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Nashua Corporation er en Original Equipment Manufacturer (herefter benævnt OEM-selskab), dvs. leverandør under eget mærke af produkter fremstillet af andre virksomheder.
Nashua Corporation was an original equipment manufacturer (hereinafter: "OEM"), that is to say, a company supplying under Its own brand name products manufactured by other undertakings.
Selskabet køber 1 Japan PPC-fotokopieringsmaskiner hos Ricoh, den japanske fabrikant, for at sælge dem under mærket Nashua i Fællesskabet - via sine datterselskaber - og i talrige tredjelande.
It purchased plain paper photocopiers in Japan from the Japanese manufacturer Ricoh Company Limited and sold them under the Nashua brand name in the Community, through its subsidiary companies, and in many non-member countries.
I juli 1985 blev der indgivet klage til Kommissionen over Ricoh og andre japanske producenter af Udvalget for Europæiske Fabrikanter af Kopieringsmaskiner, som beskyldte Ricoh for at sælge sine produkter i Fællesskabet til dumpingpriser.
In July 1985, Ricoh, together with other Japanese producers, had been the subject of a complaint submitted to the Commission by the Committee of European Copier Manufacturers, which had accused it of dumping its products in the Community.
Ved den anfægtede forordning, som blev vedtaget på Kommissionens forslag, fastsatte Rådet dernæst den endelige antidumpingtold til 20%.
In the contested regulation, adopted on a proposal from the Commission, the Council had then set the definitive antidumping duty at 20%.
Påstanden oa annullation af Kommissionens afslag på Nashua Corporation's tilsagn
Application for the annulment of the Commission's decision rejecting the undertaking offered by Nashua Corporation
Kommissionens afslag på et tilsagn er ikke en foranstaltning, der har bindende retsvirkninger, som kan påvirke sagsøgerens interesser, da Kommissionen kan omgøre sin afgørelse, og da Rådet kan beslutte ikke at indføre en antidumpingtold.
The rejection by the Commission of a proposed undertaking was not a measure having binding legal effects of such a kind as to affect the interests of the applicant, because the Commission could revoke its decision or the Council could decide not to introduce an antidumping duty.
Et sådant afslag er imidlertid en foranstaltning, hvis formål er at forberede den endelige afgørelse, og udgør derfor ikke en anfægtelig retsakt.
Such a rejection was an Intermediate measure whose purpose was to prepare for the final decision, and was not therefore a measure which could be challenged.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil, at Rådet, på grundlag af de særlige omstændigheder ved Ricoh's salg til OEM-selskaberne, navnlig forskellene i Ricoh's omkostninger i forbindelse med salgene til OEM-selskaberne i forhold til Ricoh's omkostninger ved salg af PPC-maskiner under eget mærke, havde fundet det passende som led i beregningen af de pågældende produkters normale værdi at fastsætte eksportørernes avance til 5%, dvs. til en lavere sats end den gennemsnitlige avance, som ansloges til 14,6%.
The Court held that it was by reference to the particular features of Ricoh's sales to OEMs, especially the differences in costs incurred by Ricoh in its sales to OEMs as compared with its costs in sales of plain paper photocopiers under its own brand name, that the Council had seen fit, in constructing the normal value, to set the profit margin of exporters at 5%, that is to say, at a lower rate than the average profit margin, which was estimated at 14.6%.
På grundlag af den således beregnede normale værdi for Ricoh's salg til OEM-selskaberne nåede institutionerne til en lavere dumpingmargen end den, der var fastsat for salg af PPC-fotokopieringsmaskiner, som forhandles under Ricoh's eget mærke, og denne dumpingmargen samt dem, der er fastsat for alle Ricoh's forhandlingsled, blev taget i betragtning ved beregningen af en vægtet dumpingmargen, på grundlag af hvilke antidumpingtolden blev fastsat.
Proceeding on the basis of the normal value thus constructed for sales by Ricoh to OEMs the Council and the Commission had arrived at a dumping margin lower than the margin calculated for sales of plain paper photocopiers marketed under Ricoh's own brand name, and that dumping margin, together with those ascertained for all Ricoh's sales channels, were taken into account in calculating a weighted dumping margin on the basis of which the antidumping duty was set.
Ganske vist blev avancen på 5% lagt til grund uden sondring mellem de forskel lige berørte erhvervsdrivende ved beregningen af PPC-fotokopieringsmaskinernes normale værdi.
It was true that the profit margin of 5% had been applied without any differentiation between the various traders concerned for the purpose of constructing the normal value of plain paper photocopiers.
De pågældende erhvervsdrivende, hvis antal er begrænset, blev dog identificeret af institutionerne, og det var netop for at tage hensyn til de særlige omstændigheder ved deres forretningsforbindelser med producenterne, at den avance, der blev lagt til grund, blev fastsat til 5%.
However, the traders in question, who were limited in number, had been Identified by the institutions, and it was precisely in order to reflect the particular features of their business dealings with producers that the profit margin used had been set at 5%.
Det fulgte af det foregående, at Nashua - uden at det fandtes nødvendigt at betegne sagsøgeren som importør eller eksportør, og i betragtning af dennes forretningsforbindelser med Ricoh - var berørt af konstateringerne vedrørende den påtalte dumpings eksistens, og at Nashua følgelig var berørt umiddelbart og individuelt af den anfægtede forordnings bestemmelser vedrørende Ricoh's dumping.
The Court concluded from the foregoing that there was no need to define the applicant as an importer or as an exporter; in the light of its business dealings with Ricoh, Nashua was concerned by the findings relating to the existence of the dumping complained of, and the provisions of the contested regulation regarding Ricoh's dumping practices were therefore of direct and individual concern to it.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil, som Rådet med rette anførte i den 92. betragtning til den anfægtede forordning, at det forhold, at OEM-selskaberne selv har eksporteret de pågældende produkter, i betragtning af forordningens artikel 2 ikke kunne berettige, at Ricoh's salg til Nashua blev holdt uden for beregningen af dumpingmargenen, idet der i Øvrigt derved kunne blive tale om en forøgelse af dumpingmargenen for sidstnævnte.
Nashua claimed first of all that it was an exporter, because it generally purchased its photocopiers in Japan and was solely responsible for the exportation of the products. Consequently, the Council should have established a dumping margin for Nashua separate from the margin that it established for manufacturer-exporters of the same product.
Nashua gjorde for det andet gældende, at der i hvert fald intet var til hinder for at beregne en særskilt dumpingmargen for distributionsnettet for selskabets fotokopieringsmaskiner.
Secondly, Nashua claimed that in any case there had been nothing to prevent the establishment of a separate dumping margin in respect of the distribution network for its photocopiers.
Det henviste herved til den praksis, der følges i USA i situationer, der ligner selskabets.
It referred in that regard to the practice adopted in the United States of America in situations such as its own.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil, at i henhold til artikel 2, stk. 13, litra c), i forordning nr. 2176/84 svarer den endelige dumpingmargen til gennemsnittet af de margener, der fastsættes for hvert enkelt transaktion i fabrikanternes salg, og at anvendelsen af denne bestemmelse var berettiget i det foreliggende tilfælde.
The Court held that, in accordance with Article 2 (13) (c) of Regulation No. 2176/84, the final dumping margin was equal to the average of the margins set for all the sales channels of manufacturers, and the the application of that provision was justified in the circumstances of the case.
Dels kunne en beregning af den anførte margen uden at tage Nashua's salg i betragtning medføre en forøgelse af Ricoh's dumpingmargen, og dels var det nødvendigt at undgå, at fabrikanten blev tilskyndet til at afsætte størstedelen af sine produkter under OEM-selskabernes mærker.
In the first place, calculation of the dumping margin without taking account of sales to Nashua might have led to an increase in Ricoh's dumping margin; secondly, it was necessary to avoid giving the manufacturer an incentive to market most of its products under the brand names of OEMs.
Domstolen henviste desuden til sin praksis, hvorefter holdningen hos en af dets Økonomiske partnere vel er af betydning, men ikke kan være tilstrækkelig til at forpligte Fællesskabet til at gå frem på samme måde.
The Court held that the attitude of one of its trading partners, even a major partner, did not suffice to oblige the Community to follow the same course.
Denne henvisning kunne følgelig ikke være afgørende for fortolkningen af fællesskabsbestemmelserne. melserne.
Such reference could not, therefore, determine how the Community legislation was to be interpreted.
Anbringendet oa den fejlagtige beregning af den normale værdi af de produkter, der blev solgt til OEM-selskaberne
Incorrect construction of the normal value of products sold to OEMs
Det var netop med det formål for Øje og under hensyntagen til, at det var umuligt for dem at vurdere denne forskel præcist, at de som led i beregningen af den normalt værdi havde fastsat avancen til 5% og ikke til dennes gennemsnit, som blev anslået til 14,6%, og at de havde anvendt den anførte margen på de salg, der blev foretaget under fabrikanternes mærke.
Nashua maintained that by adopting a profit margin of 5% in constructing the normal value of products sold to OEMs the institutions had made an arbitrary adjustment which had not taken account of the differences between sales to OEMs and sales under the manufacturer's own brand name.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil, at for i det foreliggende tilfælde at fastlægge toldens størrelse således, at det blev muligt at eliminere fællesskabsproducenternes tab, havde fællesskabsinstitutionerne under anvendelse af det vide
Indeed, it was for that purpose, and because the institutions had found it impossible to gauge that difference accurately, that in constructing the normal value they had set the profit margin at 5% instead of its average rate, estimated at 14.6%, and applied that margin to sales under the manufacturers' own brand names.
- 7 - skøn, som de har på dette område, fundet det passende at lægge det samlede tab til grund, der blev fremkaldt af eksporten af PPC-maskiner hidrørende fra Japan, som udgjorde 70% af det samlede antal salg af PPC-maskiner i Fællesskabet.
The Court noted that, in order to determine, in this case, the level of duty which would eliminate the injury suffered by Community producers, the institutions had seen fit to base themselves on the total injury caused by exports of plain paper photo copiers from Japan, which had accounted for 70% of total sales of plain paper photocopiers in the Community.
Nashua havde ikke bevist, at den anvendte fremgangsmåde havde påvirket den indførte antidumpingtolds størrelse, og heller ikke bevist, i hvilket omfang denne størrelse ville have været anderledes, hvis der også var blevet taget hensyn til OEM-selskabernes salg.
Nashua had failed to demonstrate that this approach affected the level of the antidumping duty imposed, or to what extent that level would have differed if sales by OEMs had also been taken into account.
Anbringendet oa tilsidesættelse af det principielle forbud mod forskelsbehandling
Infringement of the principle prohibiting discrimination
Ifølge Nashua havde Rådet tilsidesat dette forbud ved at indføre antidumpingtold med samme sats for samtlige indførsler af PPC-maskiner.
According to Nashua, the Council had Infringed the principle prohibiting discrimination by applying antidumping duties at a standard rate to all imports of plain paper photocopiers.
Selskabet mente, at det betalte en absolut set langt højere antidumpingtold end et datterselskab af en japansk fabrikant, da dets bruttoavance kun var 16%, mens de japanske fabrikanternes datterselskabers avance var 42%.
It claimed that it paid, in absolute terms, a far higher antidumping duty than a related subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturer, since Its gross profit margin was only 16% whereas the margin achieved by the related subsidiaries of Japanese manufacturers amounted to 42%.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil dels, at den påberåbte forskel ikke var resultatet af indførelsen af antidumpingtolden, men af Ricoh's salgspolitik, og dels, at indførelsen af antidumpingtold havde til formål at fjerne det tab, som blev påført fællesskabsproducenterne, og ikke at garantere alle importørerne samme avance.
The Court noted, first, that the difference alleged appeared to be the result not of the introduction of antidumping duties but of Ricoh's sales policy and, secondly, that the introduction of antidumping duties sought to remove the injury caused to Community producers and not to ensure that all importers enjoyed the same profit margin.
Anbringendet om ulovligheden af afslaget på at tage hensyn til Nashua's tilsagn
Illegality of the refusal to take account of the undertaking offered by Nashua
Den anfægtede forordning, som bekræftede denne praksis fra Kommissionens side, var ligeledes i strid med den nævnte bestemmelse.
By upholding that practice on the part of the Commission, the contested regulation had also infringed Article 10.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil, at Kommissionens praksis ikke at acceptere tilsagn fra importørerne, som støttes af Rådet i den 100. betragtning til den anfægtede forordning, både er baseret på GATT's antidumpingregler og på artikel 10 i forordning nr. 2176/84.
The Court held that the Commission's practice of not accepting undertakings from importers, supported by the Council at paragraph (100) of the contested regulation, was based both on the rules of the GATT Anti-Dumping Code and on Article 10 of Regulation No. 2176/84.
Denne ordning fandtes berettiget af to grunde.
The system was justified on two lines of reasoning.
Dels ville en accept af en importørs tilsagn betyde, at virksomheden blev tilskyndet til fortsat at forsyne sig uden for Fællesskabet til dumpingpriser.
First, acceptance of the undertaking offered by an importer would have had the effect of encouraging him to continue to obtain supplies from outside the
Domstolen udtalte og bestemte:
Accordingly, the Court held as follows:
Sag C-133/87 afvises.
The application in Case C-133/87 is dismissed as Inadmissible;
I sag C-150/87 frifindes sagsøgte.
The application in Case C-150/87 is dismissed as unfounded;
I begge sager betaler sagsøgeren, henholdsvis sagsøgerne, omkostningerne. Disse omfatter i sag C-150/87 intervenienternes omkostninger, og sagsøgerne i denne sag pålægges solidarisk at udrede sagens omkostninger."
The applicants are ordered to pay the costs in both cases; in Case C-150/87 the applicants are ordered jointly and severally to pay the costs, including those of the interveners. Ü
Generaladvokat Jean Mi se ho f remsatte forslag til afgørelse den 5. juli 1989
Mr Advocate General Jean Mischo delivered his Opinion at the sitting on 5 JuTv 1989.
Han foreslog følgende afgørelse:
He proposed that the Court should:
"I sag C-133/87: Sagen afvises, og sagsøgerne dømmes til at betale sagens omkostninger.
Dismiss the application as inadmissible and order the applicant to pay the costs.
I sag C-150/87:
In Case C-150/87:
- Sagen admitteres, men sagsøgte frifindes, og Nashua dømmes til at betale sine egne omkostninger samt intervenienternes, dvs. Kommissionens og CECOM's omkostninger;
Declare the application to be admisssible but dismiss it as unfounded and order Nashua to pay its own costs and those of the Interveners, the Commission and CECOM;
- i henhold til procesreglementets artikel 69, stk. 3, første afsnit, dømmes Rådet til at betale sine egne omkostninger, da det ikke har fået medhold i sine formalitetsindsigelser."
Order the Council to bear Its own costs, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 69 (3) of the Rules of Procedure, since it was unsuccessful in its submissions disputing the admissibility of the application. "
Sagsøgeren nedlagde principalt påstand om annullation af den anfægtede forordning i dens helhed, subsidiært om annullation af forordningen, for vidt som der herved pålægges en antidumpingtold på 12,6% på importen af PPC-fotokopieringsmaskiner fremstillet af selskabet Mita.
Case C-156/87: Gestetner Holdings Pic ν Council and Commission of the European Communities - 14 March 1990 (Commercial policy - Dumping - Undertaking - Definitive duty - Plain paper photocopiers originating in Japan) (Full Court)
Gestetner er en Original Equipment Manufacturer (herefter benævnt OEM-sel-skab), dvs. leverandør under eget mærke af produkter fremstillet af andre virksomheder. Selskabet køber i Japan PPC-fotokopieringsmaskiner hos Mita, den japanske fabrikant, for at sælge dem under mærket Gestetner i Fællesskabet og i talrige tredjelande.
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 21 May 1987, Gestetner, a company whose registered office was in London, brought an action for the annulment of the decision whereby the Commission had rejected the undertaking offered by Gestetner in the course of an anti­dumping proceeding concerning the Importation of plain paper photocopiers originating 1n Japan and the annulment of Council Regulation No. 535/87 of 23 February 1987 Imposing a definitive antidumping duty on imports of plain paper photocopiers originating in Japan
I juli 1985 blev der indgivet klage til Kommissionen over Mita og andre japanske producenter af Udvalget for Europæiske Fabrikanter af Kopieringsmaskiner, som beskyldte Mita for at sælge sine produkter i Fællesskabet til dumpingpriser.
As far as the contested regulation was concerned the action sought its annulment as a whole or, in the alternative, its annulment in so far as It imposed an antidumping duty of 12.6% on plain paper photocopiers manufactured by Mita Industrial Co. Ltd.
Ved den anfægtede forordning, som blev vedtaget på Kommissionens forslag, fastsatte Rådet dernæst den endelige antidumpingtold til 12,6%.
It purchased plain paper photocopiers in Japan from Mita, a Japanese manufacturer, and sold them under the Gestetner brand name in the Community and many non-member countries.
Påstanden oa annullation af Kommissionens afslag på Gestetners tilsagn
In July 1985, Mita, together with other Japanese producers, had been the subject of a complaint submitted to the Commission by the Committee of European Copier Manufacturers, which accused it of dumping its products in the Community.
Domstolen afviste denne påstand. Kommissionens afslag på et tilsagn er ikke en foranstaltning, der har bindende retsvirkninger, som kan påvirke sagsøgerens interesser, da Kommissionen kan omgøre sin afgørelse, og da Rådet kan beslutte ikke at indføre en antidumpingtold.
The antidumping proceedings initiated by the Commission had led, in the first instance, to the imposition on Mita of a provisional antidumping duty of 13.7%.
Et sådant afslag er imidlertid en foranstaltning, hvis formål er at forberede den endelige afgørelse, og udgør derfor ikke en anfægtelig retsakt.
In the contested regulation, adopted on a proposal from the Commission, the Council had then set the definitive antidumping duty at 12.6%.
Den principale påstand om annullation af den anfægtede forordning i dens helhed måtte derfor afvises.
The claim for the annulment of the Commission's rejection of the undertaking offered by Gestetner
Med hensyn til den subsidiære påstand, bemærkede Domstolen, at Rådet, på grundlag af de særlige omstændigheder ved Mita's salg til OEM-selskaberne, navnlig forskellen i Mita's omkostninger ved salg til OEM-selskaberne i forhold til Mita's omkostninger ved salg af PPC-fotokopieringsmaskiner under eget mærke, havde fundet det passende som led 1 beregningen af de pågældende produkters normale værdi at fastsatte eksportørernes avance til 5%, dvs. til en lavere sats end gennemsnitsavancen, som ansloges til 14,6%.
The Court rejected the applicant's claim, holding that the rejection by the Commission of a proposed undertaking was not a measure having binding legal effects of such a kind as to affect the interests of the applicant, because the Commission could revoke its decision or the Council
På grundlag af den således beregnede normale værdi for Mita's salg til OEM-selskaberne nåede institutionerne til en lavere dumpingmargen end den, der var fastsat for salg af PPC-fotokopieringsmaskiner, som forhandles under Mita's eget mærke, og denne dumpingmargin samt dem, der er fastsat for alle Mita's forhandlingsled, blev taget i betragtning ved beregningen af en vægtet dumpingmargen, på grundlag af hvilke antidumpingtolden blev fastsat.
Such a rejection was an Intermediate measure whose purpose was to prepare for the final decision, and was not therefore a measure which could be challenged.
Det fulgte af det foregående, at Gestetner - uden at det fandtes nødvendigt at betegne sagsøgeren som importør eller eksportør, og i betragtning af dennes forretningsforbindelser med Mita - var berørt af konstateringerne vedrørende den påtalte dumpings eksistens, og at Gestetner følgelig var berørt umiddelbart og individuelt af den anfægtede forordnings bestemmelser vedrørende Mita's dumping.
The Court recalled that, as it had consistently held, a regulation imposing different antidumping duties on a series of traders was of direct concern to any one of them only in respect of those provisions which imposed on that trader a specific antidumping duty and determined the amount thereof, and not in respect of those provisions which imposed antidumping duties on other undertakings.
Anbringendet oa fejlagtig beregning af eksportprisen
It followed from the foregoing that the main claim for the annulment of the contested regulation in its entirety had to be rejected.
Gestetner gjorde gældende, at Rådet, 1 betragtning af sagsøgerens uafhængighed af Mita, som eksportpris skulle have lagt den pris til grund, sagsøgeren betalte Mita gennem Mita Europe, og ikke beregne en eksportpris på grundlag af nævnte pris.
As regards the alternative claims, the Court noted that it was by reference to the particular features of Mita's sales to OEMs, especially the differences in costs incurred by Mita in its sales to OEMs as compared with its costs in sales of plain paper photocopiers under its own brand name, that the Council had seen fit, in constructing the normal value, to set the profit margin of exporters at 5%, that is to say, at a lower rate than the average profit margin, which was estimated at 14.6%.
Domstolen bemærkede hertil, at Rådet ved at gå frem på denne måde korrekt havde anvendt artikel 2, stk. 8, litra b), i forordning nr. 2176/84.
Proceeding on the basis of the normal value thus constructed for sales by Mita to OEMs, the Council and the Commission had arrived at a dumping margin lower than the margin calculated for sales of plain paper photocopiers marketed under Mita's own brand name, and that dumping margin, together with those ascertained for all Mita's sales channels, had been taken Into account in calculating a weighted dumping margin on the basis of which the antidumping duty had been set.
Det fremgår af denne bestemmelse, at eksportprisen skal beregnes, når den pris, der faktisk er betalt, eller som skal betales for varen, der er solgt til eksport til Fællesskabet, af en eller anden årsag ikke kan lægges til grund.
However, the traders in question, who were limited in number, had been identified by the institutions, and it was precisely in order to reflect the particular features of their business dealings with producers that the profit margin used had been set at 5%.