natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Kommissionen modtog en lignende bemærkning fra CISA og to kinesiske eksporterende producenter, som begge gjorde gældende, at valget af en periode på seks måneder er en tilsidesættelse af retssikkerheden og de berettigede forventninger.
The Commission confirmed that the purpose of calculating an injury margin is to determine whether imposing a lower duty rate (than the one based on the dumping margin) to the export price of the dumped imports would be sufficient to remove the injury caused by the dumped imports.
Den anden kinesiske eksporterende producent gjorde i denne forbindelse navnlig gældende, at det at begrænse datasættet til kun seks måneder ikke kan betragtes som positivt bevismateriale som omhandlet i grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 2, mens CISA henviste til punkt 5.1 i indledningsmeddelelsen, hvoraf det fremgik, at undersøgelsen af dumping og skade ville omfatte perioden fra 1. januar 2015 til 31. december 2015, og retspraksis.
In the case of export sales via related importers, the export price is constructed on the basis of the resale price to the first independent customer duly adjusted pursuant to Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation.
Endvidere nævnte én kinesiske eksporterende producent også, at det er Kommissionens faste praksis at afstå fra at bruge data, der kun dækker en del af undersøgelsesperioden, og at den metode, der er anvendt i denne sag, ikke er i overensstemmelse med WTO's antidumpingudvalgs anbefaling om, at dataindsamlingsperioden bør omfatte hele dataindsamlingsperioden for undersøgelsen af dumping.
As the export price is an indispensable element in the injury margin calculation and as this provision of the basic Regulation is the only provision which gives guidance on the construction of the export price, the application of this provision by analogy is justified.
På den anden side foreskriver grundforordningen ikke en bestemt metode til beregning af skadesmargenen med henblik på anvendelse af reglen om den lavest mulige told.
Following definitive disclosure, CISA argued that it was surprised that the Commission applied by analogy Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation.
For det andet indeholder grundforordningen heller ikke nogen specifikke kriterier for fastlæggelsen af den periode, i løbet af hvilken parametrene for beregningen af skadesmargenen vurderes.
It alleged that such application was in breach of Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation itself, and vitiated by a manifest error of assessment.
I den foreliggende sag fandt Kommissionen, at den valgte periode afspejler de særlige forhold i sagen og er relevant inden for rammerne af en fremadrettet analyse.
It also alleged that at least one sampled Chinese exporting producer was exporting via related importers and that consequently its definitive duty rate would be overstated.
Endvidere har Kommissionen i beregningen af skadesmargenen brugt den samme periode på seks måneder til at sammenligne eksportprisen og målprisen for at sikre en objektiv vurdering.
First, the Commission reiterated that Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation is the only provision of the basic Regulation which gives guidance on the construction of the export price.
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Therefore its application is justified in the framework of calculating an injury margin.
Endelige margener og toldsatser
Second, contrary to what is alleged, it is Commission's practise in recent cases to consistently [23] apply Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation by analogy in the framework of calculating an injury margin.
Endelig skadesmargen
Third, the purpose of the injury margin calculations is not to measure to what extent the sales of the related importers are causing injury to the Union producers, but rather whether the exports from the Chinese exporting producer have such detrimental effect through undercutting and underselling the prices of Union producers.
Endelig toldsats
In conclusion, the Commission confirmed that it has used this methodology when determining export prices for sales made via related importers.
Ovennævnte skadestærskler er rundet ned og, hvor det var relevant, til den nærmeste tiendedel af et tal som følge af bemærkninger fra en eksporterende producent efter den endelige fremlæggelse af oplysninger.
The period to be used for the injury margin calculation in a threat of injury-case
De individuelle virksomhedsspecifikke antidumpingtoldsatser, der er anført i denne forordning, er fastsat på grundlag af resultaterne af denne undersøgelse.
The complainant criticised the fact that the Commission had provisionally applied a standard material injury approach by taking the average injury margin over the whole IP (i.e. 2015).
De afspejler derfor den situation, der blev konstateret vedrørende disse virksomheder i løbet af undersøgelsen.
It alleged that this is not a correct approach, since the threat of injury margin needs to reflect the threat, and when the threat materialises later on during the IP, the injury margin must reflect the concrete impact of the threat.
Disse toldsatser anvendes (i modsætning til den landsdækkende told, der anvendes for så vidt angår »alle andre virksomheder«) derfor kun for så vidt angår import af den pågældende vare med oprindelse i det pågældende land, og som er fremstillet af virksomhederne og dermed af de nævnte specifikke retlige enheder.
In order to effectively remove the impact of the threat of injury the Commission should look at those parts of the IP where the threat of injury started to materialise.
Når den pågældende vare er fremstillet af en anden virksomhed, hvis navn ikke er specifikt opført i den dispositive del af nærværende forordning, herunder enheder, der er forretningsmæssigt forbundet med de specifikt opførte virksomheder, bør den ved import ikke drage fordel af disse satser, men være omfattet af den toldsats, der anvendes for så vidt angår »alle andre virksomheder«.
In this context, the complainant referred to the fact that the threat of injury started to impact the Union steel industry from the second half of 2015 onwards.
Enhver anmodning om anvendelse af disse antidumpingtoldsatser for individuelle virksomheder (for eksempel efter ændring af enhedens navn eller efter etablering af nye produktions- eller salgsenheder) bør rettes til Kommissionen [24] med alle relevante oplysninger, navnlig om ændringer i virksomhedens aktiviteter i forbindelse med produktion, salg på hjemmemarkedet eller eksportsalg i forbindelse med — for eksempel — den pågældende navneændring eller den pågældende ændring vedrørende produktions- eller salgsenhederne.
Therefore, only the second half of 2015 should be used for calculating underselling and undercutting margins.
Hvis det er relevant, vil nærværende forordning blive ændret gennem opdatering af listen over virksomheder, der nyder fordel af individuelle toldsatser.
The complainant also mentioned that threat of injury cases are aimed at allowing the Commission to act effectively and preventively before the threat of injury has caused injury.
Kommissionen anerkendte disse navneændringer og tilpassede artikel 1, stk. 2.
If the Commission would not be inclined to change its method of calculating the (threat of) injury margin, industries would have to wait longer, until they suffer material injury for a full year, to request protection from dumped imports in order to obtain a realistic injury margin.
Med henblik på at minimere risikoen for omgåelse vurderes der i dette tilfælde at være behov for særlige foranstaltninger for at sikre en korrekt anvendelse af antidumpingforanstaltningerne.
Such behaviour would be at the detriment of jobs and industrial activities on the Union market, and it would also undermine the objectives of the threat-of-injury complaints.
Disse særlige foranstaltninger omfatter følgende: fremlæggelse for medlemsstaternes toldmyndigheder af en gyldig handelsfaktura, der overholder kravene i nærværende forordnings artikel 1, stk. 3.
After a detailed analysis of the arguments of the complainant, the Commission recalled that it had provisionally concluded that there was a clearly foreseeable and imminent change in circumstances at the end of the investigation period, which would create a situation in which the dumping will cause injury.
Import, der ikke er ledsaget af en sådan faktura, er omfattet af den dumpingtold, der anvendes for så vidt angår alle andre virksomheder.
In this respect, the Commission referred, inter alia, to recitals (157), (159) and (198) of the provisional Regulation stating that ‘while the Union industry was recovering during 2014 and the first two quarters of 2015, almost all injury indicators started to fall dramatically during the second half of 2015.
Frigivelse af midlertidig told
The investigation revealed that this negative trend, which started in the second half of 2015, was not invalidated during the first half of 2016.’
I lyset af konklusionerne i denne sag mener Kommissionen, at de beløb, der er stillet som sikkerhed i form af den foreløbige antidumpingtold i overensstemmelse med forordningen om midlertidig told, bør frigives i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 10, stk. 2.
Second, as to the substance of the matter, the Commission established that, as laid out in recital (157) of the provisional Regulation, the negative trend started in the second half of 2015 and led to a clearly foreseeable and imminent change in circumstances at the end of the investigation period, which would create a situation in which the dumping would cause injury, if no measures were taken.
Foranstaltningerne i denne forordning er i overensstemmelse med udtalelse fra det udvalg, der er nedsat ved artikel 15, stk. 1, i forordning (EU) 2016/1036 —
This is in line with what was stated by the Commission in recital (113) of the provisional Regulation that ‘the Union producers could partly recover during 2014 and the first half of 2015’.
VEDTAGET DENNE FORORDNING:
As a result, the second half of 2015 better reflects the actual impact of the threat of injury to the Union industry that should be removed.
Artikel 1
Third, the Court held that the analysis of post-investigation period data is particularly appropriate in an investigation to determine whether there is a threat-of-injury which, by its very nature, requires a prospective analysis.
Der indføres en endelig antidumpingtold på importen af visse fladvalsede produkter af jern og ulegeret stål eller andre former for legeret stål, også i oprullet stand (herunder »afkortede produkter« og »smalt båndjern«), kun varmvalsede, ikke pletterede, belagte eller overtrukne, med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina.
For the Commission, the second half of 2015 seems to better respond to this requirement, as it is closer to future developments than the full IP.
Den pågældende vare er i øjeblikket henhørende under KN-kode 72081000, 72082500, 72082600, 72082700, 72083600, 72083700, 72083800, 72083900, 72084000, 72085210, 72085299, 72085310, 72085390, 72085400, 72111300, 72111400, 72111900, ex72251910 (Taric-kode 7225191090), 72253090, ex72254060 (Taric-kode 7225406090), 72254090, ex72261910 (Taric-kode 7226191090), 72269191 og 72269199.
Fourth, a calculation on the basis of a full investigation period, irrespective whether there were signs of negative trends, would undermine the objective of a threat of injury-case to act effectively and preventively before the threat of injury has caused injury.
Den endelige antidumpingtold fastsættes til følgende af nettoprisen, frit Unionens grænse, ufortoldet, for den i stk. 1 omhandlede vare fremstillet af følgende virksomheder:
For all the reasons above, the Commission accepted the view that the period for calculating the injury margins in this particular case should be based on the second half of 2015 and not on the entire investigation period.
Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd.
The verifications concerned solely the additional data provided which were not requested before and ensured that the data on which the Commission eventually based its findings were reliable.
Hesteel Co., Ltd.
As the level of cooperation was considered high, the definitive injury margin for the PRC, applicable to non-sampled cooperating exporting producers, was calculated as the average of the three sampled exporting producers/groups of companies.
Tangshan Branch [25]
The definitive injury margin for the PRC, applicable to non-cooperating exporting producers, was established at the level of the highest margin of the three cooperating companies/groups of companies.
Hesteel Co., Ltd.
Following definitive disclosure, CISA commented that the full IP was used as a basis to calculate the Union industry target's unit price, whereas only 6 months of the IP was used to calculate the Union free circulation unit sales price of the Chinese exporting producers, belonging to the Shagang group.
Zhangjiagang Hongchang Plate Co., Ltd.
After analysis, this comment was found to be accurate.
Zhangjiagang GTA Plate Co., Ltd.
The Commission therefore recalculated the Union industry's target unit price for the Chinese exporting producers, belonging to the Shagang group, using as such the cost of production-data for the same period (second half of 2015) as the period used for the calculation of the Union free circulation unit sales price of all Chinese exporting producers.
Andre samarbejdsvillige virksomheder, der er anført i bilag I
The revised calculation led to the finding that the injury margins for the companies belonging to the Shagang Group went down from 36,6 % to 35,9 %
Se bilaget
Furthermore, the Commission reviewed the initial calculations of the injury margins for the two other Chinese exporting producers.
Anvendelsen af de individuelle antidumpingtoldsatser, der er fastsat for de i stk. 2 nævnte virksomheder, er betinget af, at der fremlægges en gyldig handelsfaktura for medlemsstaternes toldmyndigheder; handelsfakturaen skal indeholde en erklæring, der er dateret og underskrevet af en af de ansatte i den enhed, der har udstedt handelsfakturaen, med angivelse af den pågældendes navn og funktion og med følgende ordlyd: »Undertegnede bekræfter, at de/n (mængde) af varmvalsede flade produkter af stål, der er solgt til eksport til Den Europæiske Union, og som er omfattet af denne faktura, er fremstillet af (virksomhedens navn og adresse) (Taric-tillægskode) i (det pågældende land).
Whereas the initial calculation for the Hebei-group was assessed to be correct, the review of the initial calculation for Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd showed that it contained the following clerical errors:
Jeg erklærer, at oplysningerne i denne faktura er fuldstændige og korrekte.« Hvis der ikke fremlægges en sådan faktura, anvendes toldsatsen for »alle andre virksomheder«.
One product type was found to be wrongly excluded from the initial calculation.
De gældende bestemmelser vedrørende told finder anvendelse, medmindre andet er fastsat.
As a result, the revised calculation included this product type since this product type was both sold by the Union producers and by Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd.
Hvis en ny eksporterende producent i Folkerepublikken Kina over for Kommissionen fremlægger tilstrækkelig dokumentation for, at:
A few values in the data of the Union industry had been wrongly linked in the calculation sheet.
denne ikke eksporterede den i stk. 1 omhandlede vare til Unionen i perioden mellem 1. januar 2015 og 31. december 2015 (»undersøgelsesperioden«)
As a result of the abovementioned effects, the injury margin for this Chinese exporting producer increased to 28,1 % (instead of 25,5 %).
denne ikke er forretningsmæssigt forbundet med nogen anden eksportør eller producent i Folkerepublikken Kina, der ved denne forordning er pålagt antidumpingforanstaltninger
The revised calculation of the Union industry's target unit price was communicated to both the Shagang group and Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd on 16 January 2017.
denne faktisk har eksporteret den pågældende vare til Unionen efter den undersøgelsesperiode, hvorpå foranstaltningerne bygger, eller denne har indgået en uigenkaldelig kontraktlig forpligtelse til at eksportere en betydelig mængde til Unionen
Since the only element which changed compared to the Commission's definitive disclosure dated 22 December 2016 was the Union industry's target price, both interested parties were asked to comment concerning these limited additional disclosures by 18 January 2017.
Artikel 2
Following definitive disclosure, one Chinese exporting producer also commented that it was not persuaded by the reasons given that using only data covering the second half of 2015 would reflect more properly the situation of the impact of the threat.
De beløb, for hvilke der er stillet sikkerhed i form af den midlertidige antidumpingtold, som blev indført ved Kommissionens gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2016/181 [27], frigives endeligt.Artikel 3
It also alleged that any selective use of the period for the purpose of the injury margin calculation would make the comparison of the dumping and injury margins for the purpose of the ‘lesser-duty rule’ illogic and distortive, and leading to higher margins than in case the full year of 2015 would have been used.
Denne forordning træder i kraft dagen efter offentliggørelsen i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende.
Consequently, it requested the Commission to use a period of 12 months to calculate the injury margin, similar to the period used to calculate the dumping margins.
Denne forordning er bindende i alle enkeltheder og gælder umiddelbart i hver medlemsstat.
Similar comments were received from the Italian user, who added that the selective use of information relating to part of the IP does not allow for an objective assessment of the injury elimination level in the present case.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 5. april 2017.
A similar comment was received by CISA and by two Chinese exporting producers, both alleging that the choice of a six months' period is a breach of legal certainty and legitimate expectations.
På Kommissionens vegne
In this respect, whereas the other Chinese exporting producer alleged mainly that limiting the data set to a mere six months period cannot qualify as positive evidence within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the basic Regulation, CISA referred to point 5.1 of the Notice of Initiation stating that ‘the investigation of dumping and injury will cover the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 and the case-law’.
Jean-Claude Juncker
Moreover, one Chinese exporting producer also mentioned that it is the Commission's established practice to refrain from using data referring to only part of the investigation period and that the methodology applied in this case is not in line with the WTO Anti-Dumping Committee's recommendation that ‘the period of data collection…should include the entirety of the period of data collection for the dumping investigation.’
EUT L 176 af 30.6.2016, s. 21.
The Commission rejected all these arguments as follows.
Kommissionens gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2016/1778 af 6. oktober 2016 om indførelse af en midlertidig antidumpingtold på importen af visse varmvalsede flade produkter af jern og ulegeret stål eller andre former for legeret stål med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina (EUT L 272 af 7.10.2016, s. 33).
First, the determination of dumping and injury is made on the basis of an investigation period and a period considered defined in line with the relevant provisions of the basic Regulation and announced in the Notice of Initiation.
EUT C 58 af 13.2.2016, s. 9.
On the other hand, the basic Regulation does not provide any specific method for the calculation of the injury margin used for the application of the lesser-duty rule.
Meddelelse om indledning af en antisubsidieprocedure vedrørende importen af visse varmvalsede flade produkter af jern, ulegeret stål eller andre former for stål med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina (EUT C 172 af 13.5.2016, s. 29).
Second, the basic regulation also does not provide specific criteria for the definition of the period during which the parameters for the calculation of the injury margin are assessed.
Meddelelse om indledning af en antidumpingprocedure vedrørende importen af visse varmvalsede flade produkter af jern og ulegeret stål eller andre former for legeret stål med oprindelse i Brasilien, Iran, Rusland, Serbien og Ukraine (EUT C 246 af 7.7.2016, s. 7).
In the present case, the Commission considered that the period chosen reflects the specificity of the case and is appropriate in the context of a prospective analysis.
Kommissionens gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2016/865 af 31. maj 2016 om indledning af en undersøgelse af den mulige omgåelse af de antidumpingforanstaltninger, der indførtes ved gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2015/2384 på importen af visse typer folie af aluminium med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina, ved at importere visse let ændrede typer af folie af aluminium med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina, og om at registrere denne import (EUT L 144 af 1.6.2016, s. 35).
Moreover, the Commission used for the injury margin calculation the same 6-months period for comparing the export price and the target price to ensure an objective assessment.
Procedurer vedrørende gennemførelsen af den fælles handelspolitik, Europa-Kommissionen, meddelelse om indledning af en antidumpingprocedure vedrørende importen af visse varer af rustbestandigt stål med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina (EUT C 459 af 9.12.2016, s. 17).
Taking into account the issues mentioned above in recitals (135) to (163) above, and absent any other comments, the definitive injury margins were recalculated using the data for the second half of 2015.
EUT L 23 af 29.1.2016, s. 16.
These definitive margins expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, are as follows.
EUT L 210 af 4.8.2016, s. 1.
Also shown here are definitive duty rates.
Kommissionens gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2016/1329 af 29. juli 2016 om opkrævning af den endelige antidumpingtold på den registrerede import af visse koldvalsede flade produkter af stål med oprindelse i Folkerepublikken Kina og Den Russiske Føderation (EUT L 210 af 4.8.2016, s. 27).
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Meddelelse fra Kommissionen til Europa-Parlamentet, Det Europæiske Råd, Rådet, Det Europæiske Økonomiske og Sociale Udvalg, Regionsudvalget og Den Europæiske Investeringsbank, Stål: Bevaring af holdbare jobs og vækst i Europa (COM(2016) 155 final af 16.3.2016).
Definitive Margins and Duty Rates
Kilde til kapacitetsoplysninger: OECD — OECD, DSTI/SU/SC(2016)6/Final, 5. september 2016, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, Updated steelmaking capacity figures and a proposed framework for enhancing capacity monitoring activity (Opdaterede tal for kapaciteten i stålindustrien og foreslået ramme for forbedring af kapacitetsovervågningsaktiviteten), bilag 7 ff.
Definitive injury margin
Kilde til produktionsoplysninger: World Steel Association, Statistisk årbog om stål for 2015 — World Steel Association, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2016, tabel 1 på side 1-2, og tabel 13 på side 35, http://www.worldsteel.org/statistics/statistics-archive/yearbook-archive.html
Definitive duty rate
Rapport fra OECD's Stålkomité af 8.-9. september 2016, »Updated steelmaking capacity figures and a proposed framework for enhancing capacity monitoring activity« (opdaterede stålkapacitetstal og en foreslået ramme for forbedring af kapacitetsovervågningsaktiviteten).
The abovementioned injury margins were rounded down, where appropriate, to the nearest tenth of a digit following comments from an exporting producer after the definitive disclosure.
Richard Lu, 15. juli 2016, »The downside Chinese steel demand scenario: gory details«, http://www.crugroup.com/about-cru/cruinsight/The_downside_Chinese_steel_demand_scenario_gory_details.
The individual company anti-dumping duty rates specified in this Regulation were established on the basis of the findings of the present investigation.
Uddrag fra World Steels månedlige opdatering om den kinesiske stålindustri, oktober 2016.
Therefore, they reflect the situation found during this investigation with respect to these companies.