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Medium to Long-Term Programme on Technological and Scientific Development (2006-2020) promulgated by the State Council in 2006;
Ker je industrija Unije večinoma navpično integrirana in se zadevni izdelek obravnava kot osnovni material za proizvodnjo različnih izdelkov z dodano vrednostjo na koncu proizvodne verige, ki se začne s hladno valjanimi izdelki, sta se poraba na zaprtem trgu in poraba na prostem trgu analizirali ločeno.
Administrative Measures for National Science and Technology Support Plan as revised in 2011;
Razlikovanje med zaprtim in prostim trgom je pomembno za analizo škode, saj izdelki, ki so namenjeni za lastne potrebe, niso izpostavljeni neposredni konkurenci uvoza, transferne cene pa so določene znotraj skupine v skladu z različnimi politikami cen.
Administrative measures for National High Technology Research and Development Plan (863 Plan) as revised in 2011;
Nasprotno s tem proizvodnja, ki je namenjena za prosti trg, neposredno konkurira uvozu zadevnega izdelka, cene pa so proste tržne cene.
Notice of establishment of the Guidance Catalogue of high and new technology products;
Da bi lahko Komisija čim celoviteje ponazorila industrijo Unije, je pridobila podatke za celotno dejavnost podobnega izdelka in določila, ali je proizvodnja namenjena za lastne potrebe ali za prosti trg.
The grants provided under this programme confers subsidies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(i) and Article 3(2) of the basic Regulation i.e. a transfer of funds from the GOC in the form of grants to the producers of the product concerned.
Ugotovila je, da je približno 60 % celotne proizvodnje proizvajalcev Unije namenjene za lastne potrebe.
The Commission also determined that these subsidies are specific within the meaning of Article 4(2)(a) of the basic Regulation because only companies operating in key technologies as listed in the guidelines and catalogues that are published on a regular basis are eligible to receive them.
Poraba za lastne potrebe na trgu Unije
The steel sector is listed among the eligible sectors.
Komisija je potrošnjo Unije za lastno uporabo določila na podlagi lastnih potreb in lastne prodaje vseh znanih proizvajalcev v Uniji na trgu Unije.
The Commission considered that this subsidy is specific given that the legislation itself, pursuant to which the granting authority operates, limited the access to this scheme only to the steel industry (cfr. the Revitalisation Plan mentioned in the legal basis) or specifically mentioned the steel industry (such as the Medium to Long-Term Programme on Technological and Scientific Development and the 863 Plan).
Na podlagi tega se je potrošnja Unije za lastno uporabo spreminjala, kot sledi:
The fact that other industries were mentioned does not contradict its findings on specificity.
Preglednica 1
The benefit was calculated in accordance with the methodology described in recital (370) above.
Poraba za lastne potrebe na trgu Unije (v tonah)
The amount of subsidy established with regard to this type of subsidies during the IP for the sampled exporting producers was as follows:
Vir: izpolnjeni vprašalnik združenja Eurofer.
Technological upgrading or transformation grants
Poraba za lastne potrebe
Ad hoc grants provided by municipal/regional authorities
Indeks (2012 = 100)
The complaint provided evidence which showed that the steel industry in the PRC may receive various one-off or recurring grants from different levels of government authorities, i.e. local, regional and national.
V obravnavanem obdobju se je poraba Unije za lastne potrebe na trgu Unije povečala za približno 4 %.
The investigation revealed that all sampled groups of companies also received significant one-off or recurring grants from various government levels resulting in the receipt of benefits during the IP.
To povečanje je predvsem posledica rasti na zaprtih trgih, vključno s proizvodnjo delov, kakršne uporablja avtomobilska industrija.
Some of these had already been reported by the sampled companies in their respective questionnaire replies, while others were found on-the-spot during the verification visits.
Poraba za prosto uporabo na trgu Unije
None of them were disclosed in the questionnaire reply of the GOC.
Komisija je porabo Unije na prostem trgu določila na podlagi (a) prodaje vseh znanih proizvajalcev Unije na trgu Unije in (b) uvoza iz vseh tretjih držav v Unijo v skladu s poročili Eurostata, pri čemer je upoštevala tudi podatke, ki so jih predložili sodelujoči proizvajalci izvozniki v zadevni državi.
Legal Basis
Na podlagi tega se je poraba Unije na prostem trgu spreminjala, kot sledi.
These grants were given to the companies by national, provincial, city, county or district government authorities and all appeared to be specific to the sampled companies, or specific in terms of location or type of industry.
Preglednica 2
The level of legal detail for the exact law under which these benefits were granted, if there was any legal basis for them at all, was not disclosed.
Poraba na prostem trgu (v tonah)
However, the Commission was sometimes provided with a copy of a document issued by a government authority which accompanied the grant of funds (referred to as ‘the notice’) during the verification visit.
Poraba na prostem trgu
Given the large amount of different grants contained in the complaint and/or found in the books of the sampled companies, only a summary of the key findings is presented in this Regulation.
V obravnavanem obdobju se je poraba Unije na prostem trgu povečala za približno 12 %.
Evidence of the existence of numerous grants and the fact that they had been granted by various levels of the GOC were initially supplied by the four sampled companies.
To povečanje je predvsem posledica gospodarskega okrevanja industrije na koncu proizvodne verige.
Examples of such grants were patent funds, science and technology funds and awards, business development funds, grants for basic infrastructure, support funds provided at district or provincial level, funds for the import of iron ore, funds for the company's relocation, overseas advanced technology introduction special fund, interest discounts on loans for imported equipment.
Z združitvijo teh dveh preglednic se je skupna poraba (torej skupaj poraba na zaprtem in prostem trgu) v obravnavanem obdobju razvijala, kot sledi.
These grants constitute subsidies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(i) and (2) of the basic Regulation as a transfer of funds from the GOC in the form of grants to the producers of the product concerned took place and a benefit was thereby conferred.
Preglednica 3
These grants are also specific within the meaning of Articles 4(2)(a) and 4(3) of the basic Regulation given that they appear to be limited to certain companies or specific projects in specific regions and/or the steel industry.
Skupna poraba (zaprti in prosti trg) (v tonah)
These grants do not meet the non-specificity requirements of Article 4(2)(b) of the basic Regulation, given that the eligibility conditions and the actual selection criteria for enterprises to be eligible are not transparent, not objective and do not apply automatically.
Vir: izpolnjeni vprašalnik združenja Eurofer in Eurostat.
In all cases the companies provided information as to the amount of the grant, and from whom the grant was received.
Skupna poraba
The companies concerned also mostly booked this income under the heading ‘subsidy income’ in their accounts and had had these accounts independently audited.
Iz te preglednice je razvidno, da se je skupna poraba povečala na raven, ki je bila v obdobju preiskave višja kot na začetku obravnavanega obdobja.
This has been taken as positive evidence of a subsidy that conferred a countervailable benefit.
Gibanje je mogoče pojasniti s povečanjem porabe za lastne potrebe, ki se je povečala veliko bolj, kot se je absolutno povečala poraba na prostem trgu.
Therefore, the Commission decided that the verified findings during on-the-spot verifications represented a reasonable indicator of the level of subsidisation in this respect.
Uvoz iz zadevne države
As those grants share common features, they are awarded by a public authority and are not part of a wider subsidy programme, but individual grants, the Commission assessed them together.
Obseg in tržni delež uvoza iz zadevne države
In its reply to the disclosure the GOC claimed that not enough detail was provided by the Commission in order to justify the specificity of these grants.
Komisija je obseg uvoza določila na podlagi podatkovne zbirke Eurostata.
It should be pointed out, however, that very little detail was supplied to the Commission relating to these grants in questionnaire replies.
Tržni delež uvoza je bil določen na podlagi primerjave obsega uvoza s porabo Unije na prostem trgu, kot je navedena v preglednici v uvodni izjavi (414).
The sampled exporting producers did not challenge the amounts calculated by the Commission, which were disclosed to them.
Uvoz iz LRK v Unijo se je gibal na naslednji način.
They also did not challenge the fact that these grants were received from the GOC.
Preglednica 4
The findings of the verifications were very different to the number and total value of grants reported in the questionnaire responses of the GOC.
Skupni subvencionirani uvoz (v tonah) in tržni delež
The Commission decided that the on-the-spot findings represented a reasonable indicator of the level of subsidisation in this respect.
Vir: Eurostat.
The fact that the Commission stated that the grants ‘appear’ to be limited exactly refers to this lack of transparency concerning the existence of objective eligibility criteria for the sampled companies.
Obseg uvoza iz LRK
The Commission did not accept that this approach demonstrates any failing to justify the specificity of the countervailed grants.
Tržni delež LRK
The claim that the Commission did not meet the required standard for specificity was therefore rejected.
Iz te preglednice je razvidno, da se je v obravnavanem obdobju absolutna vrednost uvoza iz zadevne države močno povečala.
The amount of subsidy established with regard to this type of subsidies during the IP for the sampled exporting producers was as follow:
Obenem se je v obravnavanem obdobju skupni tržni delež uvoza iz Kitajske v Unijo povečal za več kot petkrat.
Ad hoc grants
Cene uvoza iz zadevne države in nelojalno nižanje prodajnih cen
Other grant schemes
Komisija je cene uvoza določila na podlagi podatkov Eurostata.
No financial contribution was received by the sampled exporting producers from the remaining grant programmes mentioned in section 3.3(iii) above during the IP.
Tehtana povprečna cena uvoza iz zadevne države v Unijo se je spreminjala, kot sledi.
Total for all grant schemes
Preglednica 5
The total subsidy amounts established with regard to all grants during the IP for the sampled exporting producers were as follows:
Cene uvoza (v EUR/tono)
Grants
Povprečna cena subvencioniranega uvoza
‘Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Demonstration Bases’ (‘Demonstration Bases’) and ‘Common Service Platforms’
Povprečne cene uvoza so leta 2012 znašale 600 EUR/tono, v obdobju preiskave pa so se znižale na 404 EUR/tono.
This subsidy programme had been challenged by the USA at the WTO.
V obravnavanem obdobju se je povprečna cena subvencioniranega uvoza na enoto znižala za približno 33 %.
In April 2016, China and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding [52], in which China committed itself to terminate, amend or replace all the legal instruments connected to this programme.
Komisija je nelojalno nižanje prodajnih cen v obdobju preiskave ocenila tako, da je primerjala:
During consultations, the GOC provided further proof of the implementation of these commitments.
tehtane povprečne prodajne cene za posamezno vrsto izdelka šestih proizvajalcev Unije, zaračunane nepovezanim strankam na prostem trgu Unije, prilagojene na raven cene franko tovarna, ter
In addition, none of the sampled companies had benefited from this programme during the IP.
ustrezne tehtane povprečne cene na ravni cen CIF meja Unije za uvožene vrste izdelka sodelujočih proizvajalcev zadevne države, zaračunane prvi neodvisni stranki na trgu Unije, z ustreznimi prilagoditvami za stroške po uvozu.
Therefore, the Commission considered that there was no evidence of subsidisation to be countervailed under this programme.
Cene so se primerjale za vsako vrsto izdelka posebej za posle na isti ravni trgovanja in po morebitni ustrezni prilagoditvi ter odbitku rabatov in popustov.
Subsidisation of the provision of HRF imports to the EU
Rezultat primerjave je bil izražen kot delež prihodkov od prodaje proizvajalcev Unije v obdobju preiskave.
Recital (5) requires that there has been a financial contribution by a government or a public body ‘within the territory’ of the subsidizing country.
Ta prilagoditev je bila uporabljena tudi v preiskavi v zvezi z nekaterimi hladno valjanimi ploščatimi jeklenimi izdelki [55], zato je Komisija menila, da je ta znesek ustrezen tudi v tem primeru: zadevni izdelek sedanje preiskave je v številnih vidikih podoben nekaterim hladno valjanim ploščatim jeklenim izdelkom.
Moreover, Article 4 of the basic Regulation refers to the concept of specificity when a foreign government gives a subsidy to its industry ‘within the jurisdiction of the granting authority’.
Na podlagi navedenega je bilo ugotovljeno, da so se s subvencioniranim uvozom iz Kitajske cene industrije Unije nelojalno znižale za od 2,7 % do 5,6 %.
It follows that subsidies given by a foreign government to entities outside its jurisdiction, such as unrelated importers in the European Union or even the end customer in the European Union are not covered by the instrument insofar as they cannot be attributed to the exporting producer.
Gospodarski položaj industrije Unije
The Commission did not find evidence that countervailable subsidies are provided by GOC to entities which are related to the exporting producer.
Splošne opombe
Upon disclosure, the complainant stated that the Commission's interpretation of recital 5 and Article 4 of the basic Regulation were erroneous.
V skladu s členom 8(4) osnovne uredbe je proučitev vpliva subvencioniranega uvoza na industrijo Unije vključevala oceno vseh gospodarskih kazalnikov, ki so vplivali na položaj industrije Unije v obravnavanem obdobju.
In its view, Recital 5 is not a binding norm and to the extent to which there is a territorial requirement, it does not apply an overriding requirement.
Makroekonomski kazalniki (proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost, izkoriščenost zmogljivosti, obseg prodaje, zaloge, rast, tržni delež, zaposlenost, produktivnost in višina stopenj dampinga) so se ocenili na ravni celotne industrije Unije.
In support of this contention, the complainant cited recital 3 of the basic Regulation according to which WTO rules — which do not have a territorial restriction under the Panel's finding in Brazil — Aircraft [53]- should be taken into account.
Ocena je temeljila na informacijah, ki jih je navedel pritožnik ter ki so bile navzkrižno preverjene s podatki, ki so jih navedli proizvajalci Unije, in razpoložljivimi uradnimi statističnimi podatki (ki jih je zagotovil Eurostat).
With respect to Article 4 of the basic Regulation, the complainant found support for its interpretation in paragraph 4, according to which there is specificity of export- contingent subsidies.
Analiza mikroekonomskih kazalnikov (prodajne cene, dobičkonosnost, denarni tok, naložbe, donosnost naložb, zmožnost zbiranja kapitala, plače in proizvodni stroški) je bila izvedena na ravni vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije.
The Commission rejected these arguments.
Ocena je temeljila na njihovih informacijah, ki so bile ustrezno preverjene.
First of all, the recitals of the basic regulation are legally binding, as they set out the motivation of the basic Regulation.
Da bi lahko Komisija čim celoviteje ponazorila industrijo Unije, je pridobila podatke za celotno proizvodnjo zadevnega izdelka in določila, ali je proizvodnja namenjena za lastne potrebe ali za prosti trg.
As such they form an important source for the interpretation of the legal act.
Komisija je za nekatere kazalnike v zvezi z industrijo Unije ločeno analizirala podatke o proizvodnji za prosti trg in zaprti trg ter opravila primerjalno analizo.
Second, the complainant does not follow its own position, when it tries to oppose the territoriality element in recital 5 by reference to another recital, namely recital 3.
Ti dejavniki so: prodaja, tržni delež, cene na enoto, stroški na enoto, dobičkonosnost in denarni tok.
It is unclear, why recital 3 should be legally non-binding, while recital 3 would be legally binding.
Druge gospodarske kazalnike pa bi bilo mogoče smiselno proučiti le glede na celotno dejavnost, vključno z uporabo proizvodnje industrije Unije za lastne potrebe, ker so odvisni od celotne dejavnosti in ni pomembno, ali gre za proizvodnjo za lastne potrebe ali prodajo na prostem trgu.
Hence, the formal argument against recital 5 is not convincing.
Ti dejavniki so: proizvodnja, zmogljivost, izkoriščenost zmogljivosti, naložbe, donosnost naložb, zaposlenost, produktivnost, zaloge in stroški dela.
Third, the authority of the Panel in Brazil — Aircraft does not cover the present case.
Za te dejavnike je upravičeno analizirati celotno industrijo Unije in tako določiti popolno sliko škode, povzročene industriji Unije, saj obravnavanih podatkov ni mogoče razdeliti na prodajo za lastne potrebe in prodajo na prostem trgu.
In the Panel case the subsidy was given to the aircraft suppliers within Brazil and shared with purchasers outside.
Makroekonomski kazalniki
Here, the subsidy would not be given to Chinese producers in China at all, but only to actors outside.
Proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
Fourth, the reference to Article 4(4) of the basic Regulation does not support the complainant's point either.
Celotna proizvodnja Unije, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti so se v obravnavanem obdobju gibale na naslednji način.
Under the provision, a subsidy is specific when the granting authority gives it to a producing company located within its jurisdiction with the proviso that it should be used for export purposes.
Preglednica 6
That is fundamentally different from granting a subsidy directly to an actor outside its jurisdiction.
Obseg proizvodnje (v tonah)
For these reasons, the Commission maintained its position that subsidies given by foreign government to entities outside its jurisdiction, such as unrelated importers in the European Union or even the end customer in the European Union are not covered by the instrument insofar as they cannot be attributed to the exporting producer.
Proizvodna zmogljivost (v tonah)
Conclusion on subsidisation
Izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
The Commission calculated the amount of countervailable subsidies in accordance with the provisions of the basic Regulation for the sampled companies by examining each subsidy or subsidy programme, and added these figures together to calculate a total amount of subsidisation for each exporting producer for the IP.
Obseg proizvodnje industrije Unije se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečal za 2 %, čeprav je en italijanski proizvajalec Unije v istem obdobju svojo proizvodnjo precej zmanjšal (za 3 milijone ton).
To calculate the overall subsidisation below, the Commission first calculated the percentage subsidisation, being the subsidy amount as a percentage of the company's total turnover.
Sporočeni podatki o zmogljivosti se nanašajo na tehnično zmogljivost, kar kaže, da so bile upoštevane prilagoditve za čas vzpostavitve, vzdrževanje, ozka grla in druge običajne zaustavitve, ki so v industriji normalne.
This percentage was then used to calculate the subsidy allocated to exports of the product concerned to the Union during the IP.
Proizvodna zmogljivost se je v obravnavanem obdobju zaradi zaustavitve proizvodnje v Belgiji in Italiji zmanjšala.
The subsidy amount per tonne of product concerned exported to the Union during the IP was then calculated, and the margins below calculated as a percentage of the Costs, Insurance and Freight (‘CIF’) value of the same exports per tonne.
Zaradi majhnega povečanja obsega proizvodnje, ki je bilo zlasti posledica povečanja porabe za lastne potrebe (+ 4 %) in proste porabe (+ 12 %), se je izkoriščenost zmogljivosti povečala, in to kljub precejšnjemu zmanjšanju obsega proizvodnje zlasti pri enem italijanskem proizvajalcu Unije.
In accordance with Article 15(3) of the basic Regulation, the total subsidy amount for the cooperating companies not included in the sample is calculated on the basis of the total weighted average amount of countervailing subsidies established for the cooperating exporting producers in the sample with the exclusion of negligible amounts as well as the amount of subsidies established for the grants of Jiangsu Shagang Group which are subject to the provisions of Article 28(1) of the basic Regulation.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež
However, the Commission did not disregard findings related to preferential lending even if it had to rely partially on best facts available to determine those amounts.
Obseg prodaje industrije Unije in tržni delež na prostem trgu sta se v obravnavanem obdobju spreminjala, kot sledi.
Indeed, the Commission considered that the best facts available and used in those cases did not affect substantially the information needed to determine the amount of subsidisation through the preferential leading in a fairly manner, so that exporters who were not asked to cooperate in the investigation were not prejudiced by using this approach.
Preglednica 7
In any event, the Commission recalled that non-sampled cooperating companies can have recourse to accelerated reviews in accordance with Article 20 of the basic Regulation.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež (prosti trg)
Given the high rate of cooperation of Chinese exporting producers, the amount for ‘all other companies’ was set at the level of the highest amount established for the sampled companies.
Obseg prodaje (v tonah)
The ‘all other companies’ amount will be applied to those companies which did not cooperate in the investigation.
Tržni delež
Company name
Obseg prodaje industrije Unije na trgu Unije je bil v obravnavanem obdobju razmeroma stabilen in je znašal od 27 do 28 milijonov ton.
Amount of countervailable subsidies
Tržni delež industrije Unije glede na porabo Unije se je v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšal za več kot 9 odstotnih točk, in sicer s 86,8 % na 77,7 %.
Other cooperating companies
Zmanjšanje tržnega deleža industrije Unije je precej presegalo majhno povečanje njene prodaje na prostem trgu Unije.
All other companies
V zvezi z zaprtim trgom Unije sta se obseg za lastne potrebe in tržni delež v obravnavanem obdobju spreminjala, kot sledi.
INJURY
Preglednica 8
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
Obseg za lastne potrebe na trgu Unije in tržni delež
Within the Union, 17 companies provided production and sales data in the standing exercise and indicated that they produced the like product during the investigation period.
Obseg za lastne potrebe na trgu Unije (v tonah)
Based on the available information from the complaint, these 17 companies are representing around 90 % of the production of the like product in the Union.
Skupna proizvodnja industrije Unije (v tonah)
Apart from these 17 companies, there were five other companies producing the like product during the investigation period.
Delež za lastne potrebe glede na skupno proizvodnjo
The total Union production during the investigation period was established at around 74,7 million tonnes.
Obseg industrije Unije za lastne potrebe (sestavljen iz porabe in prodaje za lastne potrebe na trgu Unije) na trgu Unije se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečal za 4 %, in sicer s približno 40,7 milijona ton leta 2011 na 42,2 milijona ton v obdobju preiskave.
The Commission established the figure on the basis of all the available information concerning the Union industry, such as information from the complainant and from all known producers in the Union.
Tržni delež zaprtega trga industrije Unije, izražen kot delež skupne proizvodnje, je v obravnavanem obdobju ostal stabilen in je znašal od 55,7 % do 56,7 %.