natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
The cells destined for the captive market were used as the main component for the production of modules.
Spotreba v Únii sa vyvíjala takto:
Therefore, the direct competition of imports of modules from the country concerned faced by the Union module producers also exercised an indirect pressure on the captive sales price and/or costs of production of the cells used in those modules.
Tabuľka 1a
In addition, the import of cells from the PRC increased the pressure on module producers using captive cell production.
Spotreba modulov v Únii (v MW)
They were competing not only with modules assembled in third countries from Chinese cells, but also with modules assembled in the Union using those imported Chinese cells.
Zdroj: Europressedienst, odpovede pred začatím prešetrovania, overené vyplnené dotazníky, databáza Comext a databáza podľa článku 14 ods. 6.
Consequently, in contrast to other cases [52], where a distinction between captive and free market was relevant for the injury analysis because products destined for captive use were found not to be exposed to direct competition from imports, the Commission established at the case at hand that for most of the economic indicators, no distinction between captive and free market was justified.
ORP
However, as regards profitability, the Commission looked only at the sales on the free market.
Celkový trh
The prices on the captive market were set according to various pricing policies (transfer pricing at virtual market price, transfer on the basis of the actual costs, etc.).
Index (2012 = 100)
Thus they did not always reflect prices at arm's length and could not be taken into account when assessing this indicator.
Tabuľka 1b
Following disclosure, several parties argued that the state of the Union cells industry should have been assessed separately for the captive market and the free market.
Spotreba článkov v Únii (v MW)
First, they claimed that the Commission failed to provide a proper reasoning on how the captive market has been equally affected by the competition of the imports from the PRC.
Vo všeobecnom vyjadrení spotreba v Únii medzi rokom 2012 a ORP výrazne klesla.
Second, one party contended that since the Commission considered that the prices on the captive market were unreliable to assess profitability, it is equally inaccurate to draw the conclusion that they underwent pressure because of imports of modules.
Spotreba modulov v Únii klesla o 56 %.
Third, a common analysis of the two markets contradicts the fact that cell consumption decreased less than the module consumption during the period considered.
Po dramatickom poklese medzi rokmi 2012 a 2013 o 35 % však zostala spotreba v roku 2014 a v ORP pomerne stabilná.
This arguably means that there is no direct link between import of modules and import of cells and between the decrease in imports of cells and prices of cells exposed to the free market.
Pokiaľ ide o články, počas posudzovaného obdobia klesla spotreba o niečo menej, a síce o 26 %.
First, contrary to the claims of the parties, the Commission provided in recitals 503-504 above a detailed reasoning on how the captive market for cells has been equally affected by the competition of the imports from the PRC.
Pokles spotreby nastal najmä medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014, keď sa prudko znížila o 26 %.
Since the cell is the main component for the production of a module, the imports of modules from the PRC exercise an indirect pressure on the captive sales price of cells, when the transfer price is based on a virtual market price.
Napriek tomu sa počas ORP začala spotreba zotavovať, keď sa v porovnaní s rokom 2014 zvýšila o 4,5 %.
In the alternative, when the transfer is based on actual cost, imported cells put pressure on companies to make their production process more efficient.
Dovoz z dotknutej krajiny
Second, even though the prices on the captive market are unreliable to assess profitability, the Commission considered the development of those prices a relevant factor for assessing whether the captive market faced competition from the imports from the PRC.
Objem a hodnota dovozu vychádzajú z rôznych zdrojov.
Third, the Commission did not assert that there is a direct link between imports of modules and import of cells.
Za rok 2012 a sčasti za rok 2013 sa pri nich vychádzalo z údajov, ktoré poskytol žiadateľ, ktoré však zhromaždila v jeho mene firma Europressedienst, keďže v tom čase sa moduly a články dovážali do Únie v rámci colných položiek pre iné výrobky, ktoré nie sú predmetom tohto prešetrovania, a údaje Eurostatu sa preto nemohli použiť.
Rather it observed that the captive use of cells is also subject to the direct competition of imports of cells and indirect competition of imports of modules since the captive cells are used for producing modules.
Údaje Eurostatu sa mohli použiť po zavedení registrácie dovozu modulov a článkov 6. marca 2013 [56].
Finally, the interested party failed to prove that there is no link between prices of cells on the free market and decrease in imports of cells.
V dôsledku toho za zvyšok roku 2013, za rok 2014 a za ORP opierala Komisia svoje zistenia o databázu Comext [57] a databázu podľa článku 14 ods. 6
Indeed, as evident from Table 8b the sales prices of the Union cells industry increased when the imports of cells from China decreased both in volume and in market share between 2014, when the measures started to have a full effect, and the RIP.
Objem dovozu z dotknutej krajiny a podiel dovozu z dotknutej krajiny na trhu
Consequently, these arguments were rejected.
Dovoz z dotknutej krajiny do Únie sa vyvíjal takto:
The Commission thus failed to examine the state of the domestic industry as a whole and does not, therefore satisfy the requirements of ‘objectiv[ity]’ in Article 3.1 of the Anti-dumping Agreement.
Dovoz modulov z ČĽR (v MW) a podiel na trhu [58]Zdroj: databáza Comext a databáza podľa článku 14 ods. 6.
The Commission failed to understand how the common analysis of the captive and free market for cells eliminated an analysis of the free market.
Objem dovozu z ČĽR
In fact, the Commission analysed a number of injury indicators only for the free market such as profitability, sales prices and return on investments.
Podiel na trhu (%)
In addition, a number of indicators are analysed cumulatively, even in cases when a separate analysis of captive and non-captive market is made [53].
Tabuľka 2b
Those indicators often are: production, capacity, capacity utilisation, investments, return on investments, employment, productivity, stocks and labour costs.
Dovoz článkov z ČĽR (v MW) a podiel na trhu
Last but not least, the injury indicators of those Union cell producers which sold exclusively on the free market followed the same trends, and, as a result, the conclusions reached for the entire Union cell industry apply to them as well.
Zdroj: databáza Comext a databáza podľa článku 14 ods. 6.
The GOC insisted that according to WTO case law, in case of the presence of a captive market for part of the product under investigation, a comparative analysis has to be carried out.
Počas posudzovaného obdobia klesol objem dovozu modulov z ČĽR o 73 %, čo zodpovedá zníženiu podielu na trhu o 39 %, t. j. zo 66 % v roku 2012 na 41 % počas ORP.
The Commission considered that this requirement, if it was applicable in the present, very specific case, was in any event complied with.
Avšak po uložení súčasných opatrení v roku 2013 klesol objem dovozu modulov medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014 o 45 %, pričom spotreba klesla o 31 %.
For the part of the Union cell production that is sold on a captive market, injury has been established on the basis of indirect price pressure at the level of the modules into which those cells are built.
Pokiaľ ide o články, v kontexte zmenšujúceho sa trhu vzrástol objem dovozu počas posudzovaného obdobia o 65 %, čo malo za následok oveľa väčšie zvýšenie podielu na trhu, t. j. o 123 % (zo 7 % v roku 2012 na 16 % počas ORP).
For the part of the Union cell production that is sold on a free market, the injury indicators have also been assessed separately, and show the same trends as for the captive part of the market (which, due to the fact that it represents 96 % of Union production, are virtually identical to the cumulative assessment).
V tom istom čase vzrástol medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014 dovoz článkov o 59 %, čo viedlo k zvýšeniu podielu na trhu o 10 percentuálnych bodov.
Consequently, this argument was rejected.
Aj napriek tomu, že tento prudký nárast nepokračoval v ORP, úroveň dovozu zostala oveľa vyššia počas ORP ako v rokoch 2012 a 2013.
The GOC also argued that the statement that the Union modules manufacturers compete with modules assembled in third countries with Chinese cells unlawfully extends the scope of the investigation.
Ceny dovozu z dotknutej krajiny
However, such modules have been included in the scope of the investigation from the outset since cells confer origin to modules [54].
Komisia stanovila ceny dovozu na základe databázy Comext a databázy podľa článku 14 ods. 6
Following disclosure, another party claimed that the analysis of profitability on the basis of 4 % of the Union cell production is not representative for an accurate assessment on the need to maintain duties.
Priemerná cena dovozu z dotknutej krajiny do Únie sa vyvíjala takto:
The Commission noted that only profitability was assessed exclusively on the basis of the sales of cells to independent customers for the reasons set out in recital 506 above.
Tabuľka 3a
However, for the purposes of assessing the state of Union industry, all other indicators were analysed taking into account both the captive and free market of cells.
Dovozné ceny modulov (EUR/kW)
Jabil assembled modules on behalf of other companies during the RIP as a contract manufacturer.
Dovozné ceny ČĽR
For this assembly service, the other companies paid a fee.
Tabuľka 3b
Consequently, the revenue reported by Jabil was not derived from the sales of modules, but from the from the service fees.
Priemerná dovozná cena z ČĽR klesla v priebehu posudzovaného obdobia o 22 % v prípade modulov a o 43 % v prípade článkov.
Therefore, the Commission decided to distinguish Jabil's profit figures from the profit figures of the rest of the Union module industry (see recitals 563 and 565 below).
Pokiaľ ide o články, dovozná cena od roku 2013 ďalej klesala až do roku 2014, v ktorom sa prepadla ešte výraznejšie, o 19,4 %, ale medzi rokom 2014 a ORP potom mierne stúpla, a to o 1,4 %.
For the remaining injury indicators, the assembly activities provided by Jabil to non-cooperating module producers could not be verified and therefore were not taken into account.
Takmer všetci vyvážajúci výrobcovia, ktorí predávali moduly a články počas ORP, však mali cenový záväzok a ich vývozné ceny do EÚ boli určené týmito cenovými záväzkami, v ktorých sa stanovovala minimálna dovozná cena.
Following disclosure, one interested party requested further clarifications on what data from Jabil was or was not taken into account and why.
Mimo minimálnej dovoznej ceny sa uskutočnilo len 1,6 % objemu dovozu modulov a 0,6 % článkov [59].
For all injury indicators, except for profitability, the Commission has taken into account all data provided by Jabil which relate to the cooperating Union module producers.
Takéto vývozné ceny sa preto nemohli považovať za relevantný ukazovateľ pre zisťovanie cenového správania vyvážajúcich výrobcov v prípade, že by sa nechala uplynúť platnosť opatrení.
Only that data was taken into account as it could be verified, while the rest was disregarded, in view of Jabil's particular business model and the fact that the final sales prices could not be verified.
Viaceré strany po poskytnutí informácií tvrdili, že na stanovenie cenového podhodnotenia by sa mala použiť vývozná cena do EÚ, a vypočítali, že na tomto základe nedošlo k žiadnemu podhodnoteniu.
Union consumption
Je pravda, že na základe vývozných cien do EÚ neexistuje žiadne cenové podhodnotenie pre moduly a že cenové podhodnotenie pre články je veľmi nízke.
The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of the total volume of imports of the product concerned and the volume of total sales of the like product in the Union, including those destined for captive use.
Komisia však dospela k záveru, že absencia cenového podhodnotenia z dôvodu súladu s MDC nebola rozhodujúcim ukazovateľom pre analýzu súčasného stavu výrobného odvetvia Únie.
The total sales of the Union industry were based on the information provided by Europressedienst, corrected, where appropriate, with data from the standing replies of interested parties submitted at pre-initiation stage and the verified questionnaire replies of the sampled companies.
Ako sa uviedlo v odôvodnení (573), Komisia zistila, že výrobné odvetvie Únie naďalej trpelo ujmou plynúcou z rozsahu subvencovania, ktoré sa zistilo pri predchádzajúcom prešetrovaní, a zo zistených praktík obchádzania uvedených v odôvodnení (4) a nemalo dostatok času na zotavenie.
As indicated in recital 519 below, import data was based on Comext and the data reported to the Commission by the Member States in accordance with Article 14(6) of the basic Regulation (‘Article 14(6) database’).
Ceny dovozu z iných krajín
The data on consumption was cross-checked with other sources [55].
Priemerná cena dovozu z tretích krajín do Únie sa takisto zakladala na databáze Comext a údajoch podľa článku 14 ods. 6 a vyvíjala sa takto:
Union consumption developed as follows:
Tabuľka 4a
Table 1a
Moduly – dovoz z tretích krajín
Union consumption for modules (in MW)
Objem (MW)
Source: Europressedienst, standing replies, verified questionnaire replies, Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Priemerná cena (EUR/kW)
RIP
Tabuľka 4b
Total market
Články – dovoz z tretích krajín
Index (2012 = 100)
Objem (MW)
Table 1b
V posudzovanom období vzrástol dovoz modulov z tretích krajín do EÚ o 30 %.
Union consumption for cells (in MW)
Najväčší nárast bol zaznamenaný medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014, kedy sa objem zvýšil o 48 %.
In overall terms the Union consumption decreased considerably between 2012 and the RIP.
Jeho podiel na trhu sa výrazne zvýšil z 9 % v roku 2012 na 25 % v ORP.
The Union consumption for modules fell by 56 %.
K najväčšej zmene došlo opäť medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014, kedy vzrástol podiel na trhu z 13 % na 28 %.
However, after the dramatic drop between 2012 and 2013 by 35 %, the consumption remained rather stable in 2014 and the RIP.
Po ČĽR boli najväčšími vývozcami Taiwan, Malajzia a Singapur.
Concerning cells, consumption decreased slightly less, that is by 26 % during the period considered.
Treba poznamenať, že dovoz z Taiwanu a Malajzie mohol zahŕňať obchádzanie [pozri odôvodnenie (4)].
The drop in consumption took place mainly between 2013 and 2014 when it plummeted by 26 %.
Pokiaľ ide o články, dovoz z iných krajín klesol počas posudzovaného obdobia o 47 %.
However, it started to recover during the RIP when it increased by 4,5 % in comparison with 2014.
K najväčšiemu poklesu, t. j. o 52 %, došlo medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014, pričom medzi rokom 2014 a ORP sa mierne zvýšil o 9 %.
Imports from the country concerned
To viedlo k poklesu podielu na trhu zo 70 % v roku 2012 na 51 % v ORP.
Import volumes and values were based on different sources.
Pokles medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014 bol zo 75 % na 48 % a následne sa počas ORP mierne zvýšil o tri percentuálne body.
For 2012 and part of 2013 they were based on data provided by the applicant, but collected on its behalf by Europressedienst, since at that time modules and cells were imported into the Union under customs headings covering other products not subject to the present investigation and Eurostat could thus not be used.
Pokiaľ ide o články, Taiwan a Malajzia boli najväčšími vývozcami, po ktorých nasledovali ČĽR a USA.
After the registration of imports of modules and cells had been introduced on 6 March 2013 [56], Eurostat data could be used.
Priemerné vývozné ceny z tretích krajín pre moduly aj články počas posudzovaného obdobia značne poklesli, v súlade s čínskymi cenami a cenami Únie.
Consequently, for the rest of 2013, 2014 and the RIP the Commission based its findings on the Comext database [57] and the Article 14(6) database.
V prípade modulov sa počas posudzovaného obdobia znížili o 21 % a v prípade článkov o 45 %.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
Aj tieto ceny môžu byť ovplyvnené praktikami obchádzania (pozri odôvodnenie (4)).
Imports into the Union from the country concerned developed as follows:
Hospodárska situácia výrobného odvetvia Únie
Table 2a
Všeobecné poznámky
Imports of modules from the PRC (in MW) and market share [58]Source: Comext and Article 14(6) database.
V súlade s článkom 8 ods. 4 základného nariadenia Komisia preskúmala všetky hospodárske faktory a ukazovatele, ktoré mali v posudzovanom období vplyv na stav výrobného odvetvia Únie.
Import volumes from the PRC
Na účely analýzy ujmy Komisia rozlišovala medzi makroekonomickými a mikroekonomickými ukazovateľmi ujmy.
Index
Komisia vyhodnotila makroekonomické ukazovatele na základe údajov získaných od žiadateľa, ktoré overila porovnaním s odpoveďami týkajúcimi sa situácie, ktoré zaslali niekoľkí výrobcovia z Únie v štádiu pred začatím prešetrovania, a s overenými vyplnenými dotazníkmi výrobcov z Únie zaradených do vzorky.
Market share (%)
Komisia vyhodnotila mikroekonomické ukazovatele na základe údajov, ktoré sa nachádzali vo vyplnených dotazníkoch, ktoré zaslali výrobcovia z Únie zaradení do vzorky.
Table 2b
Makroekonomické ukazovatele sú: výroba, výrobná kapacita, využitie kapacity, objem predaja, podiel na trhu, rast, zamestnanosť, produktivita, veľkosť subvenčného rozpätia a zotavenie z minulého subvencovania.
Imports of cells from the PRC (in MW) and market share
Mikroekonomické ukazovatele sú: priemerné jednotkové ceny, jednotkové náklady, náklady práce, zásoby, ziskovosť, peňažný tok, investície, návratnosť investícií a schopnosť získavať kapitál.
Source: Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Makroekonomické ukazovatele
During the period considered the import volumes of modules from the PRC decreased by 73 %, with a corresponding decrease in market share by 39 %, i.e. from 66 % in 2012 to 41 % during the RIP.
Výroba, výrobná kapacita a využitie kapacity
However, after the existing measures were imposed in 2013, import volumes of modules decreased by 45 % between 2013 and 2014, while consumption decreased by 31 %.
Celková výroba, výrobná kapacita a využitie kapacity v Únii sa v posudzovanom období vyvíjali takto:
Regarding cells, the import volumes increased by 65 % during the period considered, which resulted in a much bigger increase in market share, i.e. by 123 % (from 7 % in 2012 to 16 % during the RIP), in the context of a shrinking market.
Tabuľka 5a
At the same time between 2013 and 2014 the imports of cells increased by 59 %, which resulted in an increase in market share of 10 percentage points.
Moduly – výroba, výrobná kapacita a využitie kapacity
Even though the surge did not continue in the RIP, the level of imports remained much higher during the RIP than in 2012 and 2013.
Zdroj: Europressedienst, odpovede pred začatím prešetrovania, overené vyplnené dotazníky.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned
Objem výroby (MW)
The Commission established the prices of imports on the basis of Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Výrobná kapacita (MW)
The average price of imports into the Union from the country concerned developed as follows:
Využitie kapacity (%)
Table 3a
Tabuľka 5b
Import prices of modules (EUR/kW)
Články – výroba, výrobná kapacita a využitie kapacity
PRC's import prices
Celková výroba modulov v Únii klesla v priebehu posudzovaného obdobia o 26 %, medzi rokom 2014 a ORP však vzrástla o 4,5 %.
Table 3b
Oproti poklesu spotreby výrobná kapacita reagovala na trend znižovania výroby a takisto sa v priebehu posudzovaného obdobia znížila o 25 %.
Import prices of cells (EUR/kW)
Miera využitia kapacity preto zostala v období od začiatku do konca posudzovaného obdobia stabilná a počas ORP dosiahla 53 %.
The average import price from the PRC dropped by 22 % for modules and by 43 % for cells during the period considered.
Medzi rokom 2014 a ORP však došlo k významnému nárastu vo využití kapacity o 9 percentuálnych bodov (čo je nárast o 19 %).
For modules the import price decreased in 2012 and 2013 and then, when the measures entered into force, the price increased by 6,3 % for modules between 2013 and 2014.
Treba poznamenať, že výrobcovia modulov z Únie zaradení do vzorky mali počas posudzovaného obdobia oveľa vyššiu mieru využitia kapacity, ktorá počas ORP dosiahla 85 %, čo predstavuje nárast o 39 % v porovnaní s rokom 2012 (61 %).
It slightly decreased further between 2014 and the RIP, i.e. by 1,6 %.
Výroba článkov v Únii sa počas posudzovaného obdobia zvýšila o 19 %.
Regarding cells, the import price continued to decrease between 2013 and 2014 when it plummeted further by 19,4 %, but it slightly increased between 2014 and the RIP, i.e. by 1,4 %.
Kým medzi rokmi 2012 a 2013 sa výroba znížila o 31 %, medzi rokmi 2013 a 2014 vzrástla o 49 % a medzi rokom 2014 a ORP o ďalších 15 %.
However, almost all exporting producers which sold modules and cells during the RIP had price undertaking and their export prices to the EU were determined by those price undertakings which set a minimum import price.
Časovo sa to zhodovalo s uložením vyrovnávacích opatrení v decembri 2013, kým spotreba v období medzi rokmi 2012 a 2014 neustále klesala, ale medzi rokom 2014 a ORP sa zvýšila.
Only 1,6 % of the volume of imports of modules and 0,6 % of cells were made outside the minimum import price [59].
Výrobná kapacita sa zároveň počas posudzovaného obdobia znížila o 24 %, čo viedlo k výraznému nárastu využitia kapacity zo 45 % v roku 2012 na 70 % v ORP.
Consequently, such export prices could not be considered a pertinent indicator in order to establish the pricing behaviour of the exporting producers should the measures not be in place.
Podobne ako výrobcovia modulov aj výrobcovia článkov zaradení do vzorky mali oveľa vyššiu mieru využitia kapacity ako celé výrobné odvetvie Únie (86 %), ktorá zostala počas posudzovaného obdobia na stabilnej úrovni.
Following disclosure, several parties argued that the export price to the EU should be used to establish undercutting and they calculated that there was no undercutting on this basis.
Na záver sa dá skonštatovať, že výrobné odvetvie Únie znížilo svoju kapacitu v reakcii na zníženie spotreby.
It is true that on the basis of the export prices to the EU there is no undercutting for modules and that the undercutting for cells is very marginal.
Zároveň výrobné odvetvie Únie zvýšilo výrobu počas ORP v porovnaní s rokom 2014, čo ešte viac zlepšilo mieru využitia kapacity.
However, the Commission considered that the lack of undercutting because of compliance with the MIP was not the decisive indicator for the analysis of the current state of the Union industry.
Objem predaja a podiel na trhu
As indicated in recital 573 below, the Commission established that the Union industry continued to suffer injury from the magnitude of subsidisation found in the previous investigation and from the circumvention practices found as referred to in recital 4 above and did not have sufficient time to recover.
Objem predaja a podiel na trhu výrobného odvetvia Únie sa v posudzovanom období vyvíjali takto:
Prices of the imports from other countries
Tabuľka 6a
The average price of imports into the Union from third countries were also based on Comext and Article 14(6) data and developed as follows:
Moduly – objem predaja a podiel na trhu
Table 4a
Celkový objem predaja (trh vlastnej spotreby a voľný trh) v Únii (MW)
Modules — imports from third countries
Tabuľka 6b
Volume (MW)
Články – objem predaja a podiel na trhu
Average price (EUR/kW)
V posudzovanom období poklesol objem predaja modulov o 40 %.
Table 4b
V súvislosti s poklesom spotreby o 56 % sa však táto skutočnosť premietla do značného zvýšenia podielu na trhu počas posudzovaného obdobia o 40 %, dosahujúc 35 % počas ORP.
Cells — imports from third countries
Pokiaľ ide o články, objem predaja výrobného odvetvia Únie vzrástol počas posudzovaného obdobia o 9 %.
Volumes (MW)
To viedlo k zvýšeniu podielu na trhu z 23 % v roku 2012 na 33 % počas ORP, kým spotreba klesla oveľa menej ako v prípade modulov, t. j. o 26 %.