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Kommissionen var af den opfattelse, at de fordele, der blev modtaget af de juridiske enheder i den samme gruppe, som er involveret i produktion og salg af elektriske cykler, aggregeres på gruppeniveau, og fordeles, hvis det er relevant.
Existence and confidentiality of the 13th Bicycle Plan
På den baggrund måtte påstanden afvises.
The Commission considered that the 13th Bicycle Plan should have been identified by the GOC and that it should not be considered as limited based on the following facts:
Delvis manglende samarbejdsvilje og brug af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger
The CBA published a press release on its public website informing that the 13th Five Year Bicycle Plan was officially adopted on 14 June 2016 (http://www.china-bicycle.com/News/View/b8da75cd-607f-4d84-8412-a487e07a0b78).
Præferencelån
This was also reported by other websites such as Xuenshu.com (https://www.xueshu.com/zgzxc/201607/21087310.html).
Kommissionen anmodede den kinesiske regering om at fremsende særlige spørgeskemaer til seks statsejede banker, der var nævnt i klagen, og til andre finansielle institutioner, der ydede lån eller eksportkreditter til virksomhederne i stikprøven.
In the press release, CBA disclosed a summary of the plan to the general public: ‘Chairman Ma Zhongchao put forward requirements for the development of the industry during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period: the core of the “13th Five-Year Plan” is transformation and upgrading, and the goal is to change from big to strong, and the means is to create a golden opportunity for the development of the industry.
Den kinesiske regering hævdede, at den havde kontaktet ovennævnte finansielle institutioner.
The period became a golden development period.
Imidlertid besvarede kun fire statsejede banker – der specifikt var nævnt af klageren – spørgeskemaet.
To this end, the industry needs to firmly grasp the following points: First, grasp the strategic positioning of the industry's “13th Five-Year” development; second, lead the transformation of the development mode with the transformation of the development concept […].’
Ifølge den kinesiske regering havde den ingen beføjelse til at kræve oplysninger fra de statsejede banker, som ikke besvarede spørgeskemaet, eftersom de drives uafhængigt af den kinesiske regering.
The 13th Bicycle Plan was submitted in the open version of the Complaint and made publicly available as of 21 December 2017.
Den kinesiske regering mente også, at Kommissionen havde pålagt den en urimelig byrde, og at der var utilstrækkelige retningslinjer for, hvordan man indgiver de oplysninger, de anmodes om, og hvordan de ikkefortrolige versioner af svarene skulle udfærdiges.
However, until the verification visit held in September 2018 at the GOC premises, neither CBA nor the GOC made any claims about the confidentiality of the plan.
Kommissionen var ikke enig i dette synspunkt.
On the contrary, the GOC informed the Commission that the plan could not be identified, despite the fact that its approval was made public on CBA's website and despite the fact that in June 2016 the CBA was still under the GOC influence, since the ‘Overall Plan for Decoupling Chambers of Commerce and Administrative Organs’ had not yet entered into force.
De oplysninger, som de statsejede virksomheder blev anmodet om, er for det første tilgængelige for den kinesiske regering hvad angår alle enheder, hvor den kinesiske regering er hovedaktionær eller storaktionær.
The previous 12th Bicycles Plan was a public document, although having a similar nature to the 13th Bicycles Plan.
I henhold til loven i Folkerepublikken Kina om virksomheders statsejede aktiver skal de agenturer for tilsyn med og forvaltning af statsejede aktiver, der er oprettet af statsrådets kommission for tilsyn med og forvaltning af statsejede aktiver, og de kommunale forvaltninger udføre pligter og påtage sig ansvar for kapitalindskyderen i en virksomhed med statslige investeringer på vegne af regeringen.
Furthermore, none of these documents contained any company specific data.
Disse organer har således ret til at modtage afkast på aktiver, deltage i større beslutningsprocesser og vælge ledende personale i virksomheder med statslige investeringer.
Finally, CBA did not provide any evidence on the confidential nature of the 13th Bicycle Plan.
I henhold til artikel 17 i ovennævnte lov om statsejede aktiver skal virksomheder med statslige investeringer desuden acceptere regeringens administration og tilsyn foretaget af regeringer og relevante statslige tjenester og organer, acceptere offentligt tilsyn og optræde som ansvarlige over for kapitalindskydere.
Alleged independence of CBA from the GOC
Derudover har den kinesiske regering også den nødvendige beføjelse til at indgå i et samspil med de finansielle institutioner, selv når de ikke er statsejede, da de alle falder ind under den kinesiske banktilsynsmyndigheds jurisdiktion.
The Commission collected a number of elements leading to the conclusion that the CBA had a strong link to the GOC in particular during 2016, when the Bicycles Plan was approved:
I henhold til artikel 33 og 36 i banktilsynsloven har CBRC f.eks. beføjelse til at kræve, at alle finansielle institutioner, der er etableret i Kina, skal indgive oplysninger, som f.eks. regnskaber, statistiske rapporter og oplysninger om forretningsaktiviteter og ledelse.
Article 3 of CBA's Articles of Association (publicly available on CBA's website: http://www.china-bicycle.com/information/?cid=33) provides that ‘The purpose and tasks of this association are: […]implement the national industrial policy and assist the government departments to strengthen the industry, […] play a role as a bridge and link between the government and enterprises, and strive to serve the enterprise, the industry, and the government, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the industry.’
CBRC kan også pålægge finansielle institutioner at videregive oplysninger til offentligheden.
Article 4 strengthens this link and provides that: ‘This Council accepts the business guidance and supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the competent business unit of the society.’
Kommissionen kan derfor ikke forstå, hvorfor den kinesiske regering ikke kunne anmode disse finansielle institutioner om at besvare det specifikke spørgeskema, der er udarbejdet af Kommissionen i forbindelse med denne undersøgelse.
CBA's website (http://www.china-bicycle.com/information/?cid=11) indicates that: ‘The association is guided and managed by the State Administration of the State Council, the State-owned Assets Management Committee of the State Council, the China Light Industry Association and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Company Registration Administration.’
Den kinesiske regering blev ikke bedt om at indsamle, evaluere og fremskaffe de oplysninger, der blev anmodet om.
The ‘Overall Plan for Decoupling Chambers of Commerce and Administrative Organs’ issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council was adopted on 8 July 2015.
Den kinesiske regering blev kun anmodet om at bistå Kommissionen med at fremskaffe de nødvendige oplysninger fra finansielle institutioner.
However, it envisages a pilot project in 2016 and the extension to other industry associations and a full entry into force only in 2017.
Selv om de fremlagde visse generelle oplysninger om, hvordan deres lånegodkendelses- og risikostyringssystemer fungerer, fremlagde ingen af de samarbejdsvillige statsejede banker specifikke oplysninger om lån til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter, og hævdede, at de var bundet af lovgivningsmæssige krav og kontraktbestemmelser med hensyn til fortroligheden af oplysningerne vedrørende de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
Therefore on this basis, the Commission concluded that when the 13th Bicycle Plan was approved in 2016, CBA was under the management of the State Council and entrusted to implement government policy and could therefore not be considered as an independent body.
Kommissionen mente derfor ikke, at den havde påført den kinesiske regering en urimelig byrde.
Based on the above, the Commission rejected the claims relating to the existence and confidentiality of the 13th Bicycle Plan and on the independence of CBA.
Kommissionen havde fra starten begrænset sin undersøgelse til disse finansielle institutioner, som havde ydet lån til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
As far as Giant Group's claim is concerned, the Commission considered that the various legal entities that produce and sell electric bicycles are all part of the same group.
Kommissionen mente også, at spørgeskemaet indeholdt tilstrækkelige retningslinjer for, hvordan man indgiver de oplysninger, der anmodes om, og hvordan de ikkefortrolige versioner af svarene skulle udarbejdes.
This was not contested by the Giant Group.
Den kinesiske regering præciserede heller ikke, hvilke særlige instruktioner i spørgeskemaet, der angiveligt ikke kunne forstås.
Therefore, the specific role of the recipient (as directly exporting the product concerned or not during the investigation period) was considered irrelevant provided that it was related to the exporting producer and that it received benefits relating to the product under investigation.
Af klarhedshensyn anmodede Kommissionen blot den kinesiske regering om hjælp til at indhente de nødvendige oplysninger fra finansielle institutioner, og alligevel samarbejdede disse ikke.
It was not contested by Giant Group that such benefits were indeed received.
Kommissionen har således fundet, at anmodningerne til den kinesiske regering var rimelige, og at retningslinjerne var tilstrækkelige.
The Commission considered that the benefits received by the legal entities of the same group that are involved in the production and sales of electric bicycles are aggregated at group level and apportioned where relevant.
Kommissionen anmodede desuden de samarbejdsvillige banker om at kontakte de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter angående deres bemyndigelse til at give adgang til virksomhedsspecifikke oplysninger, som banker sad inde med.
On this basis, this claim had to be rejected.
Til trods for den udtrykkelige anmodning fra Kommissionen gjorde hverken den kinesiske regering eller nogen af de samarbejdsvillige banker dog dette.
Partial non-cooperation and use of facts available
Kommissionen havde også bedt de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter om at give adgang til virksomhedsspecifikke oplysninger, som alle statsejede og private banker, fra hvilke de modtog lån, råder over.
Preferential lending
Selv om de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter gav deres samtykke til at give adgang til bankdata vedrørende dem, nægtede bankerne at indgive de nødvendige detaljerede oplysninger og påstod, at disse oplysninger var fortrolige og derfor ikke kunne frigives.
The Commission requested the GOC to forward specific questionnaires to six state-owned banks identified in the complaint as well as any other financial institution that provided loans or export credits to the sampled exporting producers.
Kommissionen modtog kun oplysninger om virksomhedsstruktur og ejerskab fra de fire statsejede banker, der er omhandlet i betragtning 52, men ikke de ovenstående oplysninger vedrørende lån til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
The GOC claimed that it had contacted the above-mentioned financial institutions.
Desuden modtog Kommissionen heller ingen oplysninger fra nogen af de øvrige finansielle institutioner, der havde ydet lån til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
However, only four state-owned banks specifically mentioned by the complainant responded to the questionnaire.
Én af disse banker, EXIM, nægtede at fremlægge sine vedtægter og gjorde gældende, at dette var fortrolige oplysninger, og indgav derfor kun delvise oplysninger om dens virksomhedsledelse.
According to the GOC, it had no authority to demand information from the state-owned banks that did not reply to the questionnaire, as they operate independently of the GOC.
Der blev heller ikke indgivet nogen specifikke oplysninger til Kommissionen om risikovurderinger, interne godkendelsesprocedurer for lån eller vurdering af kreditværdigheden for de ydede lån til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter, som forklaret i betragtning 146-150.
The GOC also considered that the Commission had imposed an unreasonable burden on it and that there was insufficient guidance as for how to submit the requested information and how to prepare the non-confidential versions of the replies.
Disse oplysninger var imidlertid afgørende for at kunne vurdere om lånene blev ydet på præferentielle vilkår til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
The Commission disagreed with this view.
Da disse dokumenter typisk er interne hos de relevante banker, kan de ikke leveres gennem spørgeskemabesvarelserne fra de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
First, the information requested from State-owned entities is available to the GOC for all entities where the GOC is the main or major shareholder.
Da Kommissionen ikke havde nogen oplysninger om de fleste af de statsejede banker, der ydede lån til stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter, og ingen virksomhedsspecifikke oplysninger om lånene ydet af de samarbejdsvillige banker, fandt Kommissionen, at den ikke havde modtaget afgørende oplysninger af relevans for dette aspekt af undersøgelsen.
Indeed, according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on State-Owned Assets of Enterprises, State-owned assets supervision and administration agencies established by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and local people's governments perform the duties and responsibilities of the capital contributor of a State-invested enterprise on behalf of the government.
I lyset af graden af manglende samarbejde meddelte Kommissionen derfor den kinesiske regering, at den kunne være nødt til at gøre brug af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 28, stk. 1, i undersøgelsen af forekomsten og omfanget af den påståede subsidiering i form af præferencelån og gav den kinesiske regering en frist til at fremsætte bemærkninger.
Such agencies are thus entitled to receive returns on assets, to participate in major decision making and to select managerial personnel of State-invested enterprises.
Den kinesiske regering fremsatte ingen bemærkninger, for så vidt angår anvendelsen af grundforordningens artikel 28, stk. 1.
Furthermore, according to Article 17 of the above mentioned Law on State-owned Assets, State-invested enterprises shall accept administration and supervision by governments and relevant governmental departments and agencies, accept public supervision, and be responsible to capital contributors.
Kommissionen måtte derfor delvist gøre brug af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger i forbindelse med undersøgelsen af forekomsten og omfanget af den påståede subsidiering gennem præferencelån.
In addition, the GOC also has the necessary authority to interact with the financial institutions even when they are not State-owned, since they all fall under the jurisdiction of the Chinese banking regulatory authority.
Eksportkreditforsikring
For example, according to Articles 33 & 36 of the Banking Supervision Law, the CBRC has the authority to require all financial institutions established in the PRC to submit information, such as financial statements, statistical reports and information concerning business operations and management.
Kommissionen anmodede den kinesiske regering om at sende et specifikt spørgeskema til Sinosure.
The CBRC can also instruct financial institutions to disclose information to the public.
Sinosure indsendte en spørgeskemabesvarelse.
In this respect, the Commission failed to understand why the GOC could not ask these financial institutions to reply to the specific questionnaire prepared by the Commission for the purpose of this investigation.
De besvarede dog kun delvist det særlige spørgeskema vedrørende eksportkreditforsikring, der var blevet givet til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter.
The GOC was not asked to collect, review and produce the requested information.
Desuden fremlagde Sinosure ikke den ønskede dokumentation for sin virksomhedsledelse, som f.eks. årsberetningen eller vedtægterne, med henvisning til at dette var fortrolige oplysninger.
The GOC was only asked to assist the Commission in getting the necessary information from the financial institutions.
Sinosure indgav heller ingen specifikke oplysninger om eksportkreditforsikringen til industrien for elektriske cykler, præmiestørrelsen eller detaljerede tal vedrørende eksportkreditforsikringsvirksomhedens rentabilitet.
Furthermore, although they provided some general explanations on the functioning of their loan approval and risk management systems, none of the cooperating State-owned banks provided specific information concerning loans provided to the sampled exporting producers, arguing that they were bound by statutory and regulatory requirements and contractual clauses with respect to the confidentiality of the information related to the sampled exporting producers.
Da der ikke forelå sådanne oplysninger mente Kommissionen ikke, at den havde modtaget afgørende oplysninger om dette aspekt af undersøgelsen.
Therefore the Commission did not consider that it had imposed an unreasonable burden on the GOC.
Som anført i betragtning 144 er det Kommissionens opfattelse, at de oplysninger, som de statsejede virksomheder blev anmodet om, er tilgængelige for den kinesiske regering for alle enheder, hvor den kinesiske regering er hovedaktionær eller storaktionær.
From the start, the Commission limited its investigation to those financial institutions that had provided loans to the sampled exporting producers.
Dette er også tilfældet for Sinosure, som er en fuldt ud statsejet enhed.
The Commission also considered that the questionnaire contained sufficient guidance on how to submit the requested information and how to prepare the non-confidential versions of the replies.
Kommissionen underrettede derfor den kinesiske regering om, at den kunne være nødt til at gøre brug af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 28, stk. 1, i forbindelse med undersøgelsen af forekomsten og omfanget af den påståede subsidiering i form af eksportkreditforsikring og gav den kinesiske regering en frist til at fremsætte bemærkninger.
The GOC did also not specify which specific instructions in the questionnaire were allegedly not understood.
Kommissionen var derfor nødt til delvist at gøre brug af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger i forbindelse med sine undersøgelsesresultater vedrørende eksportkreditforsikring.
For the sake of clarity, the Commission merely requested the GOC's assistance to obtain the necessary information from the financial institutions and yet these failed to co-operate.
Forsyning af inputmateriale mod utilstrækkeligt vederlag
It thus considered that requests to GOC were reasonable and the guidance was sufficient.
Kommissionen anmodede den kinesiske regering om at sende Kommissionens spørgeskema til de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenters indenlandske leverandører af dele (særlig motorer, batterier og kontrolenheder).
Furthermore, the Commission asked the cooperating banks to contact the sampled exporting producers with regard to their permission to grant access to company-specific information held by banks.
Med henblik herpå anmodede Kommissionen også alle stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter om at indgive en liste over deres indenlandske leverandører til den kinesiske regering.
However, despite the explicit request by the Commission, neither the GOC nor any of the cooperating banks did so.
Men selv om de stikprøveudtagne eksporterende producenter indgav listen over deres indenlandske leverandører til den kinesiske regering, nægtede den kinesiske regering at fremsende spørgeskemaer til disse leverandører.
The Commission had also asked the sampled exporting producers to grant access to company-specific information held by all banks, State-owned and private, from which they received loans.
Den kinesiske regering hævdede, at dette ville udgøre en urimelig byrde for dem.
Although the sampled exporting producers gave their agreement to provide access to the bank data pertaining to them, the banks refused to provide the required detailed information claiming that such information was confidential and could not be released.
De hævdede også, at eftersom disse virksomheder er uafhængige af den kinesiske regering, ville deres indgriben ikke have givet noget resultat.
The Commission only received information on the corporate structure and ownership from the four State-owned banks mentioned in recital (52) but not the above mentioned information concerning loans provided to the sampled exporting producers.
For det første fandt Kommissionen at dét at afsende et spørgeskema, der allerede er udarbejdet, til en kontaktliste, der allerede er indgivet, ikke udgør en væsentlig byrde, navnlig i lyset af den foreslåede mulighed for at sende det via email.
In addition, the Commission did not receive any information from any of the other financial institutions which had provided loans to the sampled exporting producers.
For det andet finder Kommissionen, at myndighederne netop ville have kunnet gøre en forskel med hensyn til at overbevise ikke direkte undersøgte virksomheder om at samarbejde, for at fastslå hvordan markedssituationen i Kina er.
One of these banks, EXIM, refused to provide its Articles of Association, arguing that this was confidential information, and provided therefore only partial information on its corporate governance.
Faktisk er det Kommissionens opfattelse, at det ville have haft en større effekt, at virksomhederne modtog en anmodning fra den kinesiske regering om at samarbejde i forbindelse med undersøgelsen, end hvis disse virksomheder havde modtaget en anmodning fra Kommissionen.
Likewise, no specific information on risk assessments, internal loan approval process or the creditworthiness assessment of the loans granted to the sampled exporting producers was provided to the Commission, as explained in the recitals (146) to (150) above.
Under alle omstændigheder var det Kommissionens opfattelse, at oplysninger fra leverandørerne til industrien for elektriske cykler er afgørende for at fastslå, hvorvidt industrien for elektriske cykler modtager inputmaterialer mod utilstrækkeligt vederlag.
Such information was, however, necessary to determine whether loans were provided at preferential rates to the sampled exporting producers.
Kommissionen fandt derfor, at oplysningerne burde indhentes i denne henseende, og at den kinesiske regering ville være bedst egnet til at gøre dette eller til – i det mindste – at lette processen på Kommissionens anmodning.
As such documents are typically internal to the relevant banks, they cannot be supplied through the questionnaire replies of the sampled exporting producers.
Industrien for elektriske cykler i Kina ville også have en interesse i at få mulighed for at afkræfte påstandene i klagen om, at de modtog inputmaterialer mod utilstrækkeligt vederlag.
Since the Commission had no information in relation to most of the State-owned banks which provided loans to the sampled exporting producers, and no company-specific information on the loans provided by the cooperating banks, it considered that it had not received crucial information relevant to this aspect of the investigation.
Den kinesiske regerings påstande i denne henseende blev derfor afvist.
Therefore, given the degree of non cooperation, the Commission informed the GOC that it may have to resort to the use of facts available under Article 28(1) of the basic Regulation when examining the existence and the extent of the alleged subsidisation granted through preferential lending and granted the GOC a time period to comment.