natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
It is therefore important that prices be restored to a non- subsidised or a non-injurious level in order to allow all various producers to operate on the Union market under fair trade circumstances.
451/2011 al Consiliului din 6 mai 2011 de instituire a unei taxe antidumping definitive și de colectare definitivă a taxei provizorii instituite asupra importurilor de hârtie cretată de calitate superioară originară din Republica Populară Chineză (JO L 128, 14.5.2011, p.
In the absence of measures, it is likely that the threat of injury will materialise and that there will be a further deterioration of the Union industry's economic situation.
1) (hârtia cretată de calitate superioară).
The Commission therefore concluded that the imposition of definitive countervailing duties would be in the interest of the Union industry.
Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) nr.
Interest of importers
451/2011 al Consiliului (JO L 128, 14.5.2011, p. 1) (hârtie cretată de calitate superioară), Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2017/366 al Comisiei (JO L 56, 3.3.2017, p. 1) (panouri solare).
As mentioned in recital (21), no unrelated importer completed a full questionnaire reply or provided the Commission with elements showing to what extent importers would be harmed by the imposition of measures.
JO C 394, 17.12.1998, p. 6.
Therefore and also taking into account that, in addition to the PRC, many other countries export to the Union, the Commission concluded that it is likely that the imposition of measures may not be in the interest of importers.
Cum ar fi, de exemplu, Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) nr.
Interest of users
451/2011 al Consiliului (JO L 128, 14.5.2011, p.
The hot-rolled flat steel products are used as an industrial input purchased by end users for a variety of applications, including in construction (production of steel tubes), shipbuilding, gas containers, pressure vessels and energy pipelines.
1) (hârtie cretată de calitate superioară), Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) nr.
Only one user from Italy (Marcegaglia Carbon Spa) with imports from the country concerned and producing inter alia tubes, pipes and downstream steel products provided a questionnaire reply in the framework of the anti-dumping investigation against China on the same product concerned.
215/2013 al Consiliului (JO L 73, 11.3.2013, p. 16) (oțel cu acoperire organică), Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2017/366 al Comisiei (JO L 56, 3.3.2017, p. 1) (panouri solare), Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) nr.
The product concerned/like product is a cost item for this user.
1379/2014 al Comisiei (JO L 367, 23.12.2014, p. 22) (fibre de sticlă cu filament), Decizia de punere în aplicare (UE) 2014/918 a Comisiei (JO L 360, 17.12.2014, p. 65) (fibre discontinue din poliester).
This Italian user alleged that the imposition of measures on imports from the country concerned would lead to a situation whereby it would no longer have access to reliable supplies of the product concerned on the Union market, in particular of high quality coils used for re-rolling.
Pe baza valorii celei mai ridicate a subvenției constatate pentru acest tip de granturi, care corespunde valorii subvenției constatate pentru Shougang Group.
It alleged that 88 % of the total Union production is accounted for by only 16 companies belonging to eight large groups, whereby the largest part of the production (about 70 %) is used in the captive market.
WT/DS489/7 din 19 aprilie 2016, Memorandum de înțelegere între Republica Populară Chineză și Statele Unite ale Americii legat de litigiul privind China – Măsurile legate de programele privind bazele de demonstrare și platformele de servicii comune (DS489).
As a consequence, allegedly, the Union producers as a result of their still relatively high market share can exercise a strong pressure both on the market of the product concerned as on the downstream market.
A se vedea WT/DS46/R, Brazilia – Aeronave, Raportul privind Grupul.
First, the Commission noted that the objective of definitive countervailing duties is not to close off the Union market from any imports, but to restore fair trade by removing the effect of injurious subsidisation.
A se vedea, de asemenea, mutatis mutandi, WT/DS294/AB/RW, Practica reducerii la zero de către SUA (articolul 21.5 DSU), raportul Organului de Apel din 14 mai 2009, punctul 453.
Accordingly, the Italian as well as other Union users would continue to be able to rely on high quality supplies of the product concerned, be that from the Union or from third countries.
Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2016/1328 al Comisiei din 29 iulie 2016 de instituire a unei taxe antidumping definitive și de percepere definitivă a taxei provizorii instituite asupra importurilor de anumite produse plate din oțel laminate la rece originare din Republica Populară Chineză și din Federația Rusă (JO L 210, 4.8.2016, p.
Its supply chain should therefore not be greatly disrupted.
Această concluzie este conformă cu concluzia GC în avizul său din 26 august 2016, potrivit căruia „industria UE nu a suferit prejudicii materiale în cursul perioadei luate în considerare” (a se vedea avizul GC, 26 august 2016, considerentul 298).
Third, even if the prices of the Chinese product concerned were to increase by around 30 %, this would have a 3 % impact of the cost of production of this Italian user.
Pe de altă parte, pe baza datelor colectate, Comisia nu este de acord cu concluzia GC potrivit căreia industria din UE „nu se găsea, în plus, într-o situație vulnerabilă la sfârșitul PA” (a se vedea avizul GC, 26 august 2016, considerentul 298).
While this may be considerable in this business, the simulation also showed that his pre-tax profit would remain slightly above break-even.
Hotărârea din 29 ianuarie 2014, ECLI:EU:T:2014:35.
Fourth, because imports from the country concerned and from other countries are expected to continue after the imposition of definitive countervailing duties, and since as such alternative sources of supply still exist, the claim that the imposition of countervailing duties would result in the Union industry being able to exercise strong price pressure is unfounded.
Această hotărâre a fost confirmată la 7 aprilie 2016 de Curtea de Justiție în cauzele conexate C-186/14 și C-193/14 P ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava și Alții/Hubei, ECLI:EU:C:2016:209.
The Union industry consists of 22 producers which provide users with a wide range of supply already within the Union, in addition to the option of imports from the other third countries which produce and export the like product.
Regulamentul (CE) nr.
Therefore, the Commission rejected the claim that the imposition of measures would lead to a shortage of supply of the product concerned/like product.
926/2009 al Consiliului din 24 septembrie 2009 de instituire a unei taxe antidumping definitive și de percepere definitivă a taxei provizorii instituite la importurile anumitor țevi și tuburi fără sudură, din fier sau oțel, originare din Republica Populară Chineză (JO L 262, 6.10.2009, p.
With regard to any potential negative effects on the competition on the Union market, it is true that the EU competition rules impose more stringent standards of behaviour on a company that has a significant market share.
19).
In any event, the Commission is unaware of any abuse of a dominant position on the Union market of the product concerned.
Hotărârea din 29 ianuarie 2014, cauza T-528/09 Hubei Xinyegang Steel/Council, ECLI:EU:T:2014:35, paragraful 61.
However, and in any event, it is ultimately up to the competent competition authorities to determine whether there is a dominant position and whether it is abused.
Organizația Mondială a Comerțului, WT/DS132/R, 28 ianuarie 2000, Mexic – ancheta antidumping privind siropul de porumb cu concentrație ridicată de fructoză (HFCS) provenit din Statele Unite – Raport al Grupului special, considerentul 7.140, pagina 214.
Following disclosure, the GOC was of the opinion that any benefits that the definitive measures against HRF imports would have for the Union industry would be outweighed by the negative effects on users.
Grupul special al OMC a declarat următoarele într-o cauză antidumping: „pentru a concluziona că există o amenințare cu producerea unui prejudiciu material pentru o industrie internă care nu pare a fi prejudiciată la momentul actual, în pofida efectelor importurilor care au făcut obiectul unui dumping efectuate în perioada de anchetă, este necesar să fie înțeleasă situația actuală a industriei respective în context.
Moreover, it alleged that the imposition of measures would be particularly disproportionate for unrelated importers, who are in direct competition with, and already in a disadvantageous position vis-à-vis related users, who are able to set prices and who benefit from favourable commercial conditions granted by integrated producers.
Simplul fapt că importurile care fac obiectul unui dumping vor crește și vor avea efecte adverse asupra prețurilor nu conduce, ipso facto, la concluzia că industria internă va suferi un prejudiciu – dacă industria este într-o stare foarte bună sau dacă există și alți factori în joc, importurile care fac obiectul unui dumping pot să nu reprezinte o amenințare cu producerea unui prejudiciu.”
The Commission rejected this claim on the basis of the explanations in recital (607) above, since alternative sources of supply will continue to exist.
Acest raționament poate fi transpus și în cauzele antisubvenție.
In view of the above, the Commission concluded that the imposition of measures would be against the interest of users, but would not have a clearly disproportionate negative effect on them.
[Subliniere adăugată de Comisie.]
In particular, even if Chinese exports would de facto stop, a wide range of supply would remain available on the market.
Hotărârea Curții de Justiție din 7 aprilie 2016 în cauza C-186/14 P ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava and Others/Hubei, ECLI:EU:C:2016:209, considerentul 72, care confirmă hotărârea Curții de Justiție din 29 ianuarie 2014 în cauza T-528/09 Hubei Xinyegang Steel/Consiliu, ECLI:EU:T:2014:35.
Moreover, the Commission found that the impact of the measures on the profitability of users that came forward was limited.
Avizul GC, 26 august 2016, considerentul 336 și următoarele.
Conclusion on Union interest
JO L 210, 4.8.2016, p. 27.
The Commission concluded that the imposition of measures would contribute to the recovery of the Union industry in terms of profitability.
Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2016/1778 al Comisiei din 6 octombrie 2016 de instituire a unei taxe antidumping provizorii asupra importurilor de anumite produse plate laminate la cald din fier, din oțel nealiat sau din alte oțeluri aliate, originare din Republica Populară Chineză (JO L 272, 7.10.2016, p.
The imposition of measures would allow the Union producers to make the necessary investments and R&D to better equip their HRF steel production equipment and boost their competitiveness.
33).
If no measures were imposed, the threat of imminent injury at the end of the investigation period is likely to materialise.
Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2016/1329 al Comisiei din 29 iulie 2016 de percepere a taxei antidumping definitive pentru importurile înregistrate de anumite produse plate din oțel laminate la rece originare din Republica Populară Chineză și din Federația Rusă (JO L 210, 4.8.2016, p. 27).
Some Union hot-rolled flat steel producers might have to close down/reduce their hot-rolled flat steel products activities, dismiss employees and leave many Union users with limited sources of supply.
World Steel in figures 2015, World Steel Association, p. 14, http//www.worldsteel.org/publications/bookshop/product-details.~World-Steel-in-Figures-2015~PRODUCT~World-Steel-in-Figures-2015~.html
As regards the interest of unrelated importers and users, the Commission concluded that the imposition of measures at the proposed level would have only a limited impact.
COM(2016) 155 final, Bruxelles, 16.3.2016, Comunicare a Comisiei către Parlamentul European, Consiliu, Comitetul Economic și Social European, Comitetul Regiunilor și Banca Europeană de Investiții, Siderurgia: păstrarea locurilor de muncă și a creșterii economice durabile în Europa, p. 2.
More specifically, the prices, their profitability and the employment in the user's industry would not be disproportionately affected.
OCDE, DSTI/SU/SC(2015)8/Final, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, Capacity developments in the world steel industry, Table 1, p. 10 (Direcția pentru Știință, Tehnologie și Inovare, Evoluția capacităților în industria siderurgică mondială, tabelul 1, p. 10), http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/SU/SC(2015)8/FINAL&docLanguage=En
Hence, the imposition of definitive countervailing measures at the proposed level only has a limited impact on the prices of the supply chain and the performance of users.
World Steel Association, World Steel in Figures 2016, tabelul „principalele țări producătoare de oțel în 2014 și 2015”, p. 9, http://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/press-releases/2016/World-Steel-in-Figures-2016-is-available-online.html
Weighing and balancing the strong interests of an important Union industry to be protected against unfair practices, on the one hand, and the limited likely effects of measures on unrelated importers and users, which continue to benefit from a wide array of supply in the Union, the Commission concluded that there were no compelling reasons that it was not in the Union interest to impose measures on subsidised imports of the product concerned originating in the country concerned.
Sursa datelor privind capacitatea: OCDE [OCDE, DSTI/SU/SC(2016)6/Final, 5 septembrie 2016, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, Anexa „Updated steelmaking capacity figures and a proposed framework for enhancing capacity monitoring activity” (Cifre privind capacitatea actualizată de producție a oțelului și un cadru propus pentru îmbunătățirea activității de monitorizare a capacității), p.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-SUBSIDY MEASURES
7 și următoarele.]
On the basis of the conclusions reached by the Commission on subsidy, threat of injury, causation and Union interest, definitive anti-subsidy measures should be imposed to prevent that the imminent threat of material injury which is caused to the Union industry by the subsidised imports would materialise.
Sursa datelor privind producția: World Steel Association, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2015 [World Steel Association, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2016 table 1 on pages 1 and 2 and table 13 on page 35 (Anuarul statistic al siderurgiei, tabelul 1 de la paginile 1 și 2 și tabelul 13 de la pagina 35), http://www.worldsteel.org/statistics/statistics-archive/yearbook-archive.html.]
Injury elimination level (Injury margin)
OCDE – Direcția pentru pentru Știință, Tehnologie și Inovare (2015): „Excess capacity in the global steel industry: the current situation and ways forward” (Capacitatea excedentară în industria siderurgică mondială: situația actuală și căile de urmat), Technology and Industry Policy Papers, Nr. 18, OECD Publishing, paginile 5 și 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js65x46nxhj-en.
To determine the level of the measures, the Commission first established the amount of duty necessary to eliminate the threat of injury suffered by the Union industry.
Document transmis de Dentons în numele Asociației pentru fier și oțel din China (CISA) și a membrilor acesteia, Observații în cadrul procedurii antidumping privind importurile de anumite produse plate laminate la cald din fier, din oțel nealiat sau din alte oțeluri aliate, originare din Republica Populară Chineză, 21 martie 2016, alineatul (24), pagina 7.
The threat of injury would be eliminated if the Union industry was able to cover its costs of production and to obtain a profit before tax on sales of the like product (the so-called target profit) in the Union market that could be reasonably achieved under normal conditions of competition by an industry of this type in the sector, namely in the absence of dumped imports.
Report of the OECD Steel Committee, 13 March 2017, Capacity developments in the world steel industry, paragraph 14.
As regards the determination of a target profit, the Commission first analysed the proposal of the complainant in the anti-dumping investigation against China on the same product concerned, which pointed to 12,9 %, taken from a previous Commission decision on the same product [101].
(Raport al Comitetului pentru oțel al OCDE, 13 martie 2017, Evoluția capacităților în industria siderurgică mondială, punctul 14).
However, this finding dates back to the year 2000, and the data from over 15 years ago cannot be regarded as representative anymore given the technological and financial changes the Union industry faced since then and given the changes in size of the Union market since 2000 as a result of the growing number of Member States during the period 2000-2016.
Articol de presă Reuters, China's zombie steel mills fire up furnaces, worsen global glut (Oțelăriile „fantom” din China aprind furnalele, sporesc capacitatea excedentară), http://in.reuters.com/article/china-steel-overcapacity-idINKCN0XI070
The Government of China proposed that only a profit margin of at most 5 % can be considered reasonable [102].
Articol de presă Reuters, BHP says over 50 million tonnes of steel capacity restarted in China (BHP afirmă că în China a fost redemarată o capacitate de producție a oțelului de peste 50 de milioane de tone), http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bhp-china-idUSKCN0YA09E.
In this regard, it referred to Commission past practice, whereby 4,8 % and 3 % target profit was found to be appropriate in respectively the Rebars case [103] and the Seamless Pipes and Tubes case [104].
World Steel Association, media centre, June 2016 crude steel production (Asociația Mondială a Oțelului, centrul de mass-media, Producția de oțel brut din iunie 2016), https://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/press-releases/2016/June-2016-crude-steel-production0.html.
However, these products are downstream steel products, which are not similar to the product concerned.
Report of the OECD Steel Committee, 13 March 2017, Capacity developments in the world steel industry, paragraph 14.
The Commission then turned to the profitability data of the year 2008, which it had regarded as the most representative year for a downstream product, namely cold-rolled steel products.
(Raport al Comitetului pentru oțel al OCDE, 13 martie 2017, Evoluția capacităților în industria siderurgică mondială).
The product concerned of the current investigation is similar in many aspects to certain cold-rolled flat steel products (cold-rolled products) for the following reasons:
Raportul Comitetului pentru oțel al OCDE, 8-9 septembrie 2016, Updated steelmaking capacity figures and a proposed framework for enhancing capacity monitoring activity (Cifre privind capacitatea actualizată de producție a oțelului și un cadru propus pentru îmbunătățirea activității de monitorizare a capacității).
For both products (iron ore and coking coal) certain alloys are major parts of their cost of production and they go through similar processes (furnace, hot strip mill).
World Steel Association, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2015 table 1 on page 2 and table 13 on page 35(Asociația Mondială a Oțelului, Anuarul statistic al siderurgiei, tabelul 1 de la pagina 2 și tabelul 13 de la pagina 35), http://www.worldsteel.org/statistics/statistics-archive/yearbook-archive.html.
As set out in recital (40) above, the product concerned is the primary material for the production of various value-added downstream steel products, starting with cold-rolled products.
Eșantionul a fost alcătuit din 679,4 milioane de tone de exporturi chineze de produs similar pentru anul 2015 și din 343,8 milioane de tone de exporturi chineze de produs similar pentru primele 6 luni ale anului 2016.
On this basis, the Commission found a profit margin of 14,4 %.
Worldsteel Short Range Outlook 2014 – 2015, World Steel Association, https://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/press-releases/2015/worldsteel-Short-Range-Outlook-2015-2016.html.
However, various elements in that case relating to injurious dumping from China and Russia are not present in the current case, where the Commission found a threat of injury from Chinese subsidised exports, which involves a prospective analysis.
A se vedea și considerentul 444 pentru ușoara scădere a stocurilor la producătorii din Uniune incluși în eșantion, exprimată ca procent din producție.
In particular, in that case, imports at low prices from the countries under investigation had taken place throughout the four-year period prior to the investigation period.
Richard Lu, The downside Chinese steel demand scenario: gory details (Scenariul pesimist al cererii de oțel din China), http://www.crugroup.com/about-,cru/cruinsight/The_downside_Chinese_steel_demand_scenario_gory_details, 15 iulie 2016.
The Commission then tried to establish a target profit by simulating how the recovery of the Union industry from the recession caused by the economic and financial crisis in 2009 might have developed if it had not been interrupted by the high volumes of price-depressing Chinese imports.
A se vedea și considerentul 443 pentru ușoara scădere a stocurilor la producătorii din Uniune incluși în eșantion, exprimată ca procent din producție.
For this exercise, it relied on more recent data and a prospective analysis presented to the OECD's Steel Committee in December 2013.
Platts, articol de presă, European steel producers on the offensive, but will price increases stick?(Producătorii de oțel sunt în ofensivă însă creșterea prețurilor se va menține?)
In a study entitled ‘Laying the foundations for a financially sound industry’ an expert opinion looked at the profitability of the global steel industry in recent years and fixed a long-term sustainability profit threshold.
Articol, http://blogs.platts.com/2016/04/05/european-steel-producers-on-offensive/, 4 mai 2016.
In particular, this study argued in favour of 17 % global average EBITDA margin (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) [106].
Platts, articol de presă, 2017 could be a huge year for the European steel industry, (2017 ar putea fi un an enorm pentru industria siderurgică europeană) http://blogs.platts.com/2017/03/08/2017-european-steel-industry/, 8 martie 2017.
The report also points to an average of 7 % investment costs and an average debt cost of 3 %.
„Asociația Mondială a Oțelului, The Chinese steel industry, A monthly update for world steel members” (Industria siderurgică chineză, o informare lunară pentru membrii mondiali ai sectorului), ediția 115, iunie 2016.
The Commission deducted these two cost categories, and arrived at level of 7 % for earnings before taxes (EBT).
Asociația Mondială a Oțelului, Extract from Worldsteel monthly update on the Chinese steel industry (Extras din informarea lunară privind industria siderurgică din China), octombrie 2016.
Absent any other reliable data, it equated these figures made for the steel industry as a whole to the product concerned, as HRF makes up a big proportion of the crude steel production.
Marketrealist, articol de presă, Are rising Chinese steel inventories a risk for steel investors?
In conclusion, the Commission established that a target profit of 7 % can be used to calculate the threat of injury margin for the Union HRF industry.
(Creșterea stocurilor de oțel chinezesc reprezintă un risc pentru investitorii din sectorul siderurgiei?) http://marketrealist.com/2017/03/are-rising-chinese-steel-inventories-a-risk-for-steel-investors/, 1 martie 2017.
The period to be used for the injury margin calculation in a threat of injury case
Reuters, articol de presă, China's surging steel, iron ore inventories at odds with price gains: (Stocurile sporite de oțel și minereu de fier din China, în contradicție cu câștigurile obținute din prețuri: Russell, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-ironore-china-idUSKBN1610FI, 22 februarie 2017.