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The existence of previously applicable agreement on trade in certain steel products between Russia and the Union
INTERES UNIJE
The Russian authorities referred to the previously applicable Union-Russia trade agreements in the steel sector to assert that ‘the volume of Russian imports set under the said Agreement was considered non-injurious and (the current) volume remains in line with the volume under the Agreement’.
V skladu s členom 21 osnovne uredbe je Komisija proučila, ali bi lahko kljub ugotovitvi o škodljivem dampingu jasno sklenila, da sprejetje ukrepov v tem primeru ni v interesu Unije.
Similarly, Russian producers contend that the quotas included in these subsequent agreements were deemed non-injurious and that the safeguard mechanism provided for in the agreements was never sought, much less implemented.
Določitev interesa Unije je temeljila na oceni vseh različnih zadevnih interesov, vključno z interesi industrije Unije, uvoznikov in uporabnikov.
These claims are however unfounded.
INTERES INDUSTRIJE UNIJE
On the one hand, information on file shows that the quotas were too high further to the economic crisis due to the fact that they had not been revised.
Industrija Unije zajema 17 držav članic (Združeno kraljestvo, Francijo, Nemčijo, Slovaško, Italijo, Slovenijo, Luksemburg, Grčijo, Belgijo, Poljsko, Nizozemsko, Avstrijo, Finsko, Švedsko, Portugalsko, Madžarsko in Španijo), neposredno pa na področju hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla zaposluje približno 20000 zaposlenih.
The agreements in question, which date back to October 1997, were frequently negotiated (e.g. in the context of the Union enlargements) but the quotas were never substantially adjusted downwards in order to take into account new market developments.
Med preiskavo je sodelovalo trinajst proizvajalcev.
Moreover, the relevant quotas covered a much broader product range than cold-rolled flat steel products, including downstream products.
Nihče od znanih proizvajalcev ni nasprotoval začetku preiskave.
The full quotas were never foreseen for cold-rolled flat steel products only.
Kot je navedeno pri analizi kazalnikov škode, se je položaj celotne industrije Unije poslabšal, dampinški uvoz pa je nanj vplival negativno.
The reasons why Russian imports are now more a problem for the Union market than in the past is simply based on the fact that the substantial increase in imports from Russia, coupled with the low, dumped prices are now disturbing the Union market to an extent that cannot be compared to the periods before.
Pričakuje se, da bo uvedba začasnih protidampinških dajatev ponovno vzpostavila poštene tržne pogoje na trgu Unije ter tako končala zniževanje cen in omogočila, da si bo industrija Unije opomogla.
Non-complainants are potentially causing injury to the Union industry
Tako bi se dobičkonosnost industrije Unije izboljšala in približala ravnem, ki se štejejo za potrebne za to kapitalsko intenzivno industrijo.
Certain interested parties claimed that non-complainants were not incurring any injury and that they were actually potentially causing injury to the Union industry.
Industrija Unije je utrpela znatno škodo zaradi dampinškega uvoza iz zadevnih držav.
They stated that the Union industry is divided into successful forward-thinking producers (i.e. the non-complainants) and others (the complainants).
Opozoriti je treba, da je v obravnavanem obdobju večina kazalnikov škode kazala negativno gibanje.
They argued that the predicament of the complainants cannot be attributed to Russian imports since the non-complainants, representing 24 % of Union production of cold-rolled flat steel products, vastly outperform the complainants with respect to a number of injury indicators.
Zelo prizadeti so bili zlasti kazalniki škode, povezani s finančno uspešnostjo vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije, kot sta dobičkonosnost in donosnost naložb.
These allegations are unfounded.
Zato je pomembno, da se cene ponovno vzpostavijo na nedampinški ali vsaj neškodljivi ravni, da se različnim proizvajalcem omogoči delovanje na trgu Unije v poštenih tržnih okoliščinah.
First of all, it is a core principle of any trade defence proceeding that the participation to said proceeding is made on a voluntary basis.
Zelo verjetno je, da se bo brez ukrepov gospodarski položaj industrije Unije še poslabšal.
Secondly, some of the injury findings are based on sampled Union producers, which are representative of the entire Union industry in light of Section 1.5.1.
Slaba uspešnost segmenta hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla bi vplivala na segmente, ki so nižje in višje v prodajni verigi, številnih proizvajalcev Unije, saj je izkoriščenost zmogljivosti pri teh segmentih tesno povezana s proizvodnjo izdelka v preiskavi.
Thirdly, while it is true that non-complaining producers appear to have increased their production levels, this should be seen in light of the fact that certain of these producing mills are also producers active in the downstream sector, such as hot-dip galvanised cold-rolled flat steel.
Zato se začasno sklene, da bi bila uvedba protidampinških dajatev v interesu industrije Unije.
Higher production volumes do not necessarily imply higher profitability and a better position on the Union market.
Vsaka uvedba protidampinških ukrepov bi industriji Unije omogočila, da si opomore od učinkov ugotovljenega škodljivega dampinga.
To the contrary, this may hint towards the fact that these producing mills have preferred to focus their activities on more niche, high added value products, rather than competing with dumped Chinese and Russian exports on the cold-rolled flat steel products market.
INTERES NEPOVEZANIH UVOZNIKOV
Fourthly, complaining producers accounted for 89 % of the total production of Union mills, excluding re-rollers, in the Union during the investigation period.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 12, je le ena od štirih vzorčenih družb predložila izpolnjen vprašalnik.
As a result, the complaining mills are significantly representative of the Union industry as a whole and the fact, whether established or not, that certain producers in the Union are managing to perform better on the Union market may be the result of a variety of factors that does not cast doubt as to the fact that, as a general manner, the Union industry is suffering from dumped imports.
Poleg tega je preiskava pokazala, da nobena od trinajstih družb, ki so se javile v fazi vzorčenja, ni bila pravi nepovezani uvoznik.
Fifthly, in terms of sales, although non-complaining producers may have performed slightly better, although stagnating, than the complaining producers, the trend reversed starting 2014.
Večina strani, s katerimi je bil sprva vzpostavljen stik, je bila dejansko storitvenih centrov za jeklarstvo (njihove skupine), ki so bile običajno v razmerju bodisi z industrijo Unije bodisi s stranmi v zadevnih državah.
In addition, information on the file suggests that re-rollers are also under the same downward price pressure on the Union market and their situation is comparable to that of the Union integrated mills.
Komisija si je v poznejši fazi prizadevala zagotoviti sodelovanje še več nepovezanih uvoznikov, vendar noben nepovezani uvoznik, ki se je javil v fazi vzorčenja, Komisiji na koncu ni bil pripravljen predložiti izpolnjenega vprašalnika.
To conclude, it appears that non-complaining producers did not outperform the complaining producers and that their situation, especially in light of their share of the Union production, is not such as to break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury incurred by the Union industry as a whole.
Preiskava je pokazala, da morebitno zvišanje cen zaradi ukrepov ne bi imelo neposrednega učinka na nepovezane uvoznike.
CONCLUSION ON CAUSATION
Načeloma ni dokazov, da uvozniki ali storitveni centri za jeklarstvo ne bi mogli prenesti zvišanja cen na svoje stranke.
A causal link was provisionally established between the injury suffered by the Union producers and the dumped imports from the countries concerned.
Poleg tega lahko tudi uvažajo iz držav, ki jih ta preiskava ne zadeva.
The Commission distinguished and separated the effects of all known factors on the situation of the Union industry from the injurious effects of the dumped imports.
Italijansko združenje, ki zastopa 32 italijanskih storitvenih centrov, je navedlo, da je uvoz nujno potreben za družbe, ki poslujejo v trgovinskem sektorju, saj diverzifikacija virov oskrbe zagotavlja varno in zanesljivo oskrbo strank.
The other identified factors such as the economic crisis, the allegation that the Union industry is not sufficiently competitive and/or efficient, the imports from third countries, the role of non-complainants, the export sales performance of the Union producers or the overcapacity of the Union industry, were provisionally not found to break the causal link, even considering their possible combined effect.
To naj bi bil razlog za skrb, saj so italijanski proizvajalci hladno valjanega ploščatega jekla izvedli naložbe v proizvodne linije za galvanizacijo (tj. zmanjšali so prodajo hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla za prosti trg Unije) ter imeli nekaj težav s proizvodnjo in pošiljkami hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla, kar je povzročilo negotovost na italijanskem domačem trgu.
The crisis and the decrease in consumption as well as the rationalisation of the Union industry may have somewhat contributed to the injury, but in the absence of ever decreasing prices of dumped imports, the situation of the Union industry would certainly not have been affected to such a significant extent.
V zvezi s tem je treba navesti, da bi morale dajatve prispevati k stalni zanesljivi oskrbi strank distributerjev.
In particular, sales prices would not have dropped to such low levels and better profitability would have been achieved.
Brez dajatev bi morali nekateri proizvajalci hladno valjanega ploščatega jekla v Uniji prenehati poslovati/zmanjšati proizvodne dejavnosti, povezane s hladno valjanim ploščatim jeklom, zaradi česar bi imeli mnogi uporabniki v Uniji omejene vire oskrbe.
On the basis of the above, the Commission concluded at this stage that the material injury to the Union industry was caused by the dumped imports from the countries concerned and that the other factors, considered individually or collectively, did not break the causal link.
Poleg tega bo stopnja ukrepov zagotovila enake konkurenčne pogoje, a vseeno omogočala uvoz iz zadevnih držav (po poštenih cenah) in iz drugih virov.
UNION INTEREST
Skupina sodelujočih storitvenih centrov za jeklarstvo je navedla, da je naklonjena kratkoročnim do srednjeročnim ukrepom kot sredstvu za zagotavljanje pomoči proizvodnim obratom v Uniji.
In accordance with Article 21 of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether it could clearly conclude that it was not in the Union interest to adopt measures in this case, despite the determination of injurious dumping.
Glede na navedeno se začasno sklene, da uvedba ukrepov ne bo znatno negativno vplivala na interes uvoznikov Unije.
The determination of the Union interest was based on an appreciation of all the various interests involved, including those of the Union industry, importers and users.
INTERES UPORABNIKOV
INTEREST OF THE UNION INDUSTRY
Glavne industrije, ki so končni uporabniki hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla, so avtomobilska industrija, industrija gospodinjskih aparatov (belega blaga), gradbeništvo in različna industrija za proizvodnjo industrijskega blaga.
The Union industry is located in 17 Member States (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Slovak Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Greece, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Hungary and Spain), and employs directly ca.
Veliki uporabniki (kot so uporabniki v avtomobilskem sektorju ali sektorju gospodinjskih aparatov) niso sodelovali v postopku.
20000 employees in relation to cold-rolled flat steel products.
Pri preiskavi so sodelovali le trije uporabniki iz Latvije, ki uvažajo iz Rusije.
Thirteen producers cooperated during the investigation.
Dajatve, uvedene za ruske hladno valjane ploščate izdelke iz jekla, morda nekoliko vplivajo vsaj na enega od njih.
None of the known producers opposed the initiation of the investigation.
Vendar se zaradi svoje velikosti in posebnih dejavnosti ti uporabniki ne morejo obravnavati kot reprezentativni za učinek dajatev na uporabnike hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla v Uniji kot celoto.
As shown above when analysing the injury indicators, the whole Union industry experienced a deterioration of its situation and was negatively affected by the dumped imports.
Po predloženih informacijah italijanskega združenja, ki zastopa 32 italijanskih storitvenih centrov, bi ukrepi povzročili večjo selitev proizvodnje glavnih uporabnikov v industrijskih skupinah iz Italije, pri čemer se je sklicevalo na Electrolux in Whirlpool.
It is expected that the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties will restore fair trade conditions on the Union market, putting an end to the price depression and enabling the Union industry to recover.
Po trditvah združenja se je proces selitve proizvodnje začel že pred časom, škodi italijanskemu gospodarstvu v celoti in ima negativne socialne posledice zaradi izgube delovnih mest.
This would result in an improvement of the Union industry's profitability towards levels considered necessary for this capital intensive industry.
Čeprav ni mogoče oporekati, da lahko dajatve v teoriji negativno vplivajo na uporabnike zaradi višjih nabavnih cen, informacije v spisu ne podpirajo trditve, da so stroški italijanskih uporabnikov hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla tako veliki (v primerjavi s skupnimi stroški), da bi vplivali na dobičkonosnost in povzročili selitev proizvodnje glavnih industrijskih skupin.
The Union industry has suffered material injury caused by the dumped imports from the countries concerned.
Predlagana stopnja dajatev se tudi ne more šteti za prohibitivno.
It is recalled that most of the injury indicators showed a negative trend during the period considered.
Poleg tega nič ne potrjuje tega, ali se bodo oziroma ali se bodo morda uporabniki na trgih, ki niso italijanski, soočali z enakimi razmerami kot italijanski uporabniki, saj zgoraj navedeno italijansko združenje trdi, da so za italijanski trg značilne številne posebnosti.
In particular, injury indicators related to the financial performance of the sampled Union producers, such as profitability and return on investment, were seriously affected.
Nekaj strani je trdilo, da bodo ukrepi industrijam v Uniji, ki so nižje v prodajni verigi, preprečili dostop do izdelkov z razumno ceno.
It is therefore important that prices be restored to a non-dumped or at least a non-injurious level in order to allow all various producers to operate on the Union market under fair trade circumstances.
Dva latvijska uporabnika, majhen portugalski in majhen poljski uvoznik so dodali, da samo nekateri ruski proizvajalci, s katerimi imajo že dolgo vzpostavljeno razmerje, prodajajo nekatere vrste izdelka in da se na splošno interesi manjših podjetij v Uniji zanemarjajo (v primerjavi z interesi proizvajalcev jekla v Uniji).
In the absence of measures, a further deterioration of the Union industry's economic situation appears very likely.
Te trditve se zavrnejo.
A bad performance on the cold-rolled flat steel products segment would impact the downstream and upstream segments of many Union producers as capacity utilisation on these segments is closely linked to the production of the product investigated.
Kar zadeva drugo točko, so se interesi manjših podjetij v Uniji upoštevali na podlagi razpoložljivih informacij.
It is therefore provisionally concluded that the imposition of anti-dumping duties would be in the interest of the Union industry.
Čeprav ni mogoče oporekati, da lahko dajatve v teoriji negativno vplivajo na uporabnike v smislu višjih nabavnih cen, nobene informacije v spisu ne podpirajo trditve, da so stroški hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla zanje tako veliki (v primerjavi s skupnimi stroški).
Any imposition of anti-dumping measures would allow the Union industry to recover from the effects of injurious dumping found.
Poleg tega se lahko povečani stroški (delno) prenesejo naprej.
INTEREST OF UNRELATED IMPORTERS
Predlagana stopnja dajatev se poleg tega ne more šteti za nerazumno visoko.
As indicated in recital 12, only one company out of the four sampled provided a questionnaire reply.
Hladno valjani ploščati izdelki iz jekla so osnovni proizvod, ki se ne proizvaja zgolj v številnih državah Unije, temveč tudi v številnih državah, ki že izvažajo v Unijo po razumnih cenah.
Further, the investigation revealed that out of the 13 companies that had come forward at sampling stage, none of them qualified as a pure unrelated importer.
Zato se zdi, da je strah pred omejenim dostopom do izdelkov z razumnimi cenami in nerazpoložljivostjo zelo posebnih vrst neutemeljen.
Indeed, most of the parties initially contacted were in fact (groups of) steel service centres, generally with relationships either with the Union industry or parties in the countries concerned.
Glede na navedeno se začasno sklene, da uvedba ukrepov ne bi imela nesorazmernega negativnega učinka na uporabnike.
The Commission sought further cooperation from more unrelated importers at a later stage but no unrelated importer which had come forward at the sampling stage was eventually willing to provide the Commission with a questionnaire reply.
DRUGE INTERESNE SKUPINE
The investigation showed that an increase in prices derived from measures, if any, would not have a direct impact on unrelated importers.
Ena zainteresirana stran je trdila, da bodo ukrepi upočasnili okrevanje številnih ključnih industrij, negativno vplivali na inovacije, gospodarsko rast in delovna mesta ter zmanjšali potrošnjo in dobrobit potrošnikov.
In principle, there is no evidence that importers or steel service centres might be unable to pass on price increases to their customers.
Ta trditev, ki ni bila dodatno utemeljena, se zavrne.
In addition they can also import from other countries not subject to this investigation.
Jeklarska industrija ima v smislu gospodarske rasti, inovacij in zaposlenosti strateški položaj v Uniji.
An Italian association representing 32 Italian service centres stated that imports are necessary for companies active in the distribution sector because diversifying the sources of supply guarantees secure and reliable supplies to their clients.
Zato se pričakuje, da bodo ukrepi za zagotavljanje pomoči industriji Unije spodbudili inovacije, rast in delovna mesta v Uniji kot celoti.
This is allegedly a concern since Italian cold-rolled flat steel producers made investments in galvanising lines (i.e. reduced sales of cold-rolled flat steel products onto the Union free market) and had some production and shipments issues with cold-rolled flat steel products, which provoked uncertainty in the Italian national market.
Ob upoštevanju velikega deleža pritožnikov v primerjavi s celotno proizvodnjo hladno valjanega ploščatega jekla v Uniji in znatnega tržnega deleža industrije Unije so nekatere zainteresirane strani navedle, da se bojijo zmanjšanja konkurence na trgu Unije, ustvarjanja prevladujočih družb in tveganja oligopola proizvajalcev Unije.
In this regard it is noted that duties should contribute to continuous security of supply for the distributors' clients.
Nobena stran ni predložila dokazov za te trditve.
Without duties, some of the cold-rolled flat steel producers in the Union might have to close down/reduce their cold-rolled flat steel production activities and leave many Union users with limited sources of supply.
Trditev se zato zavrne.
Moreover the level of measures will lead to a level playing field but still allow for imports from the countries concerned (at fair prices) and other sources.
Konkurenca na trgu Unije se bo nedvomno ohranila zaradi prisotnosti številnih subjektov na trgu iz EU in tretjih držav, prav tako pa so pomemben dejavnik konkurenčnosti cene.
Last, a group of cooperating steel service centres indicated to be favourable to measures in the short-medium run as a means to help Union mills.
Ukrepi na predlagani stopnji ne bi smeli prekiniti uvoza iz zadevnih držav.
In view of the above, it is provisionally concluded that the imposition of measures will not have significant negative effects on the interest of the Union importers.
Uvoz, vključno z uvozom iz držav, ki so trenutno povezane z dampinškimi praksami, bo lahko svobodno konkuriral na trgu Unije po poštenih cenah.
INTEREST OF USERS
Po mnenju ene zainteresirane strani je verjetno, da bodo ukrepi negativno vplivali na strani, ki zastopajo večje in širše interese od interesov pritožnikov.
The main end-user industries for cold-rolled flat steel products are automotive, household appliances (white goods), construction and a large variety of industrial goods.
Po njenem mnenju industrije, ki so nižje v prodajni verigi, zagotavljajo mnogo več delovnih mest, kot prikazujejo „nejasni podatki, za katere se zdi, da so jih pritožniki navedli poljubno“.
Large users (such as belonging to the automotive or household appliance sectors) did not cooperate in the proceeding.
Vendar niso bili predloženi količinska opredelitev takega učinka ali podatki o zaposlenosti, zato trditev ni bilo mogoče navzkrižno preveriti.
Only three users in Latvia with imports from Russia cooperated with the investigation.
Enako velja za zelo odkrito trditev sodelujočih proizvajalcev Unije glede učinka na potrošnike.
Duties affecting Russian cold-rolled flat steel products might have some impact at least on one of them.
Komisija je zato na podlagi elementov informacij v spisu, ki so se lahko razumno preiskali in količinsko opredelili, izvedla analizo interesa Unije.
But due to their size and specific activities, these users cannot be considered to be representative of the impact of duties on Union cold-rolled flat steel products users as a whole.
SKLEP O INTERESU UNIJE
According to a submission of an Italian association representing 32 Italian service centres, measures would trigger more delocalisation of major users in industrial groups from Italy and it referred to Electrolux and Whirlpool.
Ob upoštevanju navedenega se začasno sklene, da bi uvedba ukrepov prispevala k okrevanju industrije Unije in omogočila posebne naložbe ter raziskave in razvoj, da bi bili proizvajalci hladno valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla v Uniji bolje pripravljeni na prihodnost in da bi povečali svojo konkurenčnost.
Allegedly, the delocalisation process had started some time ago, hurts Italy's overall economy and has negative social implications resulting from the loss of jobs.
Industrija Unije se je že v (nedavni) preteklosti zelo prestrukturirala.
Even if it cannot be contested that duties can in the abstract affect users negatively in terms of higher purchase prices, nothing on the file supports that for Italian users cold-rolled flat steel products costs are so significant (as compared to total costs) to affect profitability and trigger delocalisation of major industrial groups.
Brez dajatev bi morali nekateri proizvajalci hladno valjanega ploščatega jekla v Uniji prenehati poslovati/zmanjšati dejavnosti, povezane s hladno valjanimi ploščatimi izdelki iz jekla, ter odpustiti na stotine zaposlenih, zaradi česar bi imeli mnogi uporabniki v Uniji omejene vire oskrbe.
The level of duties proposed cannot be deemed prohibitive either.
Učinek ukrepov na nekaj preostalih strani v Uniji, ki so se javile, se ne more šteti za znatnega.
In addition, nothing confirms whether users in non-Italian markets might be or will be experiencing the same as what is alleged for the Italian ones — according to the abovementioned Italian association, the specificities of the Italian market are manifold.
Nič v spisu ne kaže, da bi bil lahko morebiten drug učinek na druge subjekte (ki se niso javili) večji od pozitivnih učinkov ukrepov na industrijo Unije.
A few parties submitted that measures will prevent Union downstream industries from having access to reasonably priced products.
Zdi se, da ukrepi koristijo industrijam, ki so višje v prodajni verigi, kot so dobavitelji surovin in proizvajalci strojev, ki ne (ali v omejeni meri) dobavljajo proizvajalcem v zadevnih državah.