natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
In addition, following definitive disclosure, on 12 January 2017, a second hearing took place to discuss, inter alia, this adjustment.
Institucije Unije morajo v skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso obravnavati vse dejavnike, ki so potrebni za določitev, ali povezani trgovec opravlja funkcije integriranega prodajnega oddelka zadevnega proizvajalca, pri čemer ti dejavniki ne smejo biti omejeni na zadevni izdelek.
Shagang reiterated that its related companies (two traders located in Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively) only deal with Shagang products, as far as steel products are concerned and that the fact that the related traders are also involved in the trading of products (other than steel) not produced by Shagang is irrelevant in establishing the existence of a single economic entity.
Institucije Unije so zlasti upravičene do obravnavanja dejavnikov, kot sta prodaja drugih izdelkov, ne zadevnega izdelka, pri povezanem trgovcu in prodaja izdelkov, ki jih ne dobavlja proizvajalec, s katerim je trgovec povezan, pri takem trgovcu.
Under established case-law, the Union institutions are required to consider all factors necessary to determine whether the related trader carries out the functions of an integrated sales department within that producer and that those factors cannot be limited to the product concerned.
Komisija je v skladu s tem analizirala več dejavnikov in med drugim ugotovila, da: (i) je povezana družba na Kitajskem povezanim trgovcem v tujini zaračunavala dosleden pribitek; (ii) je glavna dejavnost teh trgovcev, ki je predstavljala približno 90 % njihovega prometa, zajemala trgovanje z drugimi izdelki, ne z zadevnim izdelkom, vključno s trgovalnimi dejavnostmi z nepovezanimi strankami; (iii) v nekaterih primerih je bilo ugotovljeno, da so bili pri izvozni prodaji v Unijo plačani pristojbine in stroški; (iv) v obrtnem dovoljenju enega od teh povezanih trgovcev so bile glavne dejavnosti trgovca opisane kot „posredništvo pri veleprodaji za plačilo ali po pogodbi, npr. komisionarji“; (v) na podlagi bilance stanja poslovnega izida je bilo potrjeno, da so se z dobičkom povezanih trgovcev krili vsi zadevni pisarniški izdatki, namesto da bi se ti izdatki krili s finančnimi prispevki matične družbe.
In particular, the Union institutions are entitled to take into account factors such as sales by a related trader of products other than the product concerned as well as sales by such a trader of products supplied by producers other than the producer to which it is related.
Komisija je zato sklenila, da povezani trgovci in družba Shagang ne pomenijo enega samega gospodarskega subjekta.
Accordingly, the Commission analysed several factors and established, inter alia, that: (i) there was a consistent mark-up charged by a related company in China to its related traders abroad; (ii) the main activity of these traders, amounting to around 90 % of their turnover, consisted of trading products other than the product concerned including trading activities with unrelated parties; (iii) in some cases, fees and expenses were found to have been paid in export sales to the Union; (iv) the business licence of one of these related traders described its main activities as ‘wholesale on a fee or contract basis, e.g. commission agents’; (v) based on verified the Profit & Loss sheet it was established that the related traders own profit covered all relevant office expenditures, instead of these expenditures being covered by financial contributions from the parent company.
Trditev je bila zato zavrnjena, prilagoditev v skladu s členom 2(10)(i) osnovne uredbe pa ohranjena.
Therefore, the Commission found that the related traders and Shagang do not form a single economic entity.
Stopnja dampinga
The claim was therefore rejected and the adjustment under Article 2(10)(i) of the basic Regulation was maintained.
Zaradi popravka pri oblikovanju izvozne cene iz uvodne izjave 33 zgoraj so bile stopnje dampinga dveh skupin družb znova izračunane in so se rahlo zvišale.
Dumping margin
To zvišanje je vplivalo tudi na stopnjo dampinga vseh drugih sodelujočih in nesodelujočih družb, saj ta stopnja temelji na stopnjah sodelujočih družb.
Due to the correction made on construction of the export price mentioned in recital (33) above, the dumping margins of two groups of companies were recalculated, which led to their slight increase.
Dokončne stopnje dampinga, izražene kot delež cene CIF meja Unije brez plačane dajatve, so:
This increase also had an impact on the dumping margin of all other cooperating and non-cooperating companies since this margin is based on the margins of cooperating companies.
Tabela 1
The definitive dumping margins expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, are as follows:
Stopnje dampinga, LRK
Table 1
Kitajski proizvajalci izvozniki
Dumping margins, the PRC
Dokončna stopnja dampinga
Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd
Druge sodelujoče družbe
Hesteel Group Co., Ltd
Vse druge družbe
Other cooperating companies
ŠKODA
All other companies
Opredelitev industrije in proizvodnje Unije
INJURY
Ker pripomb glede opredelitve industrije in proizvodnje Unije ni bilo, so bili sklepi iz uvodnih izjav od 62 do 66 začasne uredbe potrjeni.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
Poraba Unije
In the absence of any comments with respect to the definition of the Union industry and Union production the conclusions set out in recitals (62) to (66) of the provisional Regulation were confirmed.
Ena zainteresirana stran je navedla, da je bila splošna poraba Unije podcenjena, saj se prodaja proizvajalcev Unije povezanim družbam pod pogoji, ki so primerljivi s pogoji na prostem trgu, ni upoštevala v izračunu porabe Unije.
Union consumption
Ta trditev je bila zavrnjena.
One interested party submitted that the overall Union consumption has been underestimated as sales by Union producers to related companies, made at conditions comparable to those granted on the free market, have been excluded from the calculation of the Union consumption.
Prvič, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 69 začasne uredbe, je razlikovanje med zaprtim in prostim trgom pomembno za analizo škode, saj izdelki, ki so namenjeni za lastne potrebe, niso izpostavljeni neposredni konkurenci uvoza, transferne cene pa so določene v posameznih skupinah v skladu z različnimi politikami cen.
This claim was rejected: First, as set out in recital (69) of the provisional Regulation, the distinction between captive and free market is relevant for the injury analysis because products destined for captive use are not exposed to direct competition from imports, and transfer prices are set within the groups according to various price policies.
Nasprotno s tem je proizvodnja, ki je namenjena za prosti trg, v neposredni konkurenci z uvozom zadevnega izdelka, cene pa so proste tržne cene.
By contrast, production destined for the free market is in direct competition with imports of the product concerned, and prices are free market prices.
Drugič, celoten prosti trg vključuje prodajo proizvajalcev Unije nepovezanim strankam in prodajo povezanim družbam, ki ni namenjena za lastne potrebe.
Second, the total free market includes sales of Union producers to unrelated customers and non-captive sales to related companies.
S preiskavo je bilo potrjeno, da je ta prodaja, ki ni namenjena za lastne potrebe, pravzaprav prodaja po tržnih cenah in da je lahko povezani kupec svobodno izbral dobavitelja, ne glede na to, ali je bil ta dobavitelj povezan ali ne.
It has been investigated and confirmed that these non-captive sales are indeed sales at market prices and that the related buyer had a free choice of supplier, irrespective of whether this supplier was related or not.
Zato poraba Unije (na prostem trgu) ni bila podcenjena.
Consequently, the Union consumption (free market) has not been underestimated.
V zvezi s tem je bil v tabelah 2 in 3 začasne uredbe naveden in pojasnjen razvoj porabe Unije na zaprtem in prostem trgu.
In this regard, in Tables 2 and 3 of the provisional Regulation, the development of the Union consumption on the captive market and the free market was reported and explained.
Z združitvijo teh dveh tabel se je skupna poraba (torej na zaprtem in prostem trgu) v zadevnem obdobju razvijala, kot sledi.
By merging these two tables, the overall consumption (thus including captive and free market) evolved as follows during the period considered:
Tabela 2
Table 2
Skupna poraba (zaprti in prosti trg) (v tonah)
Overall consumption (captive and free market) (tonnes)
Vir: izpolnjeni vprašalnik združenja Eurofer in Eurostat.
Source: Eurofer questionnaire reply and Eurostat
Skupna poraba
Overall consumption
Indeks (2012 = 100)
Index (2012 = 100)
Zgornja tabela kaže, da se je skupna poraba povečala na raven, ki je bila v obdobju preiskave višja kot na začetku obravnavanega obdobja.
The above table shows that overall consumption has increased to a level that was higher in the investigation period than at the beginning of the period considered.
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.
The trend is explained by the increase in captive consumption which was much stronger than the increase in free market consumption in absolute terms.
Zato je Komisija potrdila svoje sklepe o porabi Unije iz uvodnih izjav od 67 do 74 začasne uredbe.
Thus, the Commission confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (67) to (74) of the provisional Regulation on Union consumption.
Uvoz iz zadevne države
Imports from the country concerned
Ker pripomb glede obsega, tržnega deleža in cen uvoza iz zadevne države ni bilo, je Komisija tudi v zvezi s temi zadevami potrdila sklepe iz uvodnih izjav od 75 do 82 začasne uredbe.
In the absence of any comments with respect to the volume, market share and price of the imports from the country concerned, the Commission also confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (75) to (82) of the provisional Regulation on these topics.
Gospodarski položaj industrije Unije
General remarks
V zvezi s tem delom začasne uredbe ni prispela nobena pripomba.
No comments concerning this part of the provisional regulation were received.
Makroekonomski kazalniki
Macroeconomic indicators
Po sprejetju začasnih ukrepov je ena zainteresirana stran trdila, da večina makroekonomskih kazalnikov industrije Unije kaže pozitiven trend, in se ni strinjala z ugotovitvijo Komisije, da je industrija Unije utrpela znatno škodo.
Following provisional measures, one interested party claimed that most macroeconomic indicators of the Union industry show a positive trend and disagreed with the Commission's finding that the Union industry has incurred material injury.
Ta trditev je bila zavrnjena.
This claim was rejected.
Prvič, Komisija v začasni uredbi ni navedla, da je industrija Unije utrpela znatno škodo.
First, the Commission did not state in the provisional Regulation that the Union industry has incurred material injury.
Ravno nasprotno, v uvodni izjavi 119 je navedla, da je bila industrija Unije ob koncu obdobja preiskave v slabem položaju, vendar ne tako slabem, da bi v obravnavanem obdobju utrpela znatno škodo v smislu člena 3(5) osnovne uredbe.
On the contrary, it has stated in recital (119) of the provisional Regulation that the Union industry was in a weak situation at the end of the investigation period, but not to the extent that the Union industry has suffered material injury during the period considered within the meaning of Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation.
Drugič, Komisija se je v zvezi s tem, kot je opisano v uvodni izjavi 117 začasne uredbe, sklicevala na dejstvo, da so bili nekateri makroekonomski kazalniki (na primer obseg proizvodnje, izkoriščenost zmogljivosti zaradi povečanja porabe za lastne potrebe in proste porabe) še vedno pozitivni.
Second, in this regard, as described in recital (117) of the provisional Regulation, the Commission referred to the fact that some macroeconomic indicators (such as the production volumes, the capacity utilisation rates due to the increase in the captive and free consumption) were still following a positive trend.
Zato je Komisija potrdila svoje sklepe o makroekonomskih kazalnikih iz uvodnih izjav od 87 do 103 začasne uredbe.
The Commission hence confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (87) to (103) of the provisional Regulation with respect to the macroeconomic indicators.
Mikroekonomski kazalniki
Microeconomic indicators
Zato je ta zainteresirana stran od Komisije zahtevala, naj dodatno razišče, zakaj:
It also indicated that the sampled Union producers remained largely unprofitable during the period considered.
so bile v istem obdobju njihove prodajne cene nižje od njihovih stroškov na enoto proizvodnje.
Therefore, this interested party requested the Commission to further investigate why:
Komisija se je v zvezi s tem najprej sklicevala na uvodno izjavo 106 začasne uredbe.
the sampled Union steel producers incurred during the period 2012-2013 their largest loss when the Chinese import volumes were at a low level and the prices of the Chinese imports were equal to or even higher than the ones of the Union industry;
Ista zainteresirana stran je tudi trdila, da je pri izračunu pretekle količine prodaje na podlagi tabel 7 in 14 začasne uredbe ugotovila, da vzorčeni proizvajalci Unije predstavljajo le 31 % skupnega obsega prodaje industrije Unije, medtem ko je v uvodni izjavi 64 začasne uredbe navedeno, da predstavljajo 45 % skupne proizvodnje Unije.
during the same period their sales prices were lower than their unit cost of production.
Ta zainteresirana stran je navedla, da tako velika razlika vzbuja dvom o reprezentativnosti vzorca in da bi lahko vsaka sprememba vzorca prinesla popolnoma drugačne ugotovitve glede škode.
In 2014, the Union industry started a recovery process which continued also in the first half of 2015.
Ugotovljeno razliko je mogoče pojasniti z dejstvom, da je skupna proizvodnja, ki jo je ta zainteresirana stran uporabila v primerjavi, vključevala prodajo za lastne potrebe, medtem ko bi morala vključevati le prodajo na prostem trgu.
This temporary improvement of the EU industry situation was due to their increased efforts to remain competitive, in particular by increasing the productivity of the Union industry's workforce.
Glede na to ni nobenega razloga za dvom o reprezentativnosti izbranega vzorca.
Second, as mentioned in recital (107) of the provisional Regulation, the cost of production remained generally higher than the decreasing sales prices, and in order to limit the loss in market share, the Union producers followed the downward price spiral and reduced their sales price significantly, in particular during 2015.
Ker ni bilo drugih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav od 104 do 116 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
As a result, the Commission considered that it had sufficiently investigated and clarified these elements.
Sklep o škodi
As mentioned in recital (64) of the provisional Regulation, the total Union production was established at around 74,7 million.
GROŽNJA ŠKODE
This includes both the free and the captive market.
Institucije Unije so v skladu s sodno prakso v nekaterih okoliščinah upravičene, da pri izvajanju protidampinških preiskav, ki so se začele na podlagi domnev o grožnji škode, upoštevajo podatke iz obdobja po preiskavi.
By contrast, Tables 7 and 14 in the provisional Regulation clearly refer to the free market only.
V skladu s sodno prakso dejansko velja, da je za določitev, ali obstaja grožnja škode, po naravi stvari potrebna analiza, ki je usmerjena v prihodnost.
Thus, they include only sales in the free market.
Poleg tega člen 3(9) osnovne uredbe določa, da mora določitev grožnje znatne škode temeljiti na dejstvih in ne le na obtožbah, domnevah ali oddaljeni možnosti ter da mora biti sprememba okoliščin, ki bi ustvarila razmere, v katerih bi damping povzročil škodo, jasno predvidena in neposredno grozeča.
The difference found is explained by the fact that the total production used for the comparison made by this interested party included captive sales, when it should only have included sales in the free market.
Komisija je v skladu s sodno prakso in uvodno izjavo 122 začasne uredbe po uvedbi začasnih ukrepov nadaljevala analizo, ki je usmerjena v prihodnost, tako da je zbrala predvsem podatke iz druge polovice leta 2016 v zvezi z vsemi dejavniki, ki jih je začasno preiskovala, in analizirala, ali bi bilo mogoče s temi dodatnimi podatki potrditi ali razveljaviti ugotovitve, oblikovane na podlagi podatkov iz obdobja preiskave.
Consequently, there is no reason to doubt on the representativity of the chosen sample.
Komisija tudi opozarja, da člen 6(1) osnovne uredbe, ki se enako uporablja za vse preiskave, začete na podlagi domnev o grožnji škode, določa, da morajo reprezentativne ugotovitve temeljiti na obdobju, ki je končano pred začetkom postopkov.
In the absence of other comments, the conclusions set out in recitals (104) to (116) of the provisional Regulation were confirmed.
Namen tega načela je zagotoviti reprezentativnost in zanesljivost rezultatov preiskave z zagotovitvijo, da ravnanje zadevnih proizvajalcev po začetku protidampinškega postopka ne vpliva na dejavnike, na katerih temelji določitev dampinga in škode, in s tem, da je dokončna dajatev, uvedena na podlagi postopka, primerna za učinkovito odpravo škode, ki jo je povzročil damping.
Conclusion on injury
Precej zvišana stopnja dampinškega uvoza na trgu Unije, ki kaže na verjetnost močno povečanega uvoza
On the basis of the analysis of the comments, as summarised in recitals (39) to (54) above, the Commission confirmed its conclusions set out in recitals (117) to (119) of the provisional Regulation.
Posodobitev podatkov za čas po OP
The Commission concluded that the Union industry was in a weak situation at the end of the investigation period but not to the extent that the Union industry has suffered material injury during the period considered within the meaning of Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation.
Kot je določeno v uvodni izjavi 124 začasne uredbe, se je uvoz iz zadevne države od leta 2012 do obdobja preiskave močno povečal, in sicer z 246720 ton na 1519304 ton.
THREAT OF INJURY
V isti uvodni izjavi je tudi navedeno, da se je obseg kitajskega uvoza dodatno povečal (za 8,5 %) v prvi polovici leta 2016 (773275 ton) v primerjavi s prvo polovico leta 2015 (712390 ton).
Under the case-law, the Union institutions are entitled, in certain circumstances, to take post-investigation period data into consideration when conducting anti-dumping investigations initiated on the basis of allegations of threat of injury.
Glede na razpoložljive podatke za dodatno obdobje od julija do septembra 2016 se je dampinški uvoz iz Kitajske, izražen na podlagi mesečnih povprečij, začel zmanjševati v primerjavi z OP (2015) in obdobjem po OP od januarja do junija 2016.
Indeed, the case-law considers that the determination of whether there is a threat of injury, by its very nature, requires a prospective analysis.
Tabela 3
In addition, Article 3(9) of the basic regulation requires that the finding of a threat of material injury is to be based on facts and not merely allegation, conjecture or remote possibility and that the change in circumstances which would create a situation in which the dumping would cause injury must be clearly foreseen and imminent.
Razvoj obsega kitajskega uvoza (v tonah)
As authorised by the case-law, and as indicated in recital (122) of the provisional Regulation, the Commission continued its prospective analysis after the imposition of the provisional measures, by collecting mainly data from the second half of 2016 for all factors which it had provisionally investigated, and analysing whether these additional data could be used to confirm or invalidate the findings based on the data from the investigation period.
Vir: Eurostat.
The Commission further recalls that under Article 6(1) of the Basic Regulation, which equally applies to investigations initiated on the basis of allegations of threat of injury, representative findings have to be based on a period ending before the initiation of proceedings.
OP (2015)
The purpose of this principle is to ensure that the results of the investigation are representative and reliable, by ensuring that the factors on which the determination of dumping and injury is based are not influenced by the conduct of the producers concerned following the initiation of the antidumping proceeding, and therefore that the definitive duty imposed as a result of the proceeding is appropriate to remedying effectively the injury caused by the dumping.
Januar–junij 2016
Significant rate of increase of dumped imports into the Union market indicating the likelihood of substantially increased imports
Julij–september 2016
Update of post-IP data
Obseg uvoza iz Kitajske
As set out in recital (124) of the provisional Regulation, imports from the country concerned significantly increased from 246720 to 1519304 tonnes between 2012 and the investigation period.
Povprečni mesečni uvoz iz Kitajske
The same recital also mentioned that the volume of Chinese imports further increased (by 8,5 %) in the first half of 2016 (773275 tonnes), compared to the first half of 2015 (712390 tonnes).
Komisija je torej ugotovila, da se je povečevanje obsega uvoza ustavilo.
The available data for the additional period July-September 2016 shows that the Chinese dumped imports have started to decrease as compared to the IP (2015) and to the post-IP period January-June 2016, when expressed on the basis of monthly averages.
Vendar je Komisija pri oceni pomembnosti in zanesljivosti teh podatkov za potrditev ali razveljavitev analize grožnje škode ugotovila tudi, da:
Table 3
je povprečni mesečni uvoz iz Kitajske v obdobju julij–september 2016 še vedno dvakrat tolikšen kot povprečni mesečni uvoz leta 2014;
Evolution of Chinese import volume (tonnes)
je mogoče zmanjšanje povprečnega mesečnega uvoza iz Kitajske od julija do septembra 2016 (v primerjavi z letom 2014) pojasniti z:
Source: Eurostat
odvračilnim učinkom zahtevka za registracijo, ki ga je pritožnik predložil 5. aprila 2016, in posodobljenega zahtevka iz junija 2016 (ki je bil umaknjen šele sredi avgusta 2016),
IP (2015)
sprejetjem Izvedbene uredbe Komisije (EU) 2016/1329 z dne 29. julija 2016 [10], v skladu s katero so se protidampinške dajatve prvič pobrale retroaktivno, inseznanjenostjo z namero Komisije, da bo odločitev o začasnih ukrepih sprejela v osmih mesecih od začetka (namesto v devetih).
January-June 2016
Pripombe zainteresiranih strani po objavi začasne uredbe
July-September 2016
Ena zainteresirana stran je trdila, da je Komisija analizo utemeljila predvsem na sklopu podatkov, ki so bili pridobljeni ob koncu leta 2015 in so bili ob preiskavi stari že več kot devet mesecev, zato niso najbolj zanesljivi za ugotavljanje verjetnosti znatnega povečanja uvoza.
Volume of imports from China
Poleg tega je trdila tudi, da bi analiza trendov uvoza za reprezentativno obdobje pokazala zmanjševanje obsega uvoza.
Average monthly Chinese imports
Na podlagi tega je ta zainteresirana stran analizo grožnje škode, ki jo je izvedla Komisija, označila kot pomanjkljivo.
The Commission thus found that the trend of increasing volumes has stopped.
Prvič, Komisija je opozorila, da je v uvodni izjavi 124 začasne uredbe zagotovila vse takrat razpoložljive podatke za obravnavano obdobje in obdobje po preiskavi.
However, when assessing the significance and the reliability of these figures for confirming or invalidating the threat of injury analysis, the Commission also observed that:
Drugič, Komisija je v uvodni izjavi 60 znova posodobila vse informacije v zvezi z obsegom kitajskega uvoza.
the average monthly Chinese import volumes in the period July-September 2016 are still twice as high as the average monthly imports in 2014;
Pri navedeni posodobitvi je dejansko opozorila, da se povprečni mesečni kitajski uvoz od julija 2016 zmanjšuje.
the decrease in the average monthly Chinese import volumes from July-September 2016 (compared to 2015) can be explained by:
To zmanjšanje pa je mogoče pojasniti predvsem z razlogi, kakor so navedeni v uvodni izjavi 61.