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Hämmerling anmodede om en høring med høringskonsulenten for at drøfte visse juridiske problemer i forbindelse med den nuværende undersøgelse og visse horisontale spørgsmål vedrørende databeskyttelse af fortrolige og ikke-fortrolige oplysninger, der indgår i TRON TDI-databasen, og den nuværende praksis med at give adgang til ikke-fortrolige oplysninger for interesserede parter uden for EU's område gennem denne database.
Since the interested parties did not seek the Hearing Officer's opinion on that point, that claim must, accordingly, be rejected.
Kommissionen bemærkede, at den nye generelle forordning om databeskyttelse ikke fandt anvendelse i den foreliggende sag.
Furthermore the Commission considered that the open file available to interested parties, including to the CRIA and the CCCMC and the Hankook Group, contained all the relevant case information used in the investigation.
Hämmerling bekræftede desuden, at spørgsmålet om beskyttelse af personoplysninger ikke var direkte forbundet med en eventuel specifik hindring af virksomhedens ret til forsvar under den handelspolitiske lovgivning.
If the information was deemed confidential, the open file contained meaningful summaries thereof.
Kommissionen konkluderede derfor, at Hämmerlings individuelle stilling i proceduren og ret til at forsvare sig ikke blev påvirket af den nye generelle forordning om databeskyttelse.
All interested parties, including the CRIA and the CCCMC, had access to the open file and could consult it.
DEN PÅGÆLDENDE VARE OG SAMME VARE
In view of those considerations, the Commission deemed the information provided in the disclosure documents and in the open file sufficient to satisfy the rights of defence of all interested parties.
Påstande vedrørende opdelingen af EU-markedet for dæk i segmenter
Nonetheless, after the hearing with the Hearing Officer, the Commission disclosed certain additional data on dumping and injury calculations as set out in recitals (77) and (178).
En række interesserede parter gentog deres påstand om, at nye og regummierede dæk ikke kunne være en og samme vare eller være en del af et enkelt segment.
Hämmerling requested a hearing with the Hearing Officer to raise legal concerns related to the current investigation and certain horizontal issues concerning data protection of confidential and non-confidential information as included in the TRON TDI database and the current practice of granting access to the non-confidential files to interested parties outside the territory of the Union through that database.
En række interesserede parter påstod desuden, at EU-markedet burde opdeles i mindst fire segmenter: der bør fastlægges tre segmenter for nye dæk og en fjerde ny kategori for regummierede dæk.
The Commission observed that the new General Data Protection Regulation was not applicable to this case.
Alternativt bør der indføres et nyt segment for billige importerede dæk.
Moreover, Hämmerling confirmed that the personal data protection issue was not directly linked to a possible specific hampering of its rights of defence under trade defence law.
CRIA og CCCMC hævdede også, at der bør foretages en yderligere segmentering for originaludstyr og udskiftningsdæk.
The Commission therefore concluded that Hämmerling's individual position in the proceeding and its rights of defence were not affected by the new General Data Protection Regulation.
Som nævnt i betragtning 72-74 i forordningen om midlertidig told har nye (regummierbare eller ikke-regummierbare) dæk og regummierede dæk ikke forskellige tekniske og grundlæggende fysiske og kemiske egenskaber.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
Efter den foreløbige fremlæggelse af oplysninger fremlagde de interesserede parter ingen yderligere beviser for det modsatte.
Claims regarding the segmentation of the Union market for tyres
Kommissionen afviste derfor CRIA's og CCCMC's påstand om, at nye og regummierede dæk ikke kan være den samme vare.
Several interested parties reiterated their claim that new and retreaded tyres could not be a single product concerned or be part of one single segment.
Hvad angår anmodningen om at fastsætte et fjerde segment for regummierede dæk, understregede Kommissionen, at nye og regummierede dæk har de samme grundlæggende egenskaber og i vidt omfang er substituerbare.
Moreover, several interested parties claimed that the Union market should be divided into at least four tiers: three tiers for new tyres and a fourth, new category for retreaded tyres should be established.
Som forklaret i betragtning 55-57 i forordningen om midlertidig told henhører de fleste regummierede dæk endvidere under segment 3.
Alternatively a new tier for cheap imported tyres should be introduced.
Der er derfor ikke behov for at skabe et fjerde segment for dem.
The CRIA and the CCCMC also claimed that an additional segmentation should be made for original equipment and replacement tyres.
Kommissionen afviste derfor også denne påstand.
As mentioned in recitals (72) to (74) of the provisional Regulation, new (retreadable or non-retreadable) and retreaded tyres have no different technical, basic physical and chemical characteristics.
Aeolus-gruppen hævdede, at Kommissionen burde udelukke nye dæk fra undersøgelsens omfang.
After provisional disclosure, no additional evidence was provided by the interested parties to the contrary.
Den henviste til rapporten fra WTO-appelorganet i European Communities — Measures Affecting Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos, hvori det fastslås, at fastsættelse af, om to produkter er identiske, grundlæggende er en fastsættelse af, om produkterne konkurrerer med hinanden.
Therefore, the Commission rejected the claim of the CRIA and the CCCMC that new and retreaded tyres cannot be the same product concerned.
Aeolus-gruppen hævdede, at denne fremgangsmåde burde tages i betragtning af Kommissionen ved vurderingen af, om to produkter kan eller ikke kan anses for at være identiske.
Concerning the request to establish a fourth tier for retreaded tyres, the Commission stressed that new and retreaded tyres share the same basic characteristics and are largely interchangeable.
Kommissionen fandt, at der er et konkurrencepræget forhold mellem nye og regummierede dæk.
Furthermore, as explained in the recitals (55) to (57) of the provisional Regulation, retreaded tyres mostly fall into tier 3.
Som det vil blive vist i afsnit 4.6 i analysen af de indbyrdes forbindelser mellem segmenterne, er importerede (nye) dæk i segment 3 i konkurrence med dæk, som er regummieret i Unionen, og er på nuværende tidspunkt i færd med at overtage markedsandelen for regummierede dæk i segment 3.
There is hence no need to create a fourth tier for them.
Dette har på sin side også en omvendt kaskadevirkning for dæk i segment 2 og 1 og berørte således EU-dækproducenters konkurrencemæssige position i segment 1 og 2.
The Commission thus rejected that claim as well.
Hankook-gruppen hævdede, at dens varemærke Hankook burde klassificeres som segment 2, da alle tre kriterier, som Kommissionen anvendte, fører til det samme resultat: i) varemærkegenkendelse, ii) regummierbarhed og iii) salg af dæk direkte til producenter af busser og lastbiler, dvs. salg af originaludstyr.
The Aeolus Group claimed that the Commission should exclude new tyres from the scope of the investigation.
Med hensyn til det første kriterium, varemærkegenkendelse, fastholdt Hankook-gruppen, at ikke kun ETRMA (i sine rapporter fra 2017 og 2018), men også Global Tire Intelligence report fra juni 2016 og den amerikanske internationale handelskommission i marts 2016 behandlede Hankook som et varemærke i segment 2.
It referred to the WTO Appellate Body Report in European Communities — Measures Affecting Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos, according to which the determination of whether two products are alike is fundamentally a determination as to whether the products are in competition with one another.
Kommissionen accepterede, at anerkendelsen af Hankook i de fire rapporter tydede på, at der er tale om et varemærke i segment 2.
The Aeolus Group claimed that that approach should be taken into consideration by the Commission in determining whether two products may or may not be considered alike.
Samtidig markedsfører Hankook-gruppen sig selv som et »Premium«-varemærke på gruppens websted.
The Commission considered that there is a competitive relationship between new and retreaded tyres.
Som allerede nævnt i betragtning 63 i forordningen om midlertidig told viste virksomhedens interne dokumenter, som blev forelagt Kommissionen under kontrolbesøget, desuden, at mærket har bevæget sig over i segment 1.
As will be shown below under Section 4.6 in the analysis of the interconnection between tiers, imported (new) tier 3 tyres are in competition with tyres that are retreaded in the Union and are currently taking over the market share of tier 3 retreaded tyres.
Kommissionen fandt derfor, at markedets opfattelse af Hankook-gruppen og gruppens selvopfattelse ikke er helt sammenfaldende.
That, in turn, has a reverse cascading effect also on tier 2 and tier 1 tyres, and so affected the competitive position of Union tyre producers in tiers 1 and 2.
Hankook-gruppen fremlagde også fortrolige interne undersøgelser, der blev gennemført i 2017 for Hankooks Global Marketing Strategy Team i Det Forenede Kongerige, Tyskland, Spanien og Italien, vedrørende dæk til personbiler.
The Hankook Group claimed that its brand Hankook should be classified as tier 2 as all three criteria used by the Commission lead to the same result: (i) brand recognition; (ii) retreadability; and (iii) the sales of tyres directly to manufacturers of buses and lorries, i.e. Original Equipment (‘OE’) sales.
Ifølge virksomheden viser disse dokumenter, at andre varemærker i segment 1 har en højere grad af varemærkegenkendelse blandt kunderne i disse lande.
With respect to the first criterion — brand recognition, the Hankook Group maintained that not only ETRMA (in its reports of 2017 and 2018), but also the Global Tire Intelligence report of June 2016 and the US International Trade Commission in March 2016 treated Hankook as a tier 2 brand.
Kommissionen fandt, at to hovedkonklusioner kunne udledes af disse oplysninger.
The Commission accepted that the recognition of Hankook in the four reports pointed to it as a tier 2 brand.
For det første erkendte Hankook-gruppen selv, at klassificeringen af varemærker i segmenter er et dynamisk begreb for alle varemærker.
At the same time, the Hankook Group markets itself as a ‘premium’ brand on its group website.
Kommissionen fokuserede derefter på det andet kriterium.
In addition, as already noted in recital (63) of the provisional Regulation, the company's internal document provided to the Commission during the verification visit indicated that the brand has moved into tier 1.
Den mindede om, at dæk i segment 1 er beregnet til at have flere liv, hvilket øger det væsentligt højere kilometertal for det oprindelige produkt yderligere (op til tre regummieringer ved normal anvendelse), jf. betragtning 55 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
Hence, the Commission found that the market perception and the self-perception of the Hankook Group do not fully coincide.
I den forbindelse fremførte Hankook-gruppen, at den stiller en kontraktlig garanti for, at Hankook-dæk kan regummieres højst én gang, og at markedsandelen for dens eget mærke for regummierede dæk Alphatread er ubetydelig og faldende.
The Hankook Group also presented confidential internal surveys done in 2017 for Hankook's Global Marketing Strategy Team in the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy on passenger car tyres.
Desuden ligger prissætningen af dens karkasser under den, der gælder for karkasserne fra de førende virksomheder på markedet.
According to the company, these documents show that other tier 1 brands have higher brand awareness among customers in these countries.
På den ene side noterede Kommissionen sig Alphatreads position på markedet, men fandt, at dette kan være mere et spørgsmål om virksomhedens beslutning om, hvorvidt den selv skal drive en vertikalt integreret regummieringsvirksomhed eller ej.
The Commission found that two main conclusions could be distilled from these data.
Kommissionen accepterede også, at den juridiske garanti for Hankook-dæk kun omfatter én regummiering.
First, the Hankook Group itself acknowledged that the classification of brands into tiers is a dynamic concept for all brands.
Kommissionen spurgte derfor regummieringsvirksomhederne i Unionen, om Hankook-dæk kun kan regummieres én gang, to gange eller mere end to gange.
The Commission then turned to the second criterion.
Sammenslutningen af regummieringsvirksomheder, BIPAVER, oplyste Kommissionen om, at alle de syv hørte regummieringsvirksomheder (tre fra Tyskland, en fra Portugal, en fra Spanien, en fra Italien og en fra Det Forenede Kongerige) svarede, at Hankook-dæk kan regummieres to gange.
It recalled that tier 1 tyres are designed to be ‘multi-life’ tyres, further increasing the significantly higher mileage of the original product (up to three retreadings for a normal use), as laid down in recital (55) of the provisional Regulation.
For så vidt angår dæk af en vis dimension, kan Hankook-dæk desuden også regummieres mere end to gange af de hørte regummieringsvirksomheder i Portugal, Spanien og Det Forenede Kongerige, som svarede på BIPAVER's henvendelse.
In that respect, the Hankook Group submitted that it takes a contractual warranty that Hankook tyres can be retreaded no more than once and that the market share of its own retreaded brand Alphatread is negligible and decreasing.
En anden regummieringsvirksomhed fra Italien afgav et individuelt svar, hvoraf det fremgår, at dæk med et lavt højde-bredde-forhold fra Hankook kun regummieres én gang, mens dæk med et større højde-bredde-forhold regummieres to gange.
Moreover, the pricing of its casings is below the one for casings of the market leaders.
En fransk regummieringsvirksomhed afgav et individuelt svar, hvoraf det fremgår, at Hankook-dæk regummieres to eller flere gange.
On the one hand, the Commission took note of Alphatread's position in the market, but found that this fact may be more a question of the company's decision whether or not to operate a vertically integrated retreading business itself.
En anden spansk regummieringsvirksomhed oplyste, at Hankooks karkasser har samme kvalitet som premiumdæk såsom Michelin, Continental, Goodyear og Bridgestone.
The Commission also accepted that the legal guarantee for Hankook tyres only covers one retreading operation.
På denne baggrund fastslog Kommissionen, at Hankook-dæk fortrinsvis regummieres to gange i Unionen, mens deres karkassers kvalitet endog muliggør yderligere regummiering for visse dimensioner.
On the other hand, the retreadability does not only depend on the retreading of Alphatread or a legal warranty issued by the Hankook Group, which is by its nature conservative.
Kommissionen var uenig i denne vurdering.
Rather, it is more important for the classification how often the tyres are actually retreaded in the market and are thus in competition with other tier 1 tyres on that account.
Den bemærkede, at tendensen i Hankooks salg af originaludstyr var stigende.
The Commission hence inquired with the retreading operators in the Union whether Hankook tyres can be retreaded only once, twice or more than twice.
Kommissionen fandt, at det forhold, at denne store lastbilfabrikant har tillid til Hankook-varemærkets præmiumkvalitet, er af stor betydning.
The Association of retreaders BIPAVER informed the Commission that all seven consulted retreaders (three from Germany, one from Portugal, one from Spain, one from Italy, and one from the UK) replied that Hankook tyres can be retreaded twice.
Under en høring afholdt den 20. juni 2018 hævdede Hankook-gruppen desuden, at de dæk, der solgtes om originaludstyr, blev leveret fra Sydkorea og ikke fra Kina.
Moreover, for tyres of a certain dimension, Hankook tyres can also be retreaded more than twice by the consulted retreaders in Portugal, Spain and in the UK which replied to BIPAVER.
Derfor kunne salget af originaludstyr ikke tilskrives eksporterede dæk fra Kina.
Another retreader from Italy responded individually that low aspect ratio tyres from Hankook are retreaded only once, but bigger aspect ratios are retreaded twice.
Kommissionen undlod at kontrollere dette udsagn.
A French retreader answered individually that Hankook tyres are retreaded twice or more than twice.
Selv om det er faktuelt korrekt, forklarer det imidlertid ikke, hvorfor Hankook-gruppen ikke ville være i stand til at anvende sin knowhow også i de kinesiske produktionsanlæg og i den nærmeste fremtid sælge dækkene fra Kina som originaludstyr.
Another Spanish retreader informed that the casings of Hankook have the same quality as premium tyres such as Michelin, Continental, Goodyear and Bridgestone.
Kommissionen fastslog derfor, at Hankook-gruppen var i stand til at etablere salg af originaludstyr til kendte europæiske lastbilsfabrikanter med mulighed for at øge denne forretningsdel i den nærmeste fremtid.
Against this background, the Commission established that Hankook tyres are predominantly retreaded twice in the Union, while the quality of their casings allows even further retreading for certain dimensions.
Selv om den fremherskende markedsanerkendelse stadig placerer det i segment 2, viser to af elementerne i Hankook-gruppens selvevaluering, der fremgik i forbindelse med undersøgelsen, og en analyse af varemærkeundersøgelserne, at Hankook-dæk snarere hører til i segment 1.
Such a small market share is not sufficient to qualify them into tier 1.
Hankook-gruppen opfattes således som værende »mellem« de to segmenter.
The Commission disagreed with this assessment.
Kommissionen klassificerede derfor Hankook-gruppen som en producent i segment 1 i forbindelse med denne undersøgelse.
While the Hankook Group had no OE sales contracts in 2014, its OE business has so far grown every year until 2017.
Hankook-gruppen hævdede også, at dens varemærke Aurora burde klassificeres som segment 3.
Moreover, while the 1,6 % appears small in absolute terms, it includes a more significant share of [7-12] % with one of the European leading lorry manufacturers.
Da forskellen mellem mærkerne Aurora og Hankook imidlertid ikke er så enorm, og da Kommissionen bekræftede sin klassificering af Hankook som et segment 1-varemærke, fastholdt den imidlertid også sin klassificering af Aurora som segment 2.
The Commission found that the very fact that this important lorry producer trusts in the premium quality of the Hankook brand is significant.
Giti-gruppen hævdede, at dens varemærke Primewell burde klassificeres som segment 3.
At a hearing held on 20 June 2018, the Hankook Group further argued that the tyres for OE sales were delivered from South Korea rather than from the PRC.
Kommissionen accepterede denne påstand, da mærket Primewell opfyldte kriterierne for segment 3: Det er et varemærke af ringere kvalitet med meget begrænset regummierbarhed, og der er ikke tale om noget salg af dette varemærke som originaludstyr.
Hence, the OE sales could not be attributed to the Chinese exported tyres.
Anmodninger om udelukkelse fra varedækningen
The Commission did not verify that statement.
En række interesserede parter hævdede, at de konkurrencesager, der er omhandlet i betragtning 68-83 i forordningen om midlertidig told, og undersøgelser foretaget af tredjelande ikke bør afvises, og gentog de samme synspunkter efter den endelige fremlæggelse af oplysninger.
However, even if it is factually correct, it does not explain why the Hankook Group would be unable to apply its know-how also in the Chinese production facilities and have OE sales of the tyres manufactured in the PRC in the near future.
I stedet for at afvise disse afgørelser af proceduremæssige årsager burde Kommissionen have analyseret deres konklusioner vedrørende substansen.
The Commission hence established that the Hankook Group was able to establish OE sales with well-known European lorry makers with a potential to increase this business in the near future.
Disse parter gentog, at de undersøgelser, der blev foretaget af USA, Indien, Den Eurasiske Økonomiske Kommission og Egypten, burde tages i betragtning, og også at den konkurrencesag, der blev indledt i maj 1996, var relevant for den aktuelle procedure.
In light of all three criteria taken into account together, the Commission confirmed its finding at provisional stage that Hankook brand has moved from tier 2 into tier 1.
Desuden hævdede CRIA og CCCMC, at Kommissionen ikke blot kan afvise Kommissionens konklusioner i en fusionssag om, at nye lavbudgetudskiftningsdæk ikke er erstatninger for regummierede dæk.
While the predominant market recognition still puts it into tier 2, two elements of the Hankook Group's self-assessment found during the investigation and an analysis of the branding surveys indicate that Hankook tyres belong rather to tier 1.
Disse parter fandt, at disse resultater var yderst relevante for Kommissionens segmentering og mere generelt for skadesanalysen.
Hence the Hankook Group's perception is ‘in between’ the tiers.
Med hensyn til disse påstande gentog Kommissionen, at konkurrence- og antidumpingundersøgelser er meget forskellige med hensyn til, hvordan den pågældende vare defineres.
However, the responses from retreaders show that Hankook tyres are nowadays retreaded at least twice in the Union and the quality of its tyres have enabled it to develop OE sales with well-known European lorry makers as well.
Desuden har medlemmerne under WTO's antidumpingaftale et stort råderum i forbindelse med definitionen af den pågældende vare og samme vare.
The Commission therefore classified the Hankook Group as a tier 1 producer for the purpose of this investigation.
Derfor er hverken konkurrencesagerne eller andre antidumpingsager i tredjelande direkte relevante i forbindelse med denne undersøgelse.
The Hankook Group also asserted that its brand Aurora should be classified as tier 3.
Disse påstande blev derfor afvist.
However, as the difference between the brands Aurora and Hankook is not so enormous, and as the Commission confirmed its classification for Hankook as a tier 1 brand, it also maintained its classification for Aurora as tier 2.
En række interesserede parter hævdede, at der er forskelle med hensyn til de vigtigste fysiske, kemiske og tekniske egenskaber, anvendelsesformål og salgskanaler mellem nye og regummierede dæk, og gentog en lignende påstand efter den endelige fremlæggelse af oplysninger.
The Giti Group claimed that its Primewell brand should be classified as tier 3.
Disse parter hævdede, at råmaterialerne til fremstilling af nye dæk er væsentligt forskellige fra dem, der er nødvendige for fremstillingen af regummierede dæk.
The Commission accepted that claim since the brand Primewell fulfilled the tier 3 criteria: it is a lower quality brand with a very limited retreadability and there are no OE sales of this brand.
Regummierede dæk eller dæk med »flere liv« bør derfor udelukkes fra definitionen af den pågældende vare.
Product exclusion requests
Som nævnt i betragtning 72 i forordningen om midlertidig told har de nye og regummierede dæk de samme tekniske egenskaber, komponenter og opbygning som nye dæk.
Several interested parties claimed that the competition cases referred to in recitals (68) to (83) of the provisional Regulation and investigations carried out by third countries should not be dismissed and reiterated the same concerns following final disclosure.
Regummieringsindustrien anvender karkasserne fra nye dæk.
Rather than dismissing those decisions on procedural grounds, the Commission should have analysed their findings on the substance.
Slidbanen svarer til et nyt dæks slidbane.
Those parties reiterated that the investigations carried-out by the US, India, the Eurasian Economic Commission and Egypt should be considered and also that the competition proceeding initiated in May 1996 was relevant for the current proceeding.
Kommissionen afviste derfor påstanden.
Moreover, the CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that the Commission cannot simply dismiss the Commission's findings in a merger case that low-budget new replacement tyres are not substitutes for retreaded tyres.