natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
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.
Pozri aj WT/DS436/AB/R [USA – uhlíková oceľ (India)], správa odvolacieho orgánu z 8. decembra 2014, body 4.9 – 4.10, 4.17 – 4.20, a WT/DS437/AB/R (USA – vyrovnávacie colné opatrenia pre určité výrobky z Číny), správa odvolacieho orgánu z 18. decembra 2014, bod 4.92.
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.
Článok 2 Dočasných predpisov o dozorných radách v kľúčových finančných inštitúciách vo vlastníctve štátu, vyhláška Štátnej rady č. 293 z 15. marca 2000.
Therefore, the Commission rejected the claim that the imposition of measures would lead to a shortage of supply of the product concerned/like product.
Referenčná úroková sadzba Čínskej ľudovej banky platná pre úvery finančných inštitúcií v RMB.
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.
Zápisnica zo stretnutia medzi spoločnosťou Shougang Jingtang a konzorciom bánk, 2013, dôkaz 14 v obmedzenom overovacom spise spoločnosti Shougang pre anglickú jazykovú verziu a príloha 13.3 v odpovedi na upozornenie na nedostatky v čínskej jazykovej verzii.
In any event, the Commission is unaware of any abuse of a dominant position on the Union market of the product concerned.
WT/DS/296 [DS296 USA – Prešetrovanie vyrovnávacieho cla na dynamické pamäte s priamym prístupom (DRAMS) z Kórey], správa odvolacieho orgánu z 21. februára 2005, bod 116.
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.
Správa odvolacieho orgánu DS 296, bod 116.
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.
Správa odvolacieho orgánu DS 296, bod 115.
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.
Správa odvolacieho orgánu DS 296, bod 114, súhlasne so správou poroty DS 194, bod 8.31.
The Commission rejected this claim on the basis of the explanations in recital (607) above, since alternative sources of supply will continue to exist.
WT/DS194/R, Správa panelu WTO vo veci USA –vývozné obmedzenia, bod 8.29.
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.
Správa odvolacieho orgánu DS 296, body 110-111.
In particular, even if Chinese exports would de facto stop, a wide range of supply would remain available on the market.
WT/DS353/AB/R, Správa Odvolacieho orgánu WTO vo veci USA – Lietadlá (druhý podnet), bod 753.
Moreover, the Commission found that the impact of the measures on the profitability of users that came forward was limited.
WT/DS316/R, Správa panelu WTO vo veci ES – Lietadlá, bod.
Conclusion on Union interest
7.919.
The Commission concluded that the imposition of measures would contribute to the recovery of the Union industry in terms of profitability.
Pracovný dokument MMF: Resolving China's Corporate Debt Problem (Riešenie problému firemného dlhu v Číne), autori: Wojciech Maliszewski, Serkan Arslanalp, John Caparusso, José Garrido, Si Guo, Joong Shik Kang, W.
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.
Raphael Lam, T. Daniel Law, Wei Liao, Nadia Rendak, Philippe Wingender, Jiangyan, október 2016, WP/16/203.
If no measures were imposed, the threat of imminent injury at the end of the investigation period is likely to materialise.
Ako to dokumentuje príklad BNP Paribas uvedený čínskou vládou.
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.
Usmernenie na výpočet výšky subvencie pri prešetrovaniach vyrovnávacích ciel (Ú. v. EÚ C 394, s. 6, 17.12.1998, s. 6).
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.
Správa odbornej komisie, ES – DRAMS, bod 7.213.
More specifically, the prices, their profitability and the employment in the user's industry would not be disproportionately affected.
Správa odbornej komisie, ES – DRAMS, bod 7.212.
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.
Správa odbornej komisie, ES – DRAMS, bod 7.178.
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.
WT/DS294/AB/R (USA – Zeroing), správa odvolacieho orgánu z 18. apríla 2006, bod 198 a WT/DS438/AB/R (Argentína – dovozné obmedzenia), správa odvolacieho orgánu z 15. januára 2015, bod 5.108.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-SUBSIDY MEASURES
Nie Huiha, Jiang Ting, Fang Mingyue, China's zombie firms: cause, consequence and cure, Univerzita Renmin, 2016.
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.
WT/DS/294/AB/R, správa odvolacieho orgánu z 18. apríla 2006, USA – Zeroing, bod 204.
Injury elimination level (Injury margin)
G/STR/N/15/CHN, Nové a úplné oznámenie o štátnych obchodných podnikoch podľa článku XVII:4a) dohody GATT 1994 a bodu 1 porozumenia o výklade článku XVII, 19. októbra 2015.
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.
Vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 215/2013 z 11. marca 2013, ktorým sa ukladá vyrovnávacie clo na dovoz určitých výrobkov z ocele s organickým povlakom s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike (Ú. v. EÚ L 73, 15.3.2013, s.
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.
16), odôvodnenie 182 (oceľ s organickým povlakom).
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].
Článok 24 nariadenia Národnej komisie pre rozvoj a reformy č. 35 (Politiky pre rozvoj železiarskeho a oceliarskeho priemyslu): „V prípade každého projektu, ktorý nespĺňa rozvojové politiky pre železiarsky a oceliarsky priemysel a ktorý nebol podrobený preskúmaniu a schváleniu, alebo keď jeho preskúmanie a schválenie nespĺňa príslušné ustanovenia, ministerstvo štátnej pôdy a prírodných zdrojov nezabezpečí formality týkajúce sa užívacích práv k pozemkom.“
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.
Vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2017/366 z 1. marca 2017, ktorým sa po revíznom prešetrovaní pred uplynutím platnosti podľa článku 18 ods. 2 nariadenia Európskeho parlamentu a Rady (EÚ) 2016/1037 ukladajú konečné vyrovnávacie clá na dovoz fotovoltických modulov na báze kryštalického kremíka a hlavných komponentov (t. j. článkov) s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike alebo odosielaných z Čínskej ľudovej republiky a ktorým sa ukončuje čiastočné priebežné revízne prešetrovanie podľa článku 19 ods. 3 nariadenia (EÚ) 2016/1037 (Ú. v. EÚ L 56, 3.3.2017, s. 1) (solárne panely).
The Government of China proposed that only a profit margin of at most 5 % can be considered reasonable [102].
Pozri okrem iného vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 452/2011 (Ú. v. EÚ L 128, 14.5.2011, s. 18) (natieraný bezdrevný papier), vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 215/2013 ( Ú. v. EÚ L 73, 15.3.2013, s. 16) (oceľ s organickým povlakom), vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2017/366 (Ú. v. EÚ L 56, 3.3.2017, s. 1) (solárne panely), vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) č. 1379/2014 (Ú. v. EÚ L 367, 23.12.2014, s. 22) (sklenené vlákno), vykonávacie rozhodnutie Komisie 2014/918/EÚ (Ú. v. EÚ L 360, 17.12.2014, s. 65) (polyesterové strižné vlákna).
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].
Ako bola prijatá Všeobecným súdom vo veci T-444/11, Gold East Paper a Gold Huacheng Paper/Rada, rozsudok Všeobecného súdu z 11. septembra 2014, ECLI:EU:T:2014:773.
However, these products are downstream steel products, which are not similar to the product concerned.
Vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 451/2011 zo 6. mája 2011, ktorým sa ukladá konečné antidumpingové clo a ustanovuje sa konečný výber dočasného cla uloženého na dovoz natieraného bezdrevného papiera s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike Ú. v. EÚ L 128, 14.5.2011, s. 1, (natieraný bezdrevný papier).
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.
Vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 451/2011 (Ú. v. EÚ L 128, 14.5.2011, s. 1) (natieraný bezdrevný papier), vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2017/366 (Ú. v. EÚ L 56, 3.3.2017, s. 1) (solárne panely).
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:
Ú. v. ES C 394, 17.12.1998, s. 6.
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).
Napríklad vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 451/2011 ( Ú. v. EÚ L 128, 14.5.2011, s. 1) (natieraný bezdrevný papier), vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 215/2013, (Ú. v. EÚ L 73, 11.3.2013, s. 16) (oceľ s organickým povlakom), vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2017/366 (Ú. v. EÚ L 56, 3.3.2017, s. 1! (solárne panely), vykonávacie nariadenie Rady (EÚ) č. 1379/2014 (Ú. v. EÚ L 367, 23.12.2014, s. 22) (sklenené vlákno), vykonávacie rozhodnutie Komisie 2014/918/EÚ (Ú. v. EÚ L 360, 17.12.2014, s. 65) (polyesterové strižné vlákna).
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.
Vychádzajúc z najvyššej zistenej sumy subvencie pre tento typ grantov, ktorá zodpovedá sume subvencie zistenej pre skupinu Shougang Group.
On this basis, the Commission found a profit margin of 14,4 %.
WT/DS489/7 z 19. apríla 2016, Memorandum o porozumení medzi Čínskou ľudovou republikou a USA v súvislosti so sporom Čína – opatrenia súvisiace s programami predvádzacích základní a spoločných platforiem služieb (DS489).
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.
Pozri dokument WT/DS46/R, Brazília – litadlá, zistenie odbornej komisie.
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.
Pozri tiež mutatis mutandis WT/DS294/AB/RW, USA – Zeroing (článok 215 DSU), správa odvolacieho orgánu zo 14. mája 2009, bod 453.
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.
Vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2016/1328 z 29. júla 2016, ktorým sa ukladá konečné antidumpingové clo a s konečnou platnosťou vyberá dočasné clo uložené na dovoz určitých plochých výrobkov z ocele valcovaných za studena s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike a Ruskej federácii (Ú. v. EÚ L 210, 4.8.2016, s. 1).
For this exercise, it relied on more recent data and a prospective analysis presented to the OECD's Steel Committee in December 2013.
Tento záver je v súlade so závermi čínskej vlády, ktoré uviedla v liste z 26. augusta 2016, že „výrobné odvetvie EÚ neutrpelo počas posudzovaného obdobia žiadnu značnú ujmu“ (pozri list čínskej vlády z 26. augusta 2016, odôvodnenie 298).
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.
Na druhej strane na základe zhromaždených údajov Komisia nesúhlasí so záverom čínskej vlády, že výrobné odvetvie EÚ „navyše nebolo ku koncu OP v zraniteľnej situácii“ (pozri list čínskej vlády z 26. augusta 2016, odôvodnenie 298).
In particular, this study argued in favour of 17 % global average EBITDA margin (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) [106].
Rozsudok z 29. januára 2014, ECLI:EU:T:2014:35.
The report also points to an average of 7 % investment costs and an average debt cost of 3 %.
Tento rozsudok bol potvrdený rozsudkom Súdneho dvora zo 7. apríla 2016 v spojených veciach C-186/14 a C-193/14 P ArcelorMIttal Tubular Products Ostrava a ostatní/Hubei, ECLI:EU:C:2016:209.
The Commission deducted these two cost categories, and arrived at level of 7 % for earnings before taxes (EBT).
Nariadenie Rady (ES) č. 926/2009, ktorým sa ukladá konečné antidumpingové clo a s konečnou platnosťou sa vyberá dočasné clo uložené na dovoz určitých bezšvíkových rúr a rúrok zo železa alebo ocele s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike (Ú. v. EÚ L 262, 6.10.2009, s. 19).
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.
Rozsudok z 29. januára 2014 vo veci T-528/09, Hubei Xinyegang Steel/Rada, ECLI:EU:T:2014:35, bod 61.
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.
Svetová obchodná organizácia, WT/DS132/R, 28. januára 2000, Mexico – Anti-dumping investigation of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from the United States – Správa poroty, bod 7.140, s. 214.
The period to be used for the injury margin calculation in a threat of injury case
Porota WTO v antidumpingovom konaní uviedla, že „v snahe dospieť k záveru, že existuje hrozba značnej ujmy domácemu odvetviu, pričom je zjavné, že v súčasnosti mu ujma spôsobená nebola napriek účinkom dumpingového dovozu počas obdobia prešetrovania, je potrebné chápať súčasný stav odvetvia ako určitý kontext.
First, the Commission recalls that the determination of subsidy and injury is made on the basis of an investigation period and a period considered defined in line with the relevant provisions of the basic Regulation and announced in the Notice of Initiation.
Skutočnosť, že dumpingový dovoz sa zvýši a že bude mať nepriaznivý cenový dosah, nevedie sama osebe k záveru, že domáce odvetvie utrpí ujmu – ak je odvetvie vo veľmi dobrom stave alebo ak sú v hre iné faktory, dumpingový dovoz nemôže predstavovať hrozbu ujmy.“ Toto odôvodnenie možno previesť aj na antisubvenčné konanie.
On the other hand, the basic Regulation does not provide any specific method for the calculation of the injury margin used for the application of the lesser-duty rule.
[Zdôraznené Komisiou.]
Second, the basic Regulation also does not provide specific criteria for the definition of the period during which the parameters for the calculation of the injury margin are assessed.
Rozsudok Súdneho dvora zo 7. apríla 2016 vo veci C-186/14 P, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a i./Hubei, ECLI:EU:C:2016:209, bod 72, ktorým sa potvrdil rozsudok všeobecného súdu z 29. januára 2014 vo veci T-528/09, Hubei Xinyegang Steel/Rada, ECLI:EU:T:2014:35.
In the present case, the Commission needed to consider that the period chosen reflects the specificity of the case and is appropriate in the context of a prospective analysis.
Podanie čínskej vlády z 26. augusta 2016, odôvodnenie 336 a nasl.
In this respect, the Commission was of the opinion that it could not apply a standard material injury approach by taking the average injury margin over the whole IP (i.e. 2015): the threat of injury margin needs to reflect the threat, and when the threat materialises later on during the IP, the injury margin must reflect the concrete impact of the threat.
Ú. v. EÚ L 210, 4.8.2016, s. 27.
In order to effectively remove the impact of the threat of injury the Commission therefore looked at those parts of the IP where the threat of injury started to materialise as follows: It referred inter alia to recital (549) stating that ‘while the Union industry was recovering during 2014 and the first two quarters of 2015, almost all injury indicators started to fall dramatically during the second half of 2015.
Vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2016/1778 zo 6. októbra 2016, ktorým sa ukladá dočasné antidumpingové clo na dovoz určitých plochých výrobkov zo železa, z nelegovanej ocele alebo ostatnej legovanej ocele valcovaných za tepla s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike (Ú. v. EÚ L 272, 7.10.2016, s. 33).
The investigation revealed that this negative trend, which started in the second half of 2015, was not invalidated during the first half of 2016.’
Oznámenie Komisie Európskemu parlamentu, Európskej rade, Rade, Európskemu hospodárskemu a sociálnemu výboru, Výboru regiónov a Európskej investičnej banke, Oceľ: Ochrana udržateľných pracovných miest a rastu v Európe, COM(2016) 155 final, Brusel, 16.3.2016.
It further provided in recital (554) that ‘In view of the coincidence in time between, on the one hand, the ever-increasing level of subsidised imports at continuously decreasing prices and, on the other hand, the Union industry's loss of market share and price depression resulting in further losses, in particular from the second half of 2015 onwards, the Commission concluded that the subsidised imports had a negative impact on the situation of the Union industry.’
Vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2016/1329 z 29. júla 2016, ktorým sa ukladá konečné antidumpingové clo na registrovaný dovoz určitých plochých výrobkov z ocele valcovaných za studena s pôvodom v Čínskej ľudovej republike a Ruskej federácii (Ú. v. EÚ L 210, 4.8.2016, s. 27).
Second, as to the substance of the matter, the Commission established that, as laid out in recital (462), the negative trend started in the second half of 2015 and led to a clearly foreseeable and imminent change in circumstances at the end of the investigation period, which would create a situation in which the subsidisation would cause injury, if no measures were taken.
Svetové oceliarske združenie, „World Steel in figures 2015“, s. 14, http//www.worldsteel.org/publications/bookshop/product-details.~World-Steel-in-Figures-2015~PRODUCT~World-Steel-in-Figures-2015~.html.
This is in line with what was stated by the Commission in recital (457) that ‘the Union producers could partly recover during 2014 and the first half of 2015’.
Oznámenie Komisie Európskemu parlamentu, Európskej rade, Rade, Európskemu hospodárskemu a sociálnemu výboru, Výboru regiónov a Európskej investičnej banke, Oceľ: Ochrana udržateľných pracovných miest a rastu v Európe [COM(2016) 155 final, Brusel, 16.3.2016, s. 2].
As a result, the second half of 2015 better reflects the actual impact of the threat of injury to the Union industry that should be removed.
OECD, DSTI/SU/SC(2015)8/Final, Riaditeľstvo pre vedu, technológiu a inovácie, „Capacity developments in the world steel industry“, tabuľka 1, s. 10, http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/SU/SC(2015)8/FINAL & docLanguage=En.
Third, the Court held that the analysis of the post-investigation period data is particularly appropriate in an investigation to determine whether there is a threat of injury which, by its very nature, requires a prospective analysis.
Svetové oceliarske združenie, „World Steel in Figures 2016“, tabuľka „Major steel-producting countries 2014 and 2015“, s. 9, http://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/press-releases/2016/World-Steel-in-Figures-2016-is-available-online.html.
For the Commission, the second half of 2015 seems to better respond to this requirement, as it is closer to future developments than the full IP.
Zdroj údajov o kapacite: OECD (OECD, DSTI/SU/SC(2016)6/Final, 5. septembra 2016, Riaditeľstvo pre vedu, technológiu a inovácie, „Updated steelmaking capacity figures and a proposed framework for enhancing capacity monitoring activity“, príloha, s.
Fourth, a calculation on the basis of a full investigation period, irrespective whether there were signs of negative trends, would undermine the objective of a threat of injury case to act effectively and preventively before the threat of injury has caused injury.
7 a nasl.).
After disclosure, the exporting producer Shougang Group disagreed with the Commission's approach of only taking data with respect to the second half of 2015 for the determination of the injury margin.
Zdroj údajov o výrobe: Svetové oceliarske združenie, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2015 (Svetové oceliarske združenie, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2016, tabuľka 1 na stranách 1 a 2 a tabuľka 13 na strane 35, http://www.worldsteel.org/statistics/statistics-archive/yearbook-archive.html).
It argued that an investigation period is set at the beginning of an investigation in order to avoid any subjective determinations by investigating authorities.
OECD, Riaditeľstvo pre vedu, technológiu a inovácie (2015): „Excess capacity in the global steel industry: the current situation and ways forward“, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, č. 18, OECD Publishing, s. 5 a 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js65x46nxhj-en.