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De celler, der er bestemt til det bundne marked, blev anvendt som den vigtigste komponent i produktionen af moduler.
China would allegedly have around 20 GW annual new installations per year until 2020.
Derfor udøvede den direkte konkurrence fra importen af moduler fra det pågældende land, som EU-modulproducenterne står over for, også et indirekte pres på den bundne salgspris og/eller omkostningerne til produktion af de celler, der anvendes i disse moduler.
However, as shown above and further developed in recitals 186 to 195, the Chinese exporting producers' excess capacity would be capable of meeting the total global demand in the future, including all rapidly growing markets such as China itself, India, Japan and South America taken together.
Herudover øgede importen af celler fra Kina presset på modulproducenter, der anvender bunden solcelleproduktion.
Two interested parties questioned the data for the capacity in the PRC and the global consumption used by the Commission.
De skulle ikke alene konkurrere med moduler, der er samlet i tredjelande af kinesiske celler, men også med moduler, der er samlet i Unionen under anvendelse af de importerede kinesiske celler.
One interested party argued that further capacity will be required to cover the growing demand for solar installations in the PRC and elsewhere in the near future.
I modsætning til andre sager [22], hvor sondringen mellem det bundne og det frie marked var relevant for skadesanalysen, fordi varer beregnet til bunden anvendelse ikke fandtes at være i direkte konkurrence med importvarerne, fastslog Kommissionen i den foreliggende sag, at det for de fleste økonomiske indikatorer ikke var berettiget at sondre mellem det bundne og det frie marked.
According to the party the Commission failed to provide any sound arguments that the alleged excess capacity in the PRC would be destined for the Union market.
Hvad angår rentabiliteten nøjedes Kommissionen dog med at se på salg på det frie marked.
These claims are addressed in recitals 190-191 below.
Priserne på det bundne marked blev fastsat på grundlag af forskellige prispolitikker (interne afregningspriser til virtuel markedspris, afregning på grundlag af faktiske omkostninger osv.).
Conclusion on the likelihood of continuation of dumping
De afspejler således ikke altid priserne på armslængdevilkår og kunne derfor ikke tages i betragtning ved vurderingen af denne indikator.
In light of the estimated significant spare capacity in the PRC, combined with the attractiveness of the Union market in terms of size and sales price, in particular with regard to the price level of the PRC exports to third countries, and the records of past circumvention practices, the Commission concluded that there is a strong likelihood that the repeal of the anti-dumping measures would result in a significant increase of dumped imports of solar cells and modules from the PRC to the Union.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger hævdede en række parter, at EU-celleproducenternes situation burde være blevet vurderet særskilt for det bundne marked og det frie marked.
INJURY
De påstod for det første, at Kommissionen ikke har givet en behørig begrundelse for, hvordan det bundne marked også var blevet påvirket af konkurrencen fra importen fra Kina.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
For det andet fremførte en part, at da priserne på det bundne marked efter Kommissionens opfattelse ikke var pålidelige i forbindelse med en vurdering af rentabiliteten, er det ligeledes forkert at drage den konklusion, at de var under pres fra importen af moduler.
The like product was manufactured by over 100 producers in the Union during the review investigation period.
For det tredje afkræfter en fælles analyse af de to markeder den omstændighed, at forbruget af celler faldt mindre end forbruget af moduler i den betragtede periode.
They constitute the ‘Union industry’ within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the basic Regulation.
Man kan hævde, at dette betyder, at der ikke er nogen direkte forbindelse mellem importen af moduler og importen af celler og mellem faldet i importen af celler og priserne på celler, der udsættes for det frie marked.
All available information concerning the Union industry was used to establish the total Union production for the RIP since complete public information on production was not available.
For det første gav Kommissionen i modsætning til parternes påstande i betragtning 101-102 en behørig begrundelse for, hvordan det bundne marked for celler også blev påvirket af konkurrencen fra importen fra Kina.
This information included: macroeconomic data provided by the applicant, but collected on its behalf by Europressedienst, an independent consultancy firm; the standing replies of interested parties provided at pre-initiation stage and the verified questionnaire responses of the sampled Union producers.
Da cellen er hovedkomponenten ved fremstilling af et modul, udøver importen af moduler fra Kina et indirekte pres på salgsprisen på celler ved bundent salg, når transferprisen er baseret på en virtuel markedspris.
On this basis, the total Union production during the review investigation period was estimated to be at around 3409 MW for modules and 1270 MW for cells.
Alternativt, når transferpriserne er baseret på faktiske omkostninger, lægger importen af celler pres på virksomhederne for at gøre deres produktion mere effektiv.
Determination of the relevant Union market
Selv om priserne på det bundne marked ikke var tilstrækkeligt pålidelige til at vurdere rentabiliteten, betragtede Kommissionen for det andet udviklingen i disse priser som en relevant faktor for vurderingen af, hvorvidt det bundne marked var udsat for konkurrence fra importen fra Kina.
A part of the Union industry is vertically integrated and, as far as the production of cells is concerned, a substantial part of the Union industry's production was destined for captive use (96 %).
For det tredje gjorde Kommissionen ikke gældende, at der er en direkte forbindelse mellem importen af moduler og importen af celler.
Hence, the free market for cells was very marginal.
Den bemærkede derimod, at den bundne anvendelse af celler også er udsat for direkte konkurrence fra importen af celler og indirekte konkurrence fra importen af moduler, da de bundne celler anvendes til produktion af moduler.
Following disclosure, one interested party contested the last statement arguing that the free market constituted a big part of the total market for cells (estimated at 3409 MW, see Table 1b below).
Endelig fremlagde den interesserede part ikke bevis for, at der ikke er nogen forbindelse mellem priserne på celler på det frie marked og faldet i importen af celler.
The Commission accepted this correction as indeed the captive market in the Union constituted only 31,8 % of the total cells consumption.
Som det fremgår af tabel 8b, steg EU-celleerhvervsgrenens salgspriser, da importen af celler fra Kina faldt både med hensyn til mængde og markedsandel mellem 2014, hvor foranstaltningerne begyndte at få fuld virkning, og NUP.
However, this does not alter the finding that a substantial part of the Union industry's cells production was destined for captive use and has no impact on the analysis made on injury and Union interest.
Disse påstande afvistes derfor.
Indeed, the free market for cells is mainly served by imports and not by sales of the Union cells producers, given the fact that most of the cells producers exited the market in the last few years.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger påstod den kinesiske regering, at en fælles analyse af det bundne og det frie marked for celler rent faktisk udelukker en analyse af det frie marked, da det kun udgør 4 % af den samlede solcelleproduktion i Unionen.
In order to establish whether the Union industry continued to suffer injury and to determine consumption and the various economic indicators related to the situation of the Union industry, the Commission examined whether and to what extent the subsequent use of the Union industry's production of the like product (‘captive use’) had to be taken into account in the analysis.
Kommissionen har således undladt at undersøge situationen i EU-erhvervsgrenen som helhed og opfylder derfor ikke kravene om »objektivitet« i antidumpingaftalens artikel 3.1.
The Commission analysed the following economic indicators by referring to the total activity (including the captive use of the industry): consumption, sales volume, production, production capacity, capacity utilisation, growth, investments, stocks, employment, productivity, cash flow, return on investment, ability to raise capital and magnitude of the dumping margin.
Kommissionen forstod dog ikke, hvordan en fælles analyse af det bundne og det frie marked for celler udelukker en analyse af det frie marked.
For those indicators the Commission found, in line with the original investigation, that the production destined for captive use was equally affected by the competition of imports from the country concerned.
Kommissionen analyserede nemlig en række skadesindikatorer kun for det frie marked f.eks. rentabilitet, salgspriser og investeringsafkast.
The cells destined for the captive market were used as the main component for the production of modules.
Desuden blev en række indikatorer analyseret kumulativt, selv i de tilfælde hvor der blev foretaget en særskilt analyse af det bundne og det frie marked [23].
Therefore, the direct competition of imports of modules from the country concerned faced by the Union module producers also exercised an indirect pressure on the captive sales price and/or costs of production of the cells used in those modules.
Disse indikatorer er ofte: produktion, kapacitet, kapacitetsudnyttelse, investeringer, investeringsafkast, beskæftigelse, produktivitet, lagerbeholdninger og arbejdskraftomkostninger.
In addition, the import of cells from the PRC increased the pressure on module producers using captive cell production.
Sidst, men ikke mindst fulgte skadesindikatorerne for disse EU-solcelleproducenter, som udelukkende sælger på det frie marked, den samme tendens, og konklusionerne for hele EU-celleerhvervsgrenen gælder følgelig også for dem.
They were competing not only with modules assembled in third countries from Chinese cells, but also with modules assembled in the Union using those imported Chinese cells.
Kommissionen mener, at dette krav, selv hvis det fandt anvendelse i den foreliggende, meget specifikke sag, under alle omstændigheder var overholdt.
Consequently, in contrast to other cases [22], where a distinction between captive and free market was relevant for the injury analysis because products destined for captive use were found not to be exposed to direct competition from imports, the Commission established at the case at hand that for most of the economic indicators, no distinction between captive and free market was justified.
For den del af Unionens celleproduktion, som sælges på et bundet marked, blev skaden konstateret på grundlag af et indirekte pres på priserne på de moduler, som disse celler indbygges i. For den del af Unionens celleproduktion, som sælges på et frit marked, blev skadesindikatorerne også vurderet særskilt, og de udviser samme tendens som for den bundne del af markedet (der, som følge af den omstændighed, at det udgør 96 % af EU-produktionen, er næsten identisk med den kumulative vurdering).
However, as regards profitability, the Commission looked only at the sales on the free market.
Dette argument blev derfor afvist.
The prices on the captive market were set according to various pricing policies (transfer pricing at virtual market price, transfer on the basis of the actual costs, etc.).
Den kinesiske regering påstod endvidere, at erklæringen om, at EU-modulproducenter konkurrerer med moduler, der er samlet i tredjelande med kinesiske celler, på ulovlig vis udvider anvendelsesområdet for undersøgelsen.
Thus they did not always reflect prices at arm's length and could not be taken into account when assessing this indicator.
Disse moduler har imidlertid været omfattet af undersøgelsen fra starten, da celler giver moduler oprindelsesstatus [24].
Following disclosure, several parties argued that the state of the Union cells industry should have been assessed separately for the captive market and the free market.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger hævdede en anden part, at analysen af rentabiliteten på grundlag af 4 % af solcelleproduktionen i Unionen ikke er repræsentativ for en nøjagtig vurdering af behovet for at opretholde tolden.
First, they claimed that the Commission failed to provide a proper reasoning on how the captive market has been equally affected by the competition of the imports from the PRC.
Kommissionen bemærkede, at kun rentabiliteten blev vurderet udelukkende på grundlag af salget af celler til uafhængige kunder, jf. begrundelserne i betragtning 103.
Second, one party contended that since the Commission considered that the prices on the captive market were unreliable to assess profitability, it is equally inaccurate to draw the conclusion that they underwent pressure because of imports of modules.
Med henblik på at vurdere EU-erhvervsgrenens situation blev alle andre indikatorer analyseret under hensyntagen til både det bundne og det frie marked for celler.
Third, a common analysis of the two markets contradicts the fact that cell consumption decreased less than the module consumption during the period considered.
Jabil samlede som kontraktproducent moduler på vegne af andre virksomheder i NUP.
This arguably means that there is no direct link between import of modules and import of cells and between the decrease in imports of cells and prices of cells exposed to the free market.
Følgelig stammede de indtægter, som Jabil oplyste, ikke fra salg af moduler, men fra servicegebyrer.
First, contrary to the claims of the parties, the Commission provided in recitals 101-102 above a detailed reasoning on how the captive market for cells has been equally affected by the competition of the imports from the PRC.
Kommissionen besluttede derfor at udskille tallene for Jabils fortjeneste fra tallene for resten af EU-modulerhvervsgrenens fortjeneste (se betragtning 160 og 161).
Since the cell is the main component for the production of a module, the imports of modules from the PRC exercise an indirect pressure on the captive sales price of cells, when the transfer price is based on a virtual market price.
For alle skadesindikatorer undtagen rentabiliteten har Kommissionen taget hensyn til alle oplysninger fra Jabil, som vedrører de samarbejdsvillige EU-modulproducenter.
Third, the Commission did not assert that there is a direct link between imports of modules and import of cells.
Kun disse oplysninger blev taget i betragtning, da de kunne kontrolleres, mens resten blev tilsidesat i betragtning af Jabils særlige forretningsmodel og den kendsgerning, at de endelige salgspriser ikke kunne kontrolleres.
Rather it observed that the captive use of cells is also subject to the direct competition of imports of cells and indirect competition of imports of modules since the captive cells are used for producing modules.
EU-forbruget
Finally, the interested party failed to prove that there is no link between prices of cells on the free market and decrease in imports of cells.
Kommissionen fastsatte EU-forbruget på grundlag af den samlede importmængde af den pågældende vare og den samlede salgsmængde af samme vare i Unionen, herunder salget til bunden anvendelse.
Indeed, as evident from Table 8b the sales prices of the Union cells industry increased when the imports of cells from China decreased both in volume and in market share between 2014, when the measures started to have a full effect, and the RIP.
EU-erhvervsgrenens samlede salg blev baseret på oplysninger fra Europressedienst, eventuelt korrigeret med data fra de interesserede parters besvarelser om den økonomiske situation, som blev indsendt i perioden inden undersøgelsen startede, og de verificerede spørgeskemabesvarelser fra virksomhederne i stikprøven.
Consequently, these arguments were rejected.
Som anført i betragtning 116 var importoplysningerne baseret på Comext og de data, medlemsstaterne indberetter til Kommissionen i overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 14, stk. 6, (»database i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6«).
Following disclosure, the Government of China (‘GOC’) contended that a common analysis of the captive and free market for cells actually eliminates an analysis of the free market as it is only 4 % of the total Union cell production.
Data om forbruget blev krydstjekket med andre kilder [25].
The Commission thus failed to examine the state of the domestic industry as a whole and does not, therefore satisfy the requirements of ‘objectiv[ity]’ in Article 3.1 of the Anti-dumping Agreement.
EU-forbruget udviklede sig som følger:
The Commission failed to understand how the common analysis of the captive and free market for cells eliminated an analysis of the free market.
Tabel 1a
In fact, the Commission analysed a number of injury indicators only for the free market such as profitability, sales prices and return on investments.
Kilde: Europressedienst, besvarelser vedrørende den økonomiske situation, kontrollerede spørgeskemabesvarelser, Comext og databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Those indicators often are: production, capacity, capacity utilisation, investments, return on investments, employment, productivity, stocks and labour costs.
NUP
Last but not least, the injury indicators of those Union cell producers which sold exclusively on the free market followed the same trends, and, as a result, the conclusions reached for the entire Union cell industry apply to them as well.
Det samlede marked
The GOC insisted that according to WTO case law, in case of the presence of a captive market for part of the product under investigation, a comparative analysis has to be carried out.
Indeks (2012 = 100)
The Commission considered that this requirement, if it was applicable in the present, very specific case, was in any event complied with.
Tabel 1b
For the part of the Union cell production that is sold on a captive market, injury has been established on the basis of indirect price pressure at the level of the modules into which those cells are built.
EU-forbruget af celler (MW)
For the part of the Union cell production that is sold on a free market, the injury indicators have also been assessed separately, and show the same trends as for the captive part of the market (which, due to the fact that it represents 96 % of Union production, are virtually identical to the cumulative assessment).
Samlet set faldt EU-forbruget betydeligt mellem 2012 og NUP.
Consequently, this argument was rejected.
EU-forbruget af moduler faldt med 56 %.
The GOC also argued that the statement that the Union modules manufacturers compete with modules assembled in third countries with Chinese cells unlawfully extends the scope of the investigation.
Efter det dramatiske fald på 35 % mellem 2012 og 2013 forblev forbruget forholdsvis stabilt i 2014 og i NUP.
However, such modules have been included in the scope of the investigation from the outset since cells confer origin to modules [24].
Hvad angår celler faldt forbruget lidt mindre, nemlig med 26 % i den betragtede periode.
Following disclosure, another party claimed that the analysis of profitability on the basis of 4 % of the Union cell production is not representative for an accurate assessment on the need to maintain duties.
Faldet i forbruget fandt hovedsagelig sted mellem 2013 og 2014, hvor det faldt med 26 %.
The Commission noted that only profitability was assessed exclusively on the basis of the sales of cells to independent customers for the reasons set out in recital 103 above.
Det begyndte dog at stige igen i NUP, hvor det steg med 4,5 % i forhold til 2014.
However, for the purposes of assessing the state of Union industry, all other indicators were analysed taking into account both the captive and free market of cells.
Import fra det pågældende land
Jabil assembled modules on behalf of other companies during the RIP as a contract manufacturer.
Importmængder og -værdier blev baseret på forskellige kilder.
For this assembly service, the other companies paid a fee.
For 2012 og en del af 2013 var de baseret på oplysninger fra ansøgeren, men indhentet på dennes vegne af Europressedienst, da moduler og celler på daværende tidspunkt blev importeret til Unionen under toldpositioner, der omfatter andre varer, som ikke er genstand for denne undersøgelse, og Eurostat kunne derfor ikke anvendes.
They also took full contractual responsibility for the sales of the modules assembled by Jabil.
Efter at registrering af importen af moduler og celler var blevet indført den 6. marts 2013 [26], kunne Eurostats tal anvendes.
Consequently, the revenue reported by Jabil was not derived from the sales of modules, but from the service fees.
For resten af 2013, 2014 og NUP baserede Kommissionen følgelig sine konklusioner på Comext-databasen [27] og databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Therefore, the Commission decided to distinguish Jabil's profit figures from the profit figures of the rest of the Union module industry (see recitals 160 and 161 below).
Mængde og markedsandel for importen fra det pågældende land
For the remaining injury indicators, the assembly activities provided by Jabil to non-cooperating module producers could not be verified and therefore were not taken into account.
Importen til Unionen fra det pågældende land udviklede sig således:
Following disclosure, one interested party requested further clarifications on what data from Jabil was or was not taken into account and why.
Tabel 2a
For all injury indicators, except for profitability, the Commission has taken into account all data provided by Jabil which relate to the cooperating Union module producers.
Import af moduler fra Kina (MW) og markedsandel [28]Kilde: Comext og databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Only that data was taken into account as it could be verified, while the rest was disregarded, in view of Jabil's particular business model and the fact that the final sales prices could not be verified.
Importmængder fra Kina
Union consumption
Indeks
The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of the total volume of imports of the product concerned and the volume of total sales of the like product in the Union, including those destined for captive use.
Markedsandel (%)
The total sales of the Union industry were based on the information provided by Europressedienst, corrected, where appropriate, with data from the standing replies of interested parties submitted at pre-initiation stage and the verified questionnaire replies of the sampled companies.
Indeks (2012 = 100)
As indicated in recital 116 below, import data was based on Comext and the data reported to the Commission by the Member States in accordance with Article 14(6) of the basic Regulation (‘Article 14(6) database’).
Tabel 2b
The data on consumption was cross-checked with other sources [25].
Import af celler fra Kina (MW) og markedsandel
Union consumption developed as follows:
Kilde: Comext og databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Table 1a
I den betragtede periode faldt importmængden af moduler fra Kina med 73 %, og der skete et tilsvarende fald i markedsandelen med 39 %, nemlig fra 66 % i 2012 til 41 % i NUP.
Union consumption for modules (in MW)
Efter indførelsen af de gældende foranstaltninger i 2013 faldt mængden af importerede moduler imidlertid med 45 % mellem 2013 og 2014, mens forbruget faldt med 31 %.
Source: Europressedienst, standing replies, verified questionnaire replies, Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Hvad angår celler steg importmængderne med 65 % i den betragtede periode, hvilket resulterede i en langt større stigning i markedsandel, nemlig med 123 % (fra 7 % i 2012 til 16 % i NUP) i en situation med et vigende marked.
RIP
I samme periode mellem 2013 og 2014 steg importen af celler med 59 %, hvilket resulterede i en stigning i markedsandelen på 10 procentpoint.
Total market
Selv om stigningen ikke fortsatte i NUP, forblev importen meget højere i NUP end i 2012 og 2013.
Index (2012 = 100)
Priser på importen fra det pågældende land
Table 1b