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Men ifølge de oplysninger, jeg sidder inde med, og som jeg beder Kommissionen om at bekræfte, er priserne på det amerikanske marked kun steget mellem 3 og 4 °/o, men 8 % for så vidt angår US Steel.
The impossibility of arriving at a voluntary agreement among the producers had already resulted in an average drop in prices by about 13 % in September compared with the beginning of the year.
Hvad siger teksten af 10. juli?
Since 1974 the crisis has accelerated.
Den nævner først den aftale, der i 1977 blev indgået inden for rammerne af OECD, og hvori man opfordrede USAs regering til at suspendere sin aktion og til straks at indlede forhandlinger med Kommissionen.
In the second quarter of 1980 it was no longer possible to ensure that the delivery programmes established by the Commission would be observed (they had been exceeded by almost 20 % by one Member State).
Det slående i denne sag er de amerikanske afgørelsers ensidige karakter. Der har ganske vist været kontakter og drøftelser med Kommissionens repræsentanter, hvis synspunkt man har taget hensyn til.
The worsening of the international situation, which is affecting the car and building industries and public works in particular, has aggravated the situation in the' European iron and steel industry, which is very dependent on the capital goods market.
Men til slut har den amerikanske regering nøjedes med at oplyse hr. Davignon om de trufne foranstalt ninger.
World economic growth prospects point to an overall decrease in the level of industrial investments.
Selv om det svar, som den kommissær, der er ansvarlig for industrielle anliggender, har sendt til hr. Askew, indeholder en række betragtninger og overvejelser, så er den ikke derfor et diplomatisk dokument. Alt dette foregår, som om den amerikanske lov skulle være gældende for hele verden.
As a supplier to the various industrial sectors, the iron and steel industry is feeling the effects of this, which are unfortunately likely to continue.
USA erklærer at være trofast over for GATT-princippet, men de anvender tusindvis af forskellige former for protektionisme.
The situation has been further aggravated by the fact that these last four years of stagnation, of anarchic competition, of rapidly declining sales prices have had serious financial and social consequences.
Det franske selskab Creusot-Loire har netop haft negative erfaringer på dette område.
We have already said how absolutely essential it is to go beyond these voluntary measures, which, although necessary, are in our view inadequate.
Under påskud af, at det
Certain steel
Beslutningen af 10. juli understregede nødvendig heden af, at der blev truffet modforanstaltninger, såfremt den amerikanske regering overtrådte GATT-bestemmelserne.
The Commission's decision was not only essential: it was desirable. My group had long been calling for such action, and its chairman recently said: 'In the steel crisis action must be taken at the right level and by effective means.
Dette forslag imødekom Kommissionens hensigter, og hr. Davignon har i løbet af
In the case of the iron and steel industry . . . the right level is objectively the Commu nity, and the effective means is Article 58.'
Martinet anvender en lille mængde nikkel af cubansk oprindelse ved fremstillingen af sit specialstål, forbyder man adgang for dette specialstål til det amerikanske marked gennem afgørelse fra det amerikanske finansministerium. ministerium.
In the light of these remarks, Parliament now calls on from the Commission to provide additional information on three points in particular:
disk set er offentlige, halvoffentlige eller private — hvis denne tingenes tilstand fortsætter, vil kunne registrere alt for store finansielle tab ved årets udgang.
The internal arrangements for which Article 58 provides should therefore be supplemented by recourse to Article 74 of the ECSC Treaty, which refers to external arrangements which are more restrictive and there fore, in this specific case, more effective.
For det andet fordi vi er imod karteller, og fordi vi derfor helt konkret er knyttet til bestemmelserne i Rom- og Paris-traktaterne, som principielt forbyder enhver form for aftaler.
We feel that the combined application of Articles 58 and 74 of the Treaty alone will bring about an improvement in this tragic situation, which is the outcome of the recession and of restructuring.
Tillad mig, fru formand, i denne forbindelse at frem komme med en kort personlig bemærkning.
The first concerns the Commission's statement that, while the quota system was in force, it would not resort to action to restrict imports under Article 74 of the Treaty.
Jeg kommer nu til de konklusioner, som udvalget for eksterne økonomiske forbindelser foreslår.
We feel that, if employment in the steel sector is to be improved, if the financial capacities of the companies are to be restored, if the production capacities which will prove necessary in the future are to be maintained, these two articles must be applied together.
For det første har vi med tilfredshed konstateret, at de mål, som et flertal i Parlamentet gik ind for, og som Kommissionen på sin side havde taget i betragtning, for hovedpartens vedkommende er nået.
We also feel that, if this 'dirigistic' intervention takes place at Community level — and for a limited period, it is to be hoped — the Member States must also pursue a voluntary and lasting national policy aimed at resolving the steel crisis in the very near future.
Men gruppen mener ligeledes, at det er nødvendigt at forbedre kontrollen udadtil.
The second point concerns the practical procedures for fixing and monitoring the production quotas laid down by the Commission.
Flere af Fællesskabets medlemsstaters regeringer, især Benelux-landenes regeringer, kræver den i øvrigt indtrængende.
It is quite obvious that all the Community's iron and steel industries are affected by the crisis.
For det andet bemærker vi imidlertid, at den europæiske stålindustri ganske afgjort har lidt tab, og at det ikke er sikkert, at den i nær fremtid igen kan få den markedsandel, den havde i USA før US Steel's aktion.
It is therefore equally obvious that the restrictions in production must be shared equitably among all the Member States.
Fru formand, den 31. oktober i år traf Kommissionen en række foranstaltninger vedrørende anvendelsen af artikel 58.
Can the Commission reassure us and give us any information on this point?
For det tredje tænker vi med bekymring på, hvorledes den amerikanske administration eventuelt vil fortolke visse parametre, der medfører en udløsning af anti dumpingproceduren, og vi anmoder Kommissionen om med den største årvågenhed at følge iværksættelsen af den amerikanske administrations afgørelser uden at udelukke muligheden af modforanstaltninger i tilfælde af, at der på ny viser sig tilløb til protektionisme. nisme.
After all, a state of manifest crisis must and can only be temporary. A lasting improvement in the situation will stem from the application of the Treaty through the introduction of restrictive measures and also through the acceptance by the Member States of objectives which must be achieved, by their agreeing to act in solidarity and in a spirit of loyalty one to the other.
For det fjerde anmoder vi — selv om dette ikke findes i den skrevne tekst, De har fået omdelt — om, at Kommissionen inden for en frist på mellem et halvt og et helt år forelægger os en beretning om dette spørgsmål.
It would be unexpected to say the least if the Council did not agree to this appropriation, which had the unanimous support of this House.
Det var de fire punkter, som udvalget for eksterne økonomiske forbindelser enstemmigt foreslår Parlamentet. mentet.
In its desire to safeguard the jobs of thousands of steel workers, my group urges the Commission and Council to make rapid and generous use of the appropriate funds to ensure the implementation of the backup social measures that are essential if jobs are to be saved in a sector that has already been hard hit by restructuring. ing.
Med hensyn til specialstål er man blevet enig om fra den obligatoriske kvoteordning at udelukke legeret stål med 5 % legering eller mere, og hvis pris ligger 30 % over prisniveauet for tilsvarende almindeligt stål.
If so, and it is what we want, there must be no more mistakes made in bringing the restructuring of the iron and steel industry to a successful conclusion and in eliminating the anxiety of the workers in this sector and removing the burden of unemployment from our economies.
Det drejede sig også om ikke i kontingentordningen at indbefatte produktionen i virksomheder, der fremstiller mindre end 6 000 tons fin- og specialstål i kvartalet.
Those in positions of responsibility in the Community, at all levels, must act without delay and with strength in the sectors threatened by the crisis before it is too late, because unfortunately the crisis is not affecting the iron and steel sector alone.
Et flertal i gruppen er for anvendelse af artikel 58.
Let us turn quickly to the external aspect.
For det første fordi der siden sprængningen af Eurofer i juli har udviklet sig en veritabel priskrig mellem Fællesskabets producenter, og fordi jern- og stålindustrivirksomhederne — hvad enten de nu juri
We must again say in all seriousness that the present external policy measures should be more restrictive, since we find that certain third countries have not honoured the commitments they have entered into with the Commu nity. Spain, it would appear, is a flagrant example.
Vil dette kompromis, som De Ni efter store vanskeligheder og på forslag af hr. Davignon endelig fandt frem til, give de forventede resultater? Det er det alvorligste spørgsmål, som man nu må stille sig.
In addition, the recent American statements on the reintroduction of a high trigger price and of accelerated procedures do little to alleviate our concern, all the more so as we have very recently heard that the United States intends to refuse to allow the import of special French steels, even though they form part of a pattern of traditional trade.
Vil ordrerne igen få et opsving?
I would ask the Commission what is the situation in this respect.
Vil priserne genfinde et mere acceptabelt niveau?
It will be for us, the politicians, to assess these measures.
Hele den europæiske stålindustri er ganske åbenbart i krise.
by the American Administration of the trigger price system.
Denne krise berører titusindvis af arbejdstagere.
President. — I call Mr Martinet.
Vi ønsker en samlet løsning, idet vi er sikre på, at hvis det varer for længe, inden man finder frem til denne samlede løsning, vil tusindvis af arbejdstagere med rette vende ryggen til Europa.
This major steel company set out to achieve a relaxation of rules it considered to be a hindrance, particularly as regards pollution, and it succeeded.
Det ville ud fra mange synspunkter være højst beklageligt.
For the Administration it was a question of getting the Community to accept the idea of an appreciable reduction in our exports.
Der må nogle måneder til for at se virkningerne, på prisplanet og ordreplanet vise sig.
How did the European Parliament react at the time?
Man må også kontrollere gennemførelsen af de af Kommissionen påtvungne foranstaltninger, idet denne på sin side ikke må tøve med at træffe sanktioner i tilfælde af overtrædelse. Den socialistiske gruppe støtter i øvrigt EKSFs rådgivende udvalgs anmodning om at blive regelmæssigt underrettet om gennemførelsen af de trufne foranstaltninger.
As you will recall, on 18 April we adopted a motion tabled by Mr Donnez and on 10 July a resolution tabled by the members of the Socialist Group, the Group of the European People's Party, the European Democratic Group, the Liberal and Democratic Group and the Group of European Progressive Democrats.
Vi foreslår desuden, at Kommissionen hvert kvartal aflægger beretning til Europa-Parlamentet om udviklingen af situationen inden for jern- og stålindustrien.
In the meantime, the matter had been referred to our various committees. What did the document of 10 July say?
Den første beretning, der således skulle aflægges den 1. januar 1981, skulle dreje sig om indeværende års tre sidste måneder.
It refers to the agreement reached within the OECD in 1977, which called on the United States Government to request US Steel to withdraw its action and to enter into negotiations with the Commission as a matter of urgency.
Fru formand, mine damer og herrer!
This is only partly true.
Den 30. oktober 1980 vedtog Rådet enstemmigt at erklære såkaldt åbenbar krisetilstand inden for den europæiske stålindustri.
While we have suffered this loss of 1 m tonnes, Japan's exports to the United States in the same period rose by 100 000 tonnes from 4 575 m tonnes to 4 675 m tonnes.
Afgørelsen har også en historisk dimension, da der dermed for første gang i EFs historie blev skabt et tvunget statsligt styret kartel af europæiske dimensioner.
Exports by other countries such as Canada and Brazil undoubtedly decreased, but to a lesser extent than our exports, falling from 4 300 m to 4 082 m tonnes between 1979 and 1980.
Det er ligeledes vigtigt at fremhæve de sociale foran staltninger, Rådet har fået forelagt.
The resolution of 10 July stressed the need to provide for countermeasures in case the American Govern ment violated the provisions of GATT.
Medens artikel 58 anvendes med virkning bagud, har man endnu intet gjort på det sociale område.
This proposal was in line with the Commission's intentions, and Mr Davignon had talks with the American Administration on this subject during the summer.
Det er i så henseende vigtigt, at Rådet i forbindelse med budgettet for 1981 godkender den særlige bevilling til sociale foranstaltninger inden for jern- og stålindustrien, som Europa-Parlamentet vedtog under sin budgetmødeperiode, således at den kan blive endeligt opført på budgettet for 1981.
It is therefore completely wrong to say, as the Commission has done, that our share of the market has remained roughly the same. I have referred to various sources: the'American Iron and Steel Institute, the employers' federation of the French iron and steel industry and the German iron and steel bureau and I have noted three sets of figures relating to the period from January to August 1980.
Nu har vi kristelige demokrater i princippet slet ikke noget at indvende mod større magt til de europæiske organer.
Firstly, imports accounted for 168 % of· American steel consumption during this period, as against 152 % in the same period last year.
Erfaringen viser stort set, at sådanne indgreb for det meste koster borgerne mange penge, forsinker den nødvendige teknologiske omlægning, bevarer forældede strukturer og i sidste instans fører til en ganske særlig brutal ødelæggelse af arbejdspladser.
Secondly, Japan's share rose from 5·5 to 69 %, that of countries other than Japan and the Community from 5 to 58 %, while the Community's share feil from 47 to 4· 1 %.
I det lange løb kan kun markedskræfterne og konkurrencen sikre Europas borgere en optimal forsyning til fornuftige priser.
We are therefore the only ones to have suffered a decline in our share of the market.
Trods disse betænkeligheder er afgørelsen nu en gang faldet.
Thirdly, this decline did not make itself felt until May.
Enhver kritik, der kommer bagefter, er som sne, der faldt i går.
The situation at the beginning of the year was relatively favourable.
I dag gælder det om at leve med denne afgørelse og få det bedst mulige ud af den.
We suffered the greatest losses during the period from May to September.
Fru formand, det er endvidere påtrængende nødvendigt at fremskynde moderniseringen af jern- og stålindustrivirksomhederne og at samordne den på fællesskabsplan.
But the iron and steel debate has not been directly linked to the objections rightly provoked by American action in other sectors, and specifically the synthetic fibre sector.
Denne modernisering, som dybtgående ændringer af stålproduktionen i verden har nødvendiggjort, må hurtigt afsluttes i omhyggelig respekt for alle arbejdstageres rettigheder — ja, jeg siger: alle arbejdstageres, for i visse lande har der været rygter om, at jern- og stålindustriens arbejdstagere kunne få forskellig skæbne, alt efter om de var landets egne statsborgere eller vandrende arbejdstagere.
The American decision was, as you know, finally taken on 30 September 1980. On the same day Mr Askew sent a letter to Mr Davignon informing him of the withdrawal of US Steel's complaint and of the temporary introduction of a new trigger price, some 12 % higher than the old one, and of the establish ment of a procedure permitting the suspension of this new trigger price if steel imports accounted for more than 152 % of thè American market or if the American steel industry as a whole was working at less than 87 % capacity.
Moderniseringen må være sideløbende med en betydelig indsats for at finde nye afsætningsmuligheder for stål, især inden for byggesektoren eller som erstatning for visse plasticvarer, for slet ikke at tale om et »genopsving« for transportsektoren.
The Department of Trade then found that there was a sudden explosion in imports of iron and steel products and, after contacting the govern ments of the countries in question, brought an antidumping and anti-subsidy action based on the notion of unfair competition.
I den forbindelse endnu et ord til de nationale regeringer i Europa, til vore ni medlemsstater: Det går absolut ikke an, at alle Europas resultater, hvor ubestridelige de end måtte være, fremstilles og sælges som glorværdige heltebedrifter udført af regeringerne i London, Rom, Paris, Bonn, Bruxelles, Luxembourg osv., medens alle vanskelige, uløselige problemer på
It is difficult not to see this phenomenon in the light of an event which, at the time, rightly disturbed this Parliament, the lodging by the US Steel Company on 21 March 1980 of an antidumping complaint against 15 European companies, followed by the suspension
Friedrich europæisk plan bliver udsat og lægges bureaukraterne i Bruxelles til last under mottoet: Dem kender man jo.
Martinet in the near future regain the share of the United States market it held before US Steel brought its action.
Hvis denne tankegang danner skole og vinder indpas hos borgeren, har det europæiske ingen succes mere, og mange af de problemer, der er mest påtrængende for os, vil så overhovedet ikke blive angrebet. Det betyder den sikre død for Europa, og desuden vil de nationale regeringer dermed save den gren over, de selv sidder på.
Thirdly, we are disturbed by the interpretation the American Administration might give to certain para meters resulting in the opening of the antidumping procedure, and we call on the Commission to keep a very close watch on the implementation of the decisions taken by the American Administration, without ruling out the possibility of taking counteraction should there be fresh signs of protectionism.
De kommende måneder, hvor stålvirksomhederne har et vist pusterum, må udnyttes til at standse disse stålsubventioner. ventioner.
Much will again depend on the prices actually charged by American companies, which are obviously not obliged to comply with the 12 % increase in the trigger price.
For det fjerde må der under ingen omstændigheder træffes yderligere indførselsforanstaltninger for at afskærme den europæiske stålindustri mod den inter nationale konkurrence.
According to information which I have and which I would ask the Commission to confirm, prices on the American market have not increased by a mere 3 to 4 %, but by 8 % where US Steel is concerned.
Protektionistiske indførselsbestemmelser, som vi som et eksportorienteret Fællesskab ikke har råd til, må afvises kraftigt.
That is a considerable difference, which is likely to be to the disadvantage of our exports, of course.
Netop den europæiske stålkrises forløb var typisk for dette mønster. For krisen eskalerede først på grund af de nationale regeringers forsømmelser i så høj grad, at det blev uundgåeligt med et indgreb fra europæiske institutioner.
Fourthly — although this is not to be found in the written text before you — we ask the Commission to submit to us another report on this subject in 6 to 12 months' time.
Marchen mod planøkonomi i Europa blev ikke indledt med den 30. oktober 1980, men den har kastet sin første store skygge.
What is striking in this affair is the unilateral nature of the American decisions.
Vi må gøre alt for så hurtigt som muligt igen at fjerne denne skygge.
Admittedly, there have been contacts and discussions with Commission representa tives, whose viewpoint has been taken into account.
Hverken protektionisme eller planøkonomi kan sikre befolkningens arbejdspladser i Europa, men moderne teknologi, optimalt valg af placering, konkurrence og de europæiske ingeniørers og videnskabsmænds dygtighed kan gøre det.
But at the end of the day the American Administration has confined itself to informing Mr Davignon of the measures that have been taken.
Og også landbrugspolitikken?
Everything is done as if American law applied to the whole world.
Helt bortset fra, at nationale forsøg på løsninger ville have ført til ny national vrede, ny protektionisme, ny rivaliseren med uberegnelige farer for os alle.
On the pretext that it uses a small quantity of nickel of Cuban origin in the manufacture of its special steels, these steels have just been banned from the American market by a decision of the American Treasury Department.
Europas borgere må vide, at meget kun kan løses økonomisk og fornuftigt inden for europæiske rammer. Derfor må vi ikke give de nationale regeringer lov til med deres egoisme og smålighed at bringe Europa i miskredit og dermed skjule deres egen uduelighed.
Because what is at stake is not simply trade in industrial or agricultural products, but jobs as well.
Hr. formand, jeg agter at koncentrere mig om anvendelsen af artikel 58.
The majority of my group favours the application of Article 58.
Den europæiske demokratiske gruppe vil gerne sikre, at det meget vidtrækkende skridt, som Fællesskabet her har taget, kommer til at medføre, at Europa får en stærkere og mere levedygtig stålindustri.
Firstly, because there has been a veritable price war among the Community's producers since the collapse of Eurofer in July and because, if this situation continues, the iron and steel companies, whatever their legal status — public, semi-public or private — will suffer intolerable financial losses by the end of the year.
Jeg vil til slut gerne endnu en gang understrege, at vi må få det bedste ud af den afgørelse, der nu en gang er truffet. Her må det først og fremmest sikres, at stålkartellets varighed, der er fastsat til den 30. juni 1981, overholdes strengt.
Secondly, because we are opposed to cartels and therefore quite definitely support the provisions of the two Treaties of Rome and Paris which in principle prohibit agreements and similar understandings.
Fra den 1. juli 1981 må den frie konkurrence, der fører produktionsstrømmene derhen, hvor stål kan produceres mest produktivt og økonomisk, igen være gældende, så vort europæiske stål forbliver konkurrencedygtigt på verdensmarkedet og vore forbrugere af stål får en pris, så de kan udnytte deres muligheder.
Finally, because we think it preferable for the public authorities themselves to fix and control the production quotas rather than seeing them established in the deceptive guise of voluntary self-restraint agreements, in other words, as the outcome of the confrontation and of the power relationship among the producers.
Samtlige medlemsstater har været enige i, at disse forholdsregler er nødvendige.
I now come to the conclusions which your Committee on External Economic Relations proposes you should draw.
Vi bryder os ikke om at være nødt til at indføre produktionskvotering, hr. formand, ligesom vi heller ikke bryder os om, at Kommissionen er nødt til at overvåge og kontrollere private og offentlige virksomheders adfærd.
Firstly, we note with satisfaction that the objectives which were approved by the majority of this Parliament and which the Commission took into account have largely been achieved.
Vi ønsker, at denne industrigren skal blive i stand til at omstrukturere sig selv og blive mere konkurrence-
Secondly, we point out, however, that the European iron and steel industry has suffered unquestionable damage and that there can be no certainty that it will