeed sales at market prices and that the related buyer had a free choice of supplier, irrespective of whether this supplier was related or not.
Derfor er EU-forbruget (frit marked) ikke blevet undervurderet.
Consequently, the Union consumption (free market) has not been underestimated.
I denne henseende blev udviklingen i EU-forbruget på det bundne marked og det frie marked rapporteret og forklaret i tabel 2 og tabel 3 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
In this regard, in Tables 2 and 3 of the provisional Regulation, the development of the Union consumption on the captive market and the free market was reported and explained.
Ved at kombinere disse to tabeller udviklede det samlede forbrug (både det bundne og det frie marked) sig som følger i den betragtede periode:
By merging these two tables, the overall consumption (thus including captive and free market) evolved as follows during the period considered:
Samlet forbrug (bundne og frie marked) (ton)
Overall consumption (captive and free market) (tonnes)
Kilde: Eurostat og spørgeskemabesvarelse fra Eurofer.
Source: Eurofer questionnaire reply and Eurostat
Samlet forbrug
Overall consumption
Det fremgår af ovenstående tabel, at det samlede forbrug er steget til et niveau, der var højere i undersøgelsesperioden end ved begyndelsen af den betragtede periode.
The above table shows that overall consumption has increased to a level that was higher in the investigation period than at the beginning of the period considered.
Tendensen skyldes stigningen i det bundne forbrug, som var meget større end stigningen i forbruget på det frie marked i absolutte tal.
The trend is explained by the increase in captive consumption which was much stronger than the increase in free market consumption in absolute terms.
Derfor bekræftede Kommissionen sine konklusioner i betragtning 67-74 i forordningen om midlertidig told om EU-forbrug.
Thus, the Commission confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (67) to (74) of the provisional Regulation on Union consumption.
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger vedrørende mængde, markedsandel og priser på importen fra det pågældende land, bekræftede Kommissionen også sine konklusioner i betragtning 75-82 i forordningen om midlertidig told vedrørende disse emner.
In the absence of any comments with respect to the volume, market share and price of the imports from the country concerned, the Commission also confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (75) to (82) of the provisional Regulation on these topics.
Kommissionen har ikke modtaget bemærkninger om denne del af forordningen om midlertidig told.
No comments concerning this part of the provisional regulation were received.
Efter foreløbige foranstaltninger gjorde én interesseret part gældende, at de fleste makroøkonomiske indikatorer for EU-erhvervsgrenen udviser en positiv tendens, og var ikke enig i Kommissionens konklusion om, at EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt væsentlig skade.
Following provisional measures, one interested party claimed that most macroeconomic indicators of the Union industry show a positive trend and disagreed with the Commission's finding that the Union industry has incurred material injury.
Denne påstand blev afvist.
This claim was rejected.
For det første anførte Kommissionen ikke i forordningen om midlertidig told, at EU-erhvervsgrenen havde lidt væsentlig skade.
First, the Commission did not state in the provisional Regulation that the Union industry has incurred material injury.
Tværtimod anførte den i betragtning 119 i forordningen om midlertidig told, at EU-erhvervsgrenen befandt sig i en sårbar situation ved undersøgelsesperiodens afslutning, men ikke i et sådant omfang, at EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt væsentlig skade i den betragtede periode, jf. grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 5.
On the contrary, it has stated in recital (119) of the provisional Regulation that the Union industry was in a weak situation at the end of the investigation period, but not to the extent that the Union industry has suffered material injury during the period considered within the meaning of Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation.
For det andet henviste Kommissionen i denne henseende, jf. betragtning 117 i forordningen om midlertidig told, til at nogle makroøkonomiske indikatorer (såsom produktionsmængde og kapacitetsudnyttelsesgrad som følge af stigningen i det bundne og det frie marked) forblev positiv.
Second, in this regard, as described in recital (117) of the provisional Regulation, the Commission referred to the fact that some macroeconomic indicators (such as the production volumes, the capacity utilisation rates due to the increase in the captive and free consumption) were still following a positive trend.
Derfor bekræftede Kommissionen sine konklusioner i betragtning 87-103 i forordningen om midlertidig told om makroøkonomiske indikatorer.
The Commission hence confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (87) to (103) of the provisional Regulation with respect to the macroeconomic indicators.
EU-stålproducenterne i stikprøven led deres største tab i perioden 2012-2013, hvor de kinesiske importmængder var lave, og priserne på den kinesiske import var lig med eller lå over EU-erhvervsgrenens priser
It also indicated that the sampled Union producers remained largely unprofitable during the period considered.
deres salgspriser i samme periode var lavere end deres enhedsproduktionsomkostninger.
Therefore, this interested party requested the Commission to further investigate why:
I denne henseende henviste Kommissionen først til betragtning 106 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
the sampled Union steel producers incurred during the period 2012-2013 their largest loss when the Chinese import volumes were at a low level and the prices of the Chinese imports were equal to or even higher than the ones of the Union industry;
Den samme interesserede part fremførte også, at den, når den regnede tilbage på salgsmængden på grundlag af tabel 7 og 14 i forordningen om midlertidig told, konstaterede, at EU-producenterne i stikprøven kun tegner sig for 31 % af den samlede salgsmængde for EU-erhvervsgrenen, men at de ifølge betragtning 64 i forordningen om midlertidig told tegner sig for 45 % af den samlede EU-produktion.
during the same period their sales prices were lower than their unit cost of production.
Dette omfatter både det bundne og det frie marked.
In 2014, the Union industry started a recovery process which continued also in the first half of 2015.
Derimod henviser tabel 7 og 14 i forordningen om midlertidig told klart kun til det frie marked.
This temporary improvement of the EU industry situation was due to their increased efforts to remain competitive, in particular by increasing the productivity of the Union industry's workforce.
Det betyder, at de kun omfatter salg på det frie marked.
Second, as mentioned in recital (107) of the provisional Regulation, the cost of production remained generally higher than the decreasing sales prices, and in order to limit the loss in market share, the Union producers followed the downward price spiral and reduced their sales price significantly, in particular during 2015.
Forskellen kan forklares ved, at den samlede produktion, der blev anvendt i denne interesserede parts sammenligning, omfattede det bundne salg, hvor den kun skulle have omfattet salg på det frie marked.
As a result, the Commission considered that it had sufficiently investigated and clarified these elements.
Derfor er der ingen grund til at tvivle på stikprøvens repræsentativitet.
The same interested party argued also that, when calculating back the sales quantity on the basis of Tables 7 and 14 of the provisional Regulation, it found that the sampled Union producers represent only 31 % of the total Union industry sales volume whereas recital (64) of the provisional Regulation states that they represent 45 % of the total Union production.
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger, blev konklusionerne i betragtning 104-116 i forordningen om midlertidig told bekræftet.
This interested party argued that such a big difference casts doubts on the representativity of the sample, and that any change in sample could have led to completely different injury findings.
Konklusion vedrørende skade
As mentioned in recital (64) of the provisional Regulation, the total Union production was established at around 74,7 million.
På baggrund af analysen af bemærkningerne, som opsummeret i betragtning 39-54, bekræftede Kommissionen sine konklusioner i betragtning 117-119 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
This includes both the free and the captive market.
Kommissionen konkluderede, at EU-erhvervsgrenen befandt sig i en sårbar situation ved undersøgelsesperiodens afslutning, men ikke i et sådant omfang, at EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt væsentlig skade i den betragtede periode, jf. grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 5.
By contrast, Tables 7 and 14 in the provisional Regulation clearly refer to the free market only.
TRUSSEL OM SKADE
Thus, they include only sales in the free market.
EU-institutionerne har i henhold til retspraksis i nogle tilfælde ret til at tage hensyn til data fra perioden efter undersøgelsesperioden i forbindelse med antidumpingundersøgelser indledt på grundlag af påstande om trussel om skade.
The difference found is explained by the fact that the total production used for the comparison made by this interested party included captive sales, when it should only have included sales in the free market.
Faktisk gælder det ifølge retspraksis, at fastlæggelsen af, hvorvidt der er en trussel om skade, i sagens natur kræver en fremadrettet analyse.
Consequently, there is no reason to doubt on the representativity of the chosen sample.
I henhold til grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 9, skal en konstatering af, om der foreligger en trussel om væsentlig skade, desuden baseres på kendsgerninger, og ikke blot på påstande, formodninger eller fjerne muligheder, og den ændring i omstændighederne, der vil kunne skabe en situation, hvor den pågældende dumping vil forvolde skade, skal klart have kunnet forudses og være umiddelbart forestående.
In the absence of other comments, the conclusions set out in recitals (104) to (116) of the provisional Regulation were confirmed.
I henhold til retspraksis og som beskrevet i betragtning 122 i forordningen om midlertidig told fortsatte Kommissionen sin fremadrettede analyse af de foreløbige foranstaltninger, primært ved at indsamle dataene fra anden halvdel af 2016 for alle faktorer, som den foreløbigt havde undersøgt, og analysere, hvorvidt disse yderligere data kunne bruges til at bekræfte eller afkræfte de konklusioner, der var baseret på data fra undersøgelsesperioden.
Conclusion on injury
Kommissionen minder også om, at i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 6, stk. 1, som ligeledes finder anvendelse på undersøgelser indledt på grundlag af påstande om trussel om skade, skal de repræsentative resultater være baseret på en periode, der slutter før indledningen af proceduren.
On the basis of the analysis of the comments, as summarised in recitals (39) to (54) above, the Commission confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (117) to (119) of the provisional Regulation.
Formålet med dette princip er at sikre, at undersøgelsesresultaterne er repræsentative og pålidelige, ved at sikre, at de faktorer, som fastsættelsen af dumping og skade bygger på, ikke påvirkes af de pågældende producenters adfærd efter indledningen af antidumpingproceduren, således at den endelige told, der pålægges som følge af proceduren, kan afhjælpe den skade, dumpingen forårsager.
The Commission concluded that the Union industry was in a weak situation at the end of the investigation period but not to the extent that the Union industry has suffered material injury during the period considered within the meaning of Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation.
En betydelig forøgelse af stigningstakten i dumpingimporten til markedet i Unionen, som indebærer sandsynlighed for en væsentlig stigning i importen
THREAT OF INJURY
Opdatering af data for perioden efter UP
Under the case-law, the Union institutions are entitled, in certain circumstances, to take post-investigation period data into consideration when conducting anti-dumping investigations initiated on the basis of allegations of threat of injury.
Som anført i betragtning 124 i forordningen om midlertidig told steg importen fra det pågældende land betydeligt, dvs. fra 246720 ton til 1519304 ton mellem 2012 og undersøgelsesperioden.
Indeed, the case-law considers that the determination of whether there is a threat of injury, by its very nature, requires a prospective analysis.
Af samme betragtning fremgik det også, at mængden af import fra Kina steg yderligere med 8,5 % i første halvår af 2016 (773275 ton) i forhold til første halvår af 2015 (712390 ton).
In addition, Article 3(9) of the basic regulation requires that the finding of a threat of material injury is to be based on facts and not merely allegation, conjecture or remote possibility and that the change in circumstances which would create a situation in which the dumping would cause injury must be clearly foreseen and imminent.
De tilgængelige data for den yderligere periode juli-september 2016 viser, at den kinesiske dumpingimport er begyndt at falde i forhold til UP (2015) og efter UP i perioden januar-juni 2016, udtrykt på grundlag af månedlige gennemsnit.
As authorised by the case-law, and as indicated in recital (122) of the provisional Regulation, the Commission continued its prospective analysis after the imposition of the provisional measures, by collecting mainly data from the second half of 2016 for all factors which it had provisionally investigated, and analysing whether these additional data could be used to confirm or invalidate the findings based on the data from the investigation period.
Tabel 3
The Commission further recalls that under Article 6(1) of the Basic Regulation, which equally applies to investigations initiated on the basis of allegations of threat of injury, representative findings have to be based on a period ending before the initiation of proceedings.