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An association of importers claimed that an adjustment pursuant to Article 2(10)(k) of the basic Regulation should have been made in order to reflect the fact that heavy flooding in Thailand had caused export prices of the product concerned to be comparatively low relative to increased cost of raw material sweetcorn after the flooding.
Združenje uvoznikov je zahtevalo prilagoditev v skladu s členom 2(10)(k) osnovne uredbe zaradi upoštevanja dejstva, da so hude poplave na Tajskem povzročile višje stroške surovine sladke koruze, medtem ko so izvozne cene zadevnega proizvoda ostale relativno nizke.
In this respect, it should be noted that the claim was not made by any of the exporting producers themselves, nor quantified.
Pri tem je treba opozoriti, da nobeden od proizvajalcev izvoznikov prilagoditve ni niti zahteval niti količinsko opredelil.
Moreover, flooding is a relatively common occurrence in Thailand and cannot be considered as an unforeseeable event when negotiating contracts and in particular export prices.
Poleg tega so poplave na Tajskem pogost pojav in se niti pri pogajanjih o pogodbah in zlasti izvoznih cenah ne morejo šteti za nepredvidljive.
Finally, the analysis showed that the possible effect, if any, of the flooding on the price of raw material sweetcorn would have been limited only to the last quarter of the IP when, in fact, the vast majority of raw material purchases by exporting producers took place before that period.
Nazadnje je analiza tudi pokazala, da bi bil morebitni vpliv poplav na ceno surovine sladke koruze omejen le na zadnjo četrtino OP, veliko večino surovine sladke koruze pa so proizvajalci izvozniki kupili pred tem obdobjem.
Therefore, the claim for adjustment is rejected.
Zato se zahteva za prilagoditev zavrne.
Further to provisional disclosure, a number of exporting producers claimed that certain allowances on domestic sales (mainly relating to handling, loading and ancillary expenses and credit costs) should be granted in the dumping calculations.
Po začasnem razkritju so številni proizvajalci izvozniki trdili, da so pri izračunu dampinga potrebni še nekateri popravki domače prodaje (v glavnem povezane s stroški ravnanja, natovarjanja in drugih tozadevnih stroškov ter stroški kredita).
These claims were examined and for one company it was indeed found that an additional allowance should be granted.
Trditve so bile proučene in za eno družbo je bilo dejansko ugotovljeno, da je treba odobriti dodatne popravke.
After this adjustment, the dumping margin for this company decreased from 4,3 % to 3,1 %.
Po tej prilagoditvi se je stopnja dampinga za to družbo znižala s 4,3 % na 3,1 %.
Since data from the company mentioned in recital 21 above was used in constructing the normal value of another company, as explained in recitals 29 and 31 of the provisional Regulation, the dumping margin of the latter company also decreased from 11,2 % to 11,1 % as a result of the allowance granted.
Ker so bili podatki družbe iz uvodne izjave 21 uporabljeni pri konstruiranju normalne vrednosti neke druge družbe, kot je pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah 29 in 31 začasne uredbe, se je stopnja dampinga slednje družbe zaradi odobrenega popravka znižala z 11,2 % na 11,1 %.
In the absence of any other comments in this respect, and apart from the above changes, recitals 35 and 36 of the provisional Regulation are hereby confirmed.
Ker v zvezi s tem ni bilo drugih pripomb, se, razen zgoraj navedenih sprememb, uvodni izjavi 35 in 36 začasne uredbe potrdita.
In the light of the above adjustment, the amount of dumping finally determined, expressed as a percentage of the cif net free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, is as follows:
Glede na zgornjo prilagoditev je dokončno določen znesek dampinga, izražen kot odstotek neto cene CIF franko meja Skupnosti, pred plačilom dajatve:
This weighted average dumping margin, expressed as a percentage of the cif Community frontier price, duty unpaid, is 12,9 %.
Ta tehtana povprečna stopnja dampinga, izražena v odstotkih cene CIF meja Skupnosti brez plačane dajatve, je 12,9 %.
In the absence of any comments, recital 40 of the provisional Regulation is hereby confirmed.
Ker ni bilo drugih pripomb, se uvodna izjava 40 začasne uredbe potrdi.
One interested party submitted that the approach followed by the Commission and described under recitals 50 and 51 of the provisional Regulation with respect to different sales channels is inconsistent with the basic Regulation and the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement [4], as it would, allegedly, ‘be intended to artificially reflect a higher injury and cannot be considered as properly based nor as objective and unbiased’.
Ena zainteresirana stranka je trdila, da postopek, ki ga je Komisija uporabila in navedla v uvodnih izjavah 50 in 51 začasne uredbe v zvezi z različnimi prodajnimi potmi, ni skladen z osnovno uredbo in Protidampinškim sporazumom STO [4], domnevno, ker naj bi „imel za cilj umetno odražanje višje stopnje škode in se ga ne more šteti za ustrezno utemeljenega niti za objektivnega in nepristranskega“.
In support of its plea, the claimant made reference to the Report of the WTO Appellate Body of 24.7.2001 [5] (AB) where it is held that ‘the investigating authorities are not entitled to conduct their investigation in such a way that it becomes more likely that, as a result of the fact-finding or evaluation process, they will determine that the domestic industry is injured’ (paragraph 196 of the AB).
V podporo svoji trditvi se je pritožnik skliceval na Poročilo pritožbenega organa STO z dne 24.7.2001 [5] (pritožbeni organ STO), kjer je navedeno: „preiskovalni organi ne smejo voditi preiskave tako, da je po postopku ocenjevanja ali ugotavljanje dejstev večja verjetnost za ugotovitev, da je bila domači industriji povzročena škoda“ (odstavek 196 pritožbenega organa STO).
Firstly, the existence of the two different sales channels described by the Commission under recitals 50 and 51 of the provisional Regulation, together with its ensuing implications in terms of selling costs and sales prices, is not questioned by any party to this proceeding, and not even by the claimant.
Prvič, obstoja dveh različnih prodajnih poti, ki jih je navedla Komisija v uvodnih izjavah 50 in 51 začasne uredbe, in posledic na prodajne stroške in prodajne cene, ni spodbijala nobena stranka v tem postopku, niti pritožnik.
Secondly, the fact, also established under recital 51 of the provisional Regulation, that all imports from the cooperating Thai exporters pertain to the retailer's brand channel is not contested either.
Drugič, spodbijalo se ni niti dejstvo, prav tako navedeno v uvodni izjavi 51 začasne uredbe, da je celoten uvoz sodelujočih tajskih izvoznikov potekal preko prodajne poti z blagovno znamko prodajalca na drobno.
Rather, it is acknowledged by the claimant: ‘It should be reminded that Thai sales to retailers in Europe are made under the retailers' private label’.
Pritožnik ga je celo potrdil: „Treba je opozoriti, da je tajska prodaja prodajalcem na drobno v Evropi potekala preko zasebne znamke prodajalca na drobno“.
Furthermore, it is also to be noted that the AB stated in paragraph 204 that ‘[…] it may be highly pertinent for investigating authorities to examine a domestic industry by part, sector or segment.’
Treba je tudi opozoriti, da je Pritožbeni organ STO v odstavku 204 navedel, da „[…] je lahko za preiskovalne organe preiskava domače industrije po delih, sektorjih ali segmentih zelo primerno“.
It was therefore adequate to distinguish the two separate sales channels, for certain injury indicators as appropriate, for the purpose of ensuring a fair evaluation of the injury felt by the Community industry, and of establishing whether the dumped imports from Thailand had had a direct bearing on the injury suffered by the Community industry.
Zaradi zagotavljanje poštene ocene škode, ki jo je utrpela industrija Skupnosti in ugotavljanja, ali je dampinški uvoz iz Tajske neposredno vplival na škodo, ki jo je utrpela industrija Skupnosti, je bilo za nekatere kazalnike škode prodajni poti primerno razlikovati.
The injury determination has systematically covered both sales channels taken together, and in addition, has analysed separately, when appropriate, the sales under the retailer's brand.
Pri določitvi škode sta bili sistematično upoštevani obe prodajni poti skupaj, po potrebi pa je bila ločeno analizirana tudi prodaja, ki je potekala pod znamko prodajalca na drobno.
However, the AB in paragraph 204 went on to say that ‘[…] where investigating authorities undertake an examination of one part of a domestic industry, they should, in principle, examine, in like manner, all of the other parts that make up the industry, as well as examine the industry as a whole.’
Vendar pritožbeni organ STO v odstavku 204 nadaljuje, da „[…] če preiskovalni organi preiščejo en del domače industrije, morajo načeloma na podoben način preiskati vse ostale dele industrije, kakor tudi industrijo kot celoto“.
The Commission services therefore complemented below their injury analysis with regard to the three injury indicators which had been analysed separately under the retailer's brand channel in the provisional Regulation.
Službe Komisije so zato spodaj dopolnile analizo škode z upoštevanjem treh kazalnikov škode, ki so bili v začasni uredbi analizirani posebej v okviru prodajne poti prodaje znamke prodajalca na drobno.
These three indicators are the sales volume (recital 56 of the provisional Regulation), the sales price (recital 63 of the provisional Regulation) and the profitability (recital 66 of the provisional Regulation).
Ti trije kazalniki so obseg prodaje (uvodna izjava 56 začasne uredbe), prodajna cena (uvodna izjava 63 začasne uredbe) ter dobičkonosnost (uvodna izjava 66 začasne uredbe).
A specific injury analysis concerning the producer's own brand channel separately was therefore carried out for these three injury indicators.
Posebna analiza škode v zvezi s prodajno potjo pod blagovno znamko proizvajalca je bila za te tri kazalnike torej izvedena.
As set out under recital 51 of the provisional Regulation, the Community industry's sales under the retailer's brand accounted for around 63 % of the total Community industry's sales (own and retailer's brand) during the IP.
Kot je določeno v uvodni izjavi 51 začasne uredbe je prodaja industrije Skupnosti z znamko prodajalca na drobno predstavljala približno 63 % skupne prodaje industrije Skupnosti (lastna blagovna znamka in znamka prodajalca na drobno) med OP.
Consequently, sales under the own brand channel accounted for around 37 % of the total.
Zato predstavlja prodaja po poti prodaje lastne blagovne znamke približno 37 %.
The sales volume by the Community industry of own brand products on the Community market first declined by 1 % in 2003, increased by six percentage points in 2004, and declined by six percentage points in the IP.
Obseg prodaje industrije Skupnosti proizvodov lastne blagovne znamke na trgu Skupnosti se je leta 2003 prvič zmanjšal za 1 %, se leta 2004 povečal za 6 odstotnih točk in se med OP zmanjšal za 6 odstotnih točk.
During the IP, the volume of own brand sales stood practically at the same level as in 2002, i.e. slightly above 68000 tonnes.
Med OP je obseg prodaje lastne blagovne znamke ostal praktično na isti ravni kot leta 2002, tj. nekoliko nad 68000 ton.
Unit prices for the Community industry's sales of own brand products to unrelated customers remained practically flat throughout the period considered.
Cene na enoto se pri prodaji industrije Skupnosti proizvodov z lastno blagovno znamko nepovezanim trgovcem v celotnem obravnavanem obdobju niso bistveno spreminjale.
From a level of EUR 1380/tonne in 2002, they increased by 2 % in 2003, declined by two percentage points in 2004, before declining marginally by one percentage point in the IP, when they reached a level of EUR 1361/tonne.
Leta 2002 so znašale približno 1380 EUR/tono, se leta 2003 zvišale za 2 %, leta 2004 so se znižale za 2 odstotni točki ter se nato med OP znižale za 1 odstotno točko in dosegle raven 1361 EUR/tono.
During the period considered, the profitability of the Community industry's sales of own brand products, expressed as a percentage of net sales, declined gradually from almost 30 % in 2002 to 29 % in 2003, to around 27 % in 2004 and finally to around 24 % in the IP.
Med obravnavanim obdobjem se je dobičkonosnost prodaje industrije Skupnosti proizvodov z lastno blagovno znamko, izražena kot odstotek neto prodaje, postopno zmanjševala s skoraj 30 % v letu 2002 na približno 29 % v letu 2003, v letu 2004 je znašala približno 27 % v in nazadnje v OP približno 24 %.
Source: Investigation
Vir: Preiskava
EC Sales volume (own brand) to unrelated customers (tonne)
Obseg prodaje ES (lastna blagovna znamka) nepovezanim strankam (v tonah)
Unit price EC market (own brand) (EUR/tonne)
Cena na enoto na trgu ES (lastna blagovna znamka) (v EUR/tono)
Profitability of EC sales to unrelated (own brand) (% of net sales)
Dobičkonosnost prodaje ES nepovezanim strankam (lastna blagovna znamka) (v % neto prodaje)
It is therefore noted that sales of own brand products remained relatively flat both in terms of quantities sold and of prices during the period considered.
Zato je treba opozoriti, da se prodaja proizvodov z lastno blagovno znamko v obravnavanem obdobju ni bistveno spreminjala niti glede količin niti cen.
Conversely, profitability of these sales eroded gradually over the same period.
Nasprotno pa se je dobičkonosnost te prodaje v istem obdobju postopno zmanjšala.
This picture contrasts with the clear injury picture established with respect to all sales taken together, and with that established with respect to retailer's brand sales in the provisional Regulation.
To je v nasprotju z v začasni uredbi jasno dokazano škodo in sicer tako glede na skupno prodajo kot na prodajo pod znamko prodajalca na drobno.
It is clear, however, that the impact of imports from Thailand is felt most where their imports are concentrated, i.e. retailer's branded products.
Jasno pa je, da je vpliv uvoza iz Tajske najmočnejši tam, kjer je ta uvoz največji, tj. pri prodaji pod znamko prodajalca na drobno.
Complemented as above, the examination carried out by the Commission services is consistent with the basic Regulation and satisfies the requirement of objectivity laid down in Article 3.1 of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement as all the injury indicators listed under Article 3.4 of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement have been examined with and without distinction of any sales channels, where it was deemed appropriate in respect of the specificities of the case at hand.
Dodatna analiza je pokazala, da je preiskava služb Komisije v skladu z osnovno uredbo in izpolnjuje zahtevo po objektivnosti iz člena 3.1 Protidampinškega sporazuma STO, saj so bili preučeni vsi kazalniki škode, navedeni v členu 3.4 Protidampinškega sporazuma STO, z in brez razlikovanja prodajnih poti, kjer se je to zdelo primerno glede na posebnosti konkretnega primera.
The above claim is therefore rejected.
Zgoraj navedena trditev se zato zavrne.
In the absence of other comments in this respect, recitals 41 to 76 of the provisional Regulation are hereby confirmed.
Ker v zvezi s tem ni bilo drugih pripomb, se potrdijo uvodne izjave 41 do 76 začasne uredbe.
Restrictive trade practices
Omejevalne trgovinske prakse
Several interested parties claimed that the Community industry had engaged in restrictive trade practices, allegedly characterised, notably, by the fixing of prices in the Community market for sweetcorn.
Več zainteresiranih strank je trdilo, da je industrija Skupnosti uvedla omejevalne trgovinske prakse, za katere je domnevno značilno predvsem določanje cen za sladko koruzo na trgu Skupnosti.
As supportive elements, one of these interested parties indicated that: (i) it had expressly drawn the attention of the Commission to this issue in its submission dated 21 June 2006; (ii) one European retailer had raised a similar concern in a submission dated 17 May 2006; and finally, (iii) this party submitted on 1 December 2006 two e-mails from the Chairman of the complainant Association mentioned under recital 1 of the provisional Regulation.
V podporo tej trditvi je ena od zadevnih strank navedla naslednje: (i) v svojem dopisu z 21. junija 2006 je Komisijo izrecno opozorila na to vprašanje; (ii) podobno trditev je 17. maja 2006 navedel evropski prodajalec na drobno; in nazadnje (iii) je ta stranka 1. decembra 2006 predložila dva dopisa, poslana po elektronski pošti od predsednika združenja pritožnikov, navedenega v uvodni izjavi 1 začasne uredbe.
In one of these e-mails, dated 13 April 2005, the Chairman of the complainant Association allegedly informs the CEO of a Thai exporting company that the western European processors had agreed on prices for three presentations of the like product.
V enem od navedenih dopisov, z dne 13. aprila 2005, naj bi predsednik združenja pritožnikov domnevno obvestil direktorja tajske izvozne družbe, da so se zahodnoevropski predelovalci dogovorili o cenah za tri vrste podobnega proizvoda.
The above interested parties therefore requested the Commission to terminate immediately the present proceeding, on the grounds of an absence of causation between dumped imports and the injurious situation of the Community industry, as the level of prices practised by the Community industry would be unreliable and artificially inflated by the alleged anti-competitive behaviour of the Community industry.
Zgoraj navedene zainteresirane stranke so zahtevale, da Komisija takoj zaključi trenutni postopek zaradi pomanjkanja vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom in škodljivimi razmerami industrije Skupnosti, saj naj ravni cene industrije Skupnosti ne bi bile zanesljive in naj bi jih domnevno nekonkurenčno vedenje industrije Skupnosti umetno zviševalo.
One party made explicit reference to both Article 3(7) of the basic Regulation and to the Mukand case [6], to request the Commission to assess the potential impact on the injurious situation of the Community industry stemming from the above alleged anti-competitive behaviour, prior to any conclusion on causation.
Ena stranka se je pri zahtevi, da Komisija pred katerim koli sklepom o vzročni zvezi oceni potencialni vpliv na škodljive razmere industrije Skupnosti, ki so posledica zgoraj navedenega nekonkurenčnega vedenja, neposredno sklicevala tako na člen 3(7) osnovne uredbe kot zadevo Mukand [6].
As regards items (i) and (ii) in recital (38), it is noted that the two submissions consisted merely in a few unsubstantiated allegations.
Glede točk (i) in (ii) iz uvodne izjave 38 je treba opozoriti, da sta se trditvi opirali samo na nekaj neutemeljenih obtožb.
In the submission referred to under (i), the claimant had itself indicated that ‘further information and evidence, regarding these abuses, which constitute flagrant violations of EC Competition rules, will be provided in due course.’
V dopisu, navedenem v točki (i), je pritožnik sam navedel, da „bodo nadaljnje informacije in dokazi v zvezi s temi zlorabami, ki pomenijo očitne kršitve pravil o konkurenci ES, predložene v bližnji prihodnosti“.
The party concerned subsequently sent the e-mails referred to in recital 38 above.
Zadevna stranka je pozneje poslala elektronska dopisa, navedena v uvodni izjavi 38 zgoraj.
Upon receipt of those e-mails, the Commission services in charge of anti-dumping matters immediately invited the claimant to forward the same material to the Commission services in charge of competition matters.
Po prejemu navedenih dopisov so službe Komisije, pristojne za vprašanja v zvezi s protidampingom, takoj pozvale pritožnika, da iste materiale posreduje službam Komisije, pristojnim za vprašanja v zvezi s konkurenco.
Further, the Commission services in charge of anti-dumping matters examined closely the prices practiced by the various Community producers given the existence of these e-mails, and, in particular, as the Chairman of the complainant Association acknowledged that he was the author of the messages.
Poleg tega so službe Komisije, pristojne za vprašanja v zvezi s protidampingom, podrobno preučile cenovne prakse različnih proizvajalcev Skupnosti v povezavi s tema elektronskima dopisoma, zlasti ker je predsednik združenja pritožnikov potrdil, da je avtor zgoraj navedenih sporočil.
The Chairman strongly denied that the Community industry had, in fact, ever reached an agreement nor applied any ‘reference’ prices as suggested in the e-mail.
Predsednik je odločno je zanikal, da je industrija Skupnosti dejansko kdaj koli dosegla sporazum ali uporabila katere koli „referenčne“ cene, kot je navedeno v elektronski pošti.
Since, in the framework of the present anti-dumping proceeding, the Commission services dispose of detailed information on prices by model on a transaction-by-transaction basis, from all the cooperating Community producers, it was verified whether any price alignment could, in fact, be detected.
Ker imajo službe Komisije v okviru sedanjega protidampinškega postopka na voljo podrobne informacije o cenah glede na vrsto na podlagi posameznih transakcij od vseh sodelujočih proizvajalcev Skupnosti, je bilo preverjeno, ali je vendarle mogoče zaznati kakršno koli usklajevanje cen.
No evidence of an effective price alignment amongst cooperating Community producers was found in this anti-dumping investigation.
Ta protidampinška preiskava ni odkrila nobenega dokaza o usklajevanju cen med sodelujočimi proizvajalci Skupnosti.
Furthermore, actual prices, in their vast majority, stood well below the ‘reference’ prices mentioned in the above e-mail dated 13 April 2005.
Poleg tega je bila večina dejanskih cen precej nižja od „referenčnih“ cen, navedenih v zgornji elektronski pošti z dne 13. aprila 2005.
Therefore, the Community institutions did not find in this anti-dumping investigation any evidence that the fact that prices of dumped imports from the country concerned undercut those of the Community industry was mainly due to an artificial price level stemming from anti-competitive behaviour.
Institucije Skupnosti v tej protidampinški preiskavi niso odkrile nobenega dokaza, da so cene dampinškega uvoza iz zadevne države nelojalno nižale cene industrije Skupnosti predvsem zaradi umetne ravni cene, ustvarjene z nekonkurenčnim vedenjem.
It is also observed that the Commission has not issued any final decision establishing that the Community industry had practised a cartel.
Opozoriti je treba, da Komisija ni izdala nobenega dokončnega sklepa o tem, da je industrija Skupnosti tvorila kartel.
As a consequence of all the above elements, the Commission considers that the current anti-dumping investigation has not found any evidence that the Community industry's prices and injury indicators have been affected by any anti-competitive behaviour or trade restrictive practices.
Glede na vse zgoraj navedene elemente Komisija meni, da trenutna protidampinška preiskava ni odkrila nobenega dokaza, da bi na cene industrije Skupnosti in kazalnike škode vplivalo nekonkurenčno vedenje ali omejevalne trgovinske prakse.
This claim is therefore rejected.
Ta trditev se zato zavrne.
Impact of weather conditions
Vpliv vremenskih razmer
Several interested parties claimed that the impact stemming from weather conditions should be addressed in the causation examination.
Več zainteresiranih strank je trdilo, da je treba v preiskavi vzročne zveze upoštevati vpliv vremenskih razmer.
More precisely, these parties made reference to: (i) the heatwave of the summer 2003; and (ii) the flooding suffered in Hungary during the period May-August 2005.
Te stranke se podrobneje sklicujejo na: (i) vročinski val poleti 2003; in (ii) poplave na Madžarskem med majem in avgustom 2005.
It was carefully examined if the heatwave of 2003 in Europe (claim (i) above) and the 2005 flooding in Hungary (claim (ii) above) could have had an impact on the negative situation of the Community industry.
Pazljivo je bilo preučeno ali bi lahko vročinski val iz leta 2003 v Evropi (trditev (i) zgoraj) in poplave na Madžarskem iz leta 2005 (trditev (ii) zgoraj) vplivali na negativno stanje industrije Skupnosti.