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Following final disclosure, the GOA did not agree with the Commission's interpretation that the categories of ‘financial contribution’/‘income or price support’ are not mutually exclusive, because of the conjunction ‘or’ in Article 1.1.(a)(2) of the SCM Agreement.
Selle dekreediga kehtestati biodiislikütuse konkurentsivõime kava, mis vabastas tootjad maksudest „et edendada biodiislikütuse arengut“ ning milles märgiti „et vedelkütuste ja maagaasi maksukomponent on peamine töövahend majanduslike signaalide saatmiseks“ (rõhuasetus lisatud).
In recital (171), the Commission explained why it did not consider these categories mutually exclusive.
Seda kava toetas 2001. aastal kütuste valdkonna asekantsler, kes kinnitas biodiislikütuse tootjate projektide edendajatele, et biodiislikütus jääb maksuvabaks kütuseks, ning kinnitas Argentina valitsuse rolli, lubades kehtestada stabiilse reguleeriva raamistiku ja teatada, et biodiislikütuse projektidele tagatakse kasu, mis tuleneb tööstusliku edendamise korrast ja eelistest.
The simple linguistic explanation of the word ‘or’ in the text of the SCM Agreement did not alter the Commission's reasoning and therefore the claim was rejected.
Ta teatas lisaks, et biodiislikütuse arendamisel on põhiroll põllumajandustootjatel.
The GOA reiterated its claim that the Commission's findings are inappropriately based on an inadmissibly broad interpretation of the terms ‘any form of income or price support’ as used in Article 1.1.(a)(2) of the SCM Agreement and that in order for the export tax regime to fall within the provisions of Article 1.1.(a)(2), the Commission applies an ‘effect-based approach’, which is inconsistent with WTO jurisprudence.
Omamaise biodiislikütuse edendamist konsolideeriti 2004. aastal resolutsiooniga 1156, millega loodi riiklik biokütuste programm, mis edendas omamaise biodiislikütuse tootmisharu tehnoloogilist arengut majandus- ja tootmisministeeriumi poolt.
As the GOA did not bring any new supporting evidence to rebut the Commission's conclusions, the Commission rejected the claims.
Argentina valitsus pidas omamaise biodiislikütuse tootmisharu edendamist selgelt Argentina makromajandusmudeli osaks.
Following final disclosure, CARBIO also disputed the Commission's findings of income and price support, quoting in their favour another part of the China — GOES Panel Report.
Centro de Economia Internacional teatas 2011. aastal, et omamaise biodiislikütuse arendamise eesmärk on pigem suurendada soja lisaväärtust kui vähendada fossiilkütuste kasutamist.
According to CARBIO, income and price support does not cover situations where ‘a movement in prices is an indirect effect of another form of government intervention’.
Selle uurimisasutuse esitatud põhjused biodiislikütuse tootmisharu arendamiseks olid muu hulgas kasvav võimalus tarnida välisturgude vajadustele vastavas mahus ning eksporditollimaksude erinevused, mis edendas suurema lisaväärtusega tootmist kui põhitoodete, näiteks sojaoa puhul.
The Commission considered that CARBIO's reference to the case-law from China — GOES is not relevant in the present case where the conclusions on income/price support are not based on indirect price effects, but on actions attributable to the GOA which are designed, and which have as their objective, price effects that support the biodiesel industry.
Peale selle tehti uuringus, mille viis 2011. aastal läbi valitsusasutus ehk riiklik põllumajandustehnoloogia instituut (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, INTA), järeldus, et „biodiislikütuse turul on tavaline, et riik stimuleerib seda erinevatel põhjustel erinevate poliitikate kaudu“, „teisisõnu on tõenäoline, et turgu stimuleeritakse kunstlikult ning ilma riigi sekkumiseta kaotab see majandusliku olulisuse“, ning et „ilmselge järeldus on see, et biodiislikütus ei tundu edendavat sojaubade tootmist, vaid et kehtib vastupidises suunas põhjuslik seos“.
This claim is therefore rejected.
See toetus on jätkunud ka pärast uurimisperioodi, sest 2018. aasta veebruaris leppisid energeetikaminister, Santa Fe kuberner ja CARBIO kokku, et nad loovad ühise töörühma, et paremini kujundada ja arendada biodiislikütuse riiklikku strateegiat.
The GOA's intention to support the domestic biodiesel industry
2010. aastal kehtestas Argentina valitsus siseturu jaoks segamiskorralduse, nõudes Argentina kütuseettevõtetelt, et nad ostaksid biodiislikütust ja segaksid seda enne müüki mineraaldiislikütusega.
The legislative acts referred to in recitals (89) to (100) show that the GOA has an explicit policy to support the creation and development of the domestic biodiesel industry.
Nagu on arutatud põhjendustes 265–267, ei allkirjastanud Argentina valitsus ühtegi biodiislikütuse tarnelepingut pärast 2015. aastat, aga jätkas kvootide määramist ja sellise hinna kehtestamist, millega segamisettevõtted peavad biodiislikütust ostma.
In particular, through Law 26.093 of 12 May 2006, the GOA set out a regime to promote the domestic production and use of biofuels, including biodiesel.
Kvoot põhines eeldataval kogusel, mida siseturg vajas segamiskorralduse täitmiseks.
That law set up an enforcement authority with the role to promote and control sustainable biofuel production and use.
Ülejäänud Argentina toodangut võis ainult eksportida.
Furthermore, that law provides that the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food shall promote crops destined to the production of biofuels that encourage productive diversification of the agricultural sector, the Department of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises shall promote the acquisition of capital assets by small and medium-sized enterprises destined to biofuel production, and the Department of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation shall promote the research, cooperation and transfer of technology between small and medium-sized enterprises and relevant institutions of the Public National Science, Technology and Innovation System.
Uurimisperioodil kehtestati biodiislikütuse hind siseturul iga kuu, eristades suuri, suuri mittelõimitud ning väikeseid ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtjaid.
The GOA has provided explicit support since 2001, when Decree 1396 entered into force.
Biodiislikütuse omamaine hind põhines järgmisel valemil:
That Plan was supported by the Undersecretary of Fuels in 2001, who assured the promoters of biodiesel production projects that biodiesel would remain tax-free fuel, and affirmed the role of the GOA by promising the establishment of a stable regulatory framework and by announcing that projects on biodiesel would enjoy the benefits of the industrial promotion regime and credits.
Ühelegi valimisse kaasatud eksportivate tootjate kontsernile ei määratud kvooti ning nad tarnisid uurimisperioodil siseturul.
He further declared that the development of biodiesel must have agricultural producers as protagonists.
Samas tunduvad siseturul kehtestatud keskmised hinnad olevat kõrgemad kui keskmine ekspordihind, eriti väikeste, keskmise suurusega ja suurte mittelõimunud biodiislikütuse tootjate jaoks.
The promotion of domestic biodiesel was consolidated by Resolution 1156 in 2004, creating the National Biofuels Programme which promoted the technological development of the domestic biodiesel industry by Ministry of Economy and Production.
Seega kehtestades omamaise biodiislikütuse hinna kunstlikult kõrgel tasemel, järgis Argentina valitsus poliitikat, millega ta pakkus väikestele ja keskmise suurusega biodiislikütuse tootjatele, kes müüsid siseturul, hinnatoetust.
The GOA explicitly considered the promotion of the domestic biodiesel industry as part of the Argentinian macroeconomic model.
Pärast teabedokumendi avaldamist vaidlustas Argentina valitsus järelduse, et biodiislikütuse omamaine hind on kehtestatud kunstlikult kõrgel tasemel.
The Centro de Economía Internacional stated in 2011 that the development of domestic biodiesel was aimed at maximising the added value of soy, rather than reducing the use of fossil fuels.
Biodiislikütuse omamaise hinna taseme hindamiseks kasutas komisjon Argentina valitsuse esitatud avalikke andmeid.
Reasons for the development of the biodiesel industry given by this research body were, among others, the growing opportunity to supply the needs of external markets and the differentials in terms of export duties, encouraging production with greater added value over that of basic products such as soybeans.
Need avalikud andmed näitasid, et omamaise hinna kehtestab Argentina valitsus ning seega ei mõjuta seda turujõud.
Furthermore, a study conducted by a governmental entity, the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (‘Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria’, INTA) in 2011 concluded that ‘it is common to the biodiesel market that it is stimulated by the State for different reasons through different policies’, ‘[i]n other words, it is likely that the market is artificially stimulated and that, without the presence of the State, it loses economic relevance’, and that ‘the obvious conclusion is that biodiesel does not seem to push the production of soybeans but that the causality goes in the opposite direction’.
Argentina valitsus ei vaidlustanud, et ta kehtestab omamaised biodiislikütuse hinnad.
This support has continued until after the investigation period, as in February 2018 the Minister of Energy, the Governor of Santa Fe and CARBIO agreed to set up a joint working group to better design and improve the national strategy for biodiesel.
Peale selle näitasid avalikud andmed, et hinnad, mida maksid siseturul äriühingud, kellel oli juurdepääs sellele turule (st väikesed ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtted), olid seejuures kõrgemad kui ekspordihind.
In 2010, the GOA set a blending mandate for the domestic market, requiring the fuel companies in Argentina to purchase biodiesel and blend it with mineral diesel before sale.
Argentina valitsus ei vaidlustanud ka seda hinnaerinevust.
This blending mandate was set up together with Biodiesel Supply Agreements between the GOA and biodiesel producers from 2010 until 2015.
Seega tegi komisjon järelduse, et biodiislikütuse omamaine hind kehtestatakse kunstlikult kõrgel tasemel.
Those Supply Agreements were established ‘because of the importance of the insertion of biofuels into the energy scheme of the country’ and it was therefore ‘necessary to establish clear guidelines that guarantee efficiently and effectively the achievement of the objectives proposed by the national executive power’, and further ‘taking into account the objectives of the national state to promote the agro industrial activity generating added value to the raw materials produced on national territory’.
Seepärast lükati see väide tagasi.
As discussed in recitals (265) to (267), the GOA did not sign any Biodiesel Supply Agreements after 2015 but continued to allocate quotas and set the price at which the blending companies have to purchase biodiesel.
Pärast teabedokumendi avaldamist väitis Argentina valitsus, et põhjuslikku seost väidetava sissetuleku- või hinnatoetuse ning sellele järgneva ekspordi suurenemise või impordi vähenemise mõju vahel ei ole kinnitatud ning et suurimate tootjate puhul takistatakse omamaist müüki.
The quota was based upon the expected quantity required by the domestic market to fulfil the blending mandate.
Reguleerides omamaist biodiislikütuse turgu ja määrates kvoodi üksnes väiksematele biodiislikütuse ettevõtetele, lõi Argentina valitsus tootmisharu, kus suurimad tootjad ei või siseturul müüa ja on seega täielikult ekspordile suunitletud, seega aidates suurendada biodiislikütuse tootmisharu ekspordialast konkurentsivõimet.
The rest of the Argentinian production could only be exported.
Peale selle on põhjenduses 209 esitatud tabelis 2 välja toodud Argentina biodiisli tootmise andmed alates 2008. aastast (kui Argentina alustas suuremahulist tootmist) ja biodiislikütuse eksport.
During the investigation period, the price of biodiesel on the domestic market was set on a monthly basis, differentiating for large, large non-integrated, and small and medium companies.
Tabel 2 näitab, et sissetulekutoetus biodiislikütuse tootmisharule on avaldanud positiivset mõju ekspordile tingituna asjaolust, et see on loodud kui ekspordile suunatud tootmisharu ning jääb selleks kuni praeguseni.
The domestic price of biodiesel was based upon the following formula:
Nagu on selgitatud põhjendustes 186–191, oli Argentina valitsus selgelt väljendanud kavatsust toetada kogu omamaist biodiislikütuse tootmisharu, olenemata sellest, kas see on suunatud omamaisele tarbimisele või ekspordile.
Cost of soybean oil (as published by the Ministry of Agriculture) + cost of methanol + cost of labour + other costs + return of capital (being set at 3 %).
Samas ei olnud ühelgi valimisse kaasatud eksportival tootjal uurimisperioodil asjaomast omamaist müüki.
None of the sampled groups of exporting producers received a quota and supplied the domestic market during the investigation period.
Kõik valimisse kaasatud eksportivad tootjad selgitasid, et väikeste ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtete tarnetega, kellele Argentina valitsus oli kehtestanud kvoodid, oli omamaine nõudlus rahuldatud.
However, the average set prices on the domestic market appear to be higher than the average export price, especially for the small, medium, and large non-integrated biodiesel producers.
Asjaolu, et suurtele ettevõtetele kehtestati erihind, ei muutnud fakti, et ükski suur ettevõte ei omanud uurimisperioodi jooksul siseturul müüki.
Therefore, by artificially setting the price of domestic biodiesel at an artificially high level, the GOA pursued a policy of providing price support to the small and medium-sized biodiesel industry selling on the domestic market.
Selle tulemusena ergutas Argentina valitsus, takistades biodiislikütuse tootmisharu siseturul müümast, Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmisharu ekspordi tulemuslikkust.
Following the disclosure of the information document, the GOA disputed the finding that the domestic price of biodiesel is set at an artificially high level.
Seepärast tegi komisjon järelduse, et Argentina valitsuse kavatsus toetada Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmisharu loomist ja arengut on ilmne.
To assess the domestic price level of biodiesel the Commission used public data provided by the GOA.
Biodiislikütuse tootmisharu toetusmeetmed
That public data showed that the domestic price is set by the GOA and thus is not left to market forces.
Nagu arutatud põhjendustes 186–201, püüdis Argentina valitsus toetada biodiislikütuse tootmisharu, võttes vastu mitmed meetmed, sealhulgas sojaubade ekspordimaksud, muude teraviljade kui sojaubade tootmise ekspordikvoodid, sojaubade impordikeeld enne uurimisperioodi ja subsiidiumid sojaubade kasvatajatele Argentina vähim arenenud provintsides.
The GOA did not dispute that it sets the domestic biodiesel prices.
Need meetmed tekitasid kunstliku, osadeks jaotatud ja madala hinnaga sojaubade siseturu Argentinas, millest sai kasu omamaine biodiislikütuse tootmisharu.
Furthermore, the public data showed that prices on the domestic market paid by the companies having access to that market (i.e. the small and medium-sized companies) were higher, as a matter of fact, than the export price.
Peale selle kehtestas Argentina valitsus 2006. aasta biokütuste seadusega biodiislikütuse tootmise edendamise korra.
The GOA did not dispute that price difference either.
Nagu on märgitud ka põhjenduses 191, on see toetus jätkunud isegi pärast uurimisperioodi, kui Argentina valitsus asutas koos teiste ametiasutuste ja ettevõtjatega ühise töörühma, et paremini kujundada ja täiustada biodiislikütuse riiklikku strateegiat.
Therefore, the Commission concluded that the domestic price of biodiesel is set at an artificially high level.
Seepärast teeb komisjon kättesaadava teabe põhjal järelduse, et Argentina valitsus on viimase kümne aasta jooksul kehtestanud mitmed meetmed, et luua, arendada ja toetada biodiislikütuse tootmisharu.
Consequently, that claim was rejected.
Meetmed, mille Argentina valitsus on vastu võtnud, kvalifitseeruvad „igas vormis sissetuleku-/hinnatoetusena“ 1994. aasta üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe artikli XVI tähenduses
Following the disclosure of the information document, the GOA claimed that the causality connection between the alleged income or price support and a subsequent effect of export increase or import reduction is not positively ascertained and that the largest producers are obstructed to sell domestically.
Põhjendustes 186–201 kirjeldatud meetmetega pakub Argentina valitsus toetust biodiislikütuse tootmisharule.
By regulating the domestic biodiesel market and giving a quota only to the smaller biodiesel companies, the GOA established an industry where the largest producers are obstructed to sell domestically and thus are fully export-oriented, thereby encouraging the export competitiveness of the biodiesel industry.
Isegi kui võiks väita, et Argentina valitsuse poolt sojaubade tootjatele kehtestatud meetmed ei ole volitamine ega suunamine (ent see ei ole nii), leiab komisjon, et need oleksid vähemalt reguleerivad tingimused, mis lubavad kunstlikult biodiislikütuse tootjatel omandada sojauba madalama hinnaga kui rahvusvaheliselt kättesaadav.
Moreover, Table 2 in recital (209) provides data on the Argentinian production of biodiesel since 2008 (when Argentina started production on a large scale) and the export of biodiesel.
Argentina valitsuse 2012. aasta otsuses on tunnistatud, et biodiislikütuse tootmisharu on teeninud 2012. aastal kasumit kuni 25 % tingituna Argentina valitsuse vastu võetud meetmetest.
Table 2 shows that the income support to the biodiesel industry has had a positive effect on exports due to the fact that this has been created as an export oriented industry and remains so until today.
Peale selle on Argentina valitsus kehtestanud kohustuslikud segamisnõuded, nii et Argentina kütuseettevõtted peavad ostma biodiislikütust Argentina valitsuse kehtestatud kunstlikult kõrgete hindadega.
As explained in recitals (186) to (191), the GOA had manifestly the intention to support the entire domestic biodiesel industry, irrespective of whether it is domestically and export-oriented.
Nagu selgitatud punktis 3.3, ei tasakaalusta komisjon biodiislikütuse tarnelepinguid, sest eksportivad tootjad ei saanud sellest meetmest uurimisperioodil kasu.
However, none of the sampled exporting producers had any relevant domestic sales during the investigation period.
Samas viitab asjaolu, et kehtestatud on süsteem, sellele, et Argentina valitsus pakub ka hinnatoetust biodiislikütuse tootmisharule.
All sampled exporting producers explained that with the supply of small and medium companies who were given quotas by the GOA, the domestic demand was satisfied.
Komisjon märgib ka, et 2006. aasta biodiislikütuste seaduse kaudu kehtestab Argentina valitsus biodiislikütuse tootmise edendamise korra, mis hõlmab stiimulite loomist selle tootmisharu toetamiseks.
The fact that a special price was set for large companies did not alter the fact that none of the large companies sold on the domestic market during the investigation period.
Kõik need meetmed näitavad, et Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmisharu toetatakse ja stimuleeritakse kunstlikult.
As a result, by impeding the biodiesel industry from selling domestically, the GOA propelled the export performance of the Argentinian biodiesel industry.
Seda tunnistab isegi Argentina valitsus ühes riikliku põllumajandustehnoloogia instituudi väljaandes, märkides, et „on tõenäoline, et turgu stimuleeritakse kunstlikult ning et ilma riigita kaotab see turg oma majandusliku olulisuse“ ning et „diferentseeriv ekspordimaks on selge motiiv biodiislikütuse tootmiseks ning et ilma riigi abita ei oleks biodiislikütuse turg äriühingute jaoks, mis sõltuvad õli kui ainsa müügitoote ostmisest turul, jätkusuutlik“.
Therefore, the Commission concluded that the GOA's intention to support the creation and development of the Argentinian biodiesel industry is manifest.
Seepärast tegi komisjon järelduse, et eespool nimetatud Argentina valitsuse meetmete kaudu pakub Argentina valitsus otse või kaudselt sissetuleku- või hinnatoetust biodiislikütuse tootmisharule, aidates seega suurendada selle konkurentsivõimet.
Supporting measures to the biodiesel industry
Peale selle, nagu on märgitud põhjendustes 199 ja 200, on Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmisharu selline sektor, mis loodi ekspordile suunitletud sektorina, kus kehtiksid maailmaturu hinnad.
As discussed in recitals (186) to (201), the GOA sought to support the biodiesel industry by adopting a set of measures, including the export taxes on soybeans, export quotas on the production of other grains than soybeans, an import ban on soybeans during the period before the investigation period and granting subsidies to the soybean growers in the most under-developed provinces within Argentina.
Nagu on näidatud tabelis 2, loodi Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmisharu esialgu kui ekspordile suunatud tootmisharu, kus eriti esimestel aastatel eksporditi kogu biodiislikütuse toodang ning see sisenes suurimatele eksporditurgudele üldise soodustuste süsteemi alusel nulltariifiga.
Those measures created an artificial, compartmentalised, low-priced domestic soybean market in Argentina for the benefit of the domestic biodiesel industry.
Tabel 2
Moreover, with the Biofuels Law of 2006 the GOA set up a promotion regime for the production of biodiesel.
Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmine ja eksport (tonnides)
As also mentioned in recital (191), this support has continued even after the investigation period when the GOA, together with other authorities and operators set up a joint working group to better design and improve the national strategy for biodiesel.
Allikas: energeetikaministeerium, Argentina valitsus ja INDEC, Argentina valitsus – * = hinnang.
Therefore, the Commission concludes on the basis of the information available that in the last decade the GOA has put in place a set of measures in order to create, develop and support the biodiesel industry.
Aasta
The set of measures adopted by the GOA qualifies as ‘any form of income/price support’ in the sense of Article XVI of the GATT 1994
Toodang
By the set of measures described in recitals (186) to (201), the GOA provides income support to the biodiesel industry.
Kogueksport
Even if it could be argued that the measures put in place by the GOA on soybean producers do not amount to entrustment or direction, quod non, the Commission considers that they would at the very least amount to regulatory conditions which artificially allow biodiesel producers to obtain soybeans at lower prices than those available internationally.
Eksport liitu
A 2012 resolution of the GOA acknowledged that the biodiesel industry has been making profits reaching up to 25 % in 2012 because of the set of measures adopted by the GOA.
Eksport (% toodangust)
Moreover, the GOA has put mandatory blending requirements in place so that fuel companies in Argentina have to purchase biodiesel at artificially high prices set by the GOA.
ei kohaldata
As explained in Section 3.3, the Commission does not countervail the Biodiesel Supply Agreements since the exporting producers did not benefit from this measure during the investigation period.
Seepärast soodustas omamaisele biodiislikütuse tootmisharule antud toetus biodiislikütuse eksporti, tänu millele suutsid biodiislikütuse tootjad konkureerida ebaõiglaselt teiste riikide biodiislikütuse tootjatega, kes ei saanud väiksematest sisendihindadest kasu.
However, the fact that the system is in place indicates that the GOA also provides price support to the biodiesel industry.
Madalamad kulud tõid kaasa suurema sissetuleku, mille võis kujundada lisakasumiks või mida võis kasutada hinna alandamiseks või millega võis teha mõlemat.
The Commission also notes that through the Biofuels Law of 2006 the GOA set up a promotion regime for the production of biodiesel, including the granting of incentives to support the development of this industry.
Argentina biodiislikütuse tootmisharu jaoks on endiselt olulisel kohal eksporditurud ja eelkõige liidu turg.