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Government provision of polysilicon for less than adequate remuneration
V tej zadevi ugotovitev, da imajo državne banke, ki so trem vzorčenim proizvajalcem zagotavljale preferencialna strateška posojila, pooblastilo za izvajanje vladnih funkcij, temelji na naslednjih dejavnikih.
Government provision of aluminium extrusions for less than adequate remuneration
Komisija je želela pridobiti informacije o državnem lastništvu finančnih institucij, saj to predstavlja formalen indic, ki lahko skupaj z dokazi o izvajanju formalnega nadzora na smiseln način dovoljuje sklepanje, da zadevni subjekt izvaja pooblastilo vlade.
Government provision of glass for less than adequate remuneration
Kitajska vlada je v izpolnjenem vprašalniku predložila informacije o lastniških deležih za 17 finančnih institucij, katerih bilančna vsota naj bi zajemala 80 % celotnega bančnega sektorja.
Government provision of power for less than adequate remuneration
Informacije so izhajale iz različnih virov.
Support to mergers and restructuring in the PV sector.
Delnic preostalih devetih bank naj ne bi imela.
Subsidisation of imports during the RIP
Med preveritvijo se je zdelo, da so bile predložene informacije o lastniških deležih nepravilne, ker niso vključevale delnic, ki so bile v posredni lasti vlade, čeprav so bile v nekaterih javno dostopnih informacijah prijavljene kot take.
Preferential policy loans, other financing, guarantees and insurance
Komisija zato ni mogla preveriti točnosti in pravilnosti sporočenih podatkov glede državnih lastniških deležev v bankah in drugih finančnih institucijah.
Introduction
Kitajska vlada je po razkritju navedla, da se informacije o njenih lastniških deležih, ki jih je predložila, nanašajo na institucije, ki že zajemajo 80 % celotnega bančnega sektorja, da informacije o posrednem lastništvu delnic s strani države niso na voljo, tako da zahteva Komisije ni bila razumna.
The request contained allegations that the GOC continued to subsidize its PV industry through preferential policy loans.
Kitajska vlada je tudi trdila, da bi se njeno sodelovanje Komisiji v vsakem primeru zdelo neustrezno.
Legal basis
Komisija to trditev zavrača.
State-owned banks as public bodies
Drugič, uporabila je razpoložljiva dejstva v zvezi s Komunikacijsko banko, banko China Everbright, Industrijsko banko in Razvojno banko Šanghaj Pudong z vključitvijo posrednega lastništva delnic, z uporabo relevantnih informacij iz spisa.
The subsidies in form of policy loans have been granted by State-owned banks.
Od devetih preostalih bank, ki so domnevno v večinski zasebni lasti kitajske vlade, so samo tri odobrile posojila vzorčenim družbam.
It is therefore necessary to establish that those banks are public bodies.
Šestih drugih bank se zato ni dodatno preiskovalo.
According to the WTO Appellate Body (DS 379, paragraph 318), the applicable test to establish that a State-owned undertaking is a public body is as follows: ‘What matters is whether an entity is vested with authority to exercise governmental functions, rather than how that is achieved.
Ena od njih je bila MEB, za katero se je po preveritvi na podlagi ocene vseh elementov spisa izkazalo, da je v javni lasti (glej uvodne izjave 167 do 187).
There are many different ways in which government in the narrow sense could provide entities with authority.
Drugih dveh bank, banke Hua Xia in banke Ping An, Komisija ni nadalje preiskovala, saj je bil odstotek njunih posojil vzorčenim proizvajalcem zanemarljiv.
Accordingly, different types of evidence may be relevant to showing that such authority has been bestowed on a particular entity.
Za namene te preiskave je Komisija zato sklenila, da je bilo devet bank v javni lasti (ICBC, Kmetijska banka, Banka Kitajske, CCB, MEB, Komunikacijska banka, banka China Everbright, Industrijska banka in Razvojna banka Šanghaj Pudong).
Evidence that an entity is, in fact, exercising governmental functions may serve as evidence that it possesses or has been vested with governmental authority, particularly where such evidence points to a sustained and systematic practice.
Komisija je od kitajske vlade zahtevala informacije o deležu posojil, ki so jih industriji na splošno in fotonapetostni industriji odobrile banke, v katerih je kitajska vlada največji ali edini delničar, banke, v katerih ima kitajska vlada poslovni delež, ampak ni največji delničar, banke, v katerih kitajska vlada nima deleža, in banke, ki so v tuji lasti.
It follows, in our view, that evidence that a government exercises meaningful control over an entity and its conduct may serve, in certain circumstances, as evidence that the relevant entity possesses governmental authority and exercises such authority in the performance of governmental functions.
Kitajska vlada ni predložila smiselnega odgovora na to vprašanje, tudi ko je bilo omejeno na banke, ki zagotavljajo financiranje za deset največjih (skupin) proizvajalcev izvoznikov.
We stress, however, that, apart from an express delegation of authority in a legal instrument, the existence of mere formal links between an entity and government in the narrow sense is unlikely to suffice to establish the necessary possession of governmental authority.
Kitajska vlada za te informacije ni predlagala nobenega nadomestnega vira.
Thus, for example, the mere fact that a government is the majority shareholder of an entity does not demonstrate that the government exercises meaningful control over the conduct of that entity, much less that the government has bestowed it with governmental authority.
Namen te zahteve je, da se ugotovi, ali vzorec posojanja kaže na razlike glede na lastništvo.
In some instances, however, where the evidence shows that the formal indicia of government control are manifold, and there is also evidence that such control has been exercised in a meaningful way, then such evidence may permit an inference that the entity concerned is exercising governmental authority.’
Če bi te informacije pokazale, da imajo državne banke večji delež industrijskih sektorjev, ki imajo v skladu s centralnim načrtovanjem prednost, bi to kazalo, da se pooblastilo vlade izvaja na smiseln način.
In the present case, the conclusion that the State-owned banks that have provided the three sampled producers with preferential policy loans are vested with authority to exercise governmental functions is based on the following considerations.
Pri razpravah o zahtevi za informacije med preveritvenim obiskom je kitajska vlada odgovorila, da banke v LRK fotonapetostni industriji niso zagotavljale preferenčnih posojil in/ali kreditnih linij.
The Commission sought information about State ownership of financial institutions, because it constitutes a formal indicium which, combined with evidence that such formal control has been exercised in a meaningful way, may permit an inference that the entity concerned is exercising governmental authority.
Ta trditev je v nasprotju z ugotovitvami za tri vzorčene proizvajalce izvoznike, ki so vsi prejeli preferenčna posojila in/ali kreditne linije od štirih preverjenih bank in od drugih bank iz uvodne izjave 29.
In its questionnaire reply, the GOC submitted shareholding information for 17 financial institutions whose balance sheet total allegedly accounts for 80 % of the total banking industry.
Komisija se je zato pri svojih ugotovitvah v zvezi z državnimi bankami kot javnimi organi oprla na izpolnjene vprašalnike, ki jih je prejela od kitajske vlade za EXIM, CCB, ICBC, MEB in MiB ter od treh vzorčenih proizvajalcev izvoznikov, preveritvene obiske, informacije iz drugih virov, zahtevek za pregled in druge ugotovitve iz prvotne preiskave, ki se niso spremenile.
The information provided was based on various sources.
Namen posebnega vprašalnika za finančne institucije („Dodatek A“) je bil preveriti obtožbe iz pritožbe, da so kitajske državne banke javni organi.
In particular the GOC maintained that four banks are State-owned (ICBC, Agricultural Bank, Bank of China and China Construction Bank).
Komisija je želela pridobiti informacije o tem, ali imajo državne banke v zvezi s fotonapetostno industrijo pooblastila za izvajanje vladnih funkcij, in sicer prek sestave upravnih odborov in odborov delničarjev, kot jo določa statut, zapisnikov sestankov delničarjev/direktorjev, državljanstva delničarjev/direktorjev, posojilne politike in ocene tveganja v zvezi s posojili, odobrenimi fotonapetostni industriji in sodelujočim proizvajalcem izvoznikom.
According to the GOC, it held less than 50 % shares in four other banks (Bank of Communications, China Everbright Bank, Industrial Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank).
Preveritev pri bankah
The remaining nine banks were claimed to have no government-held shares.
Komisija je v svojem predpreveritvenem dopisu napovedala preveritev štirih bank, ki so predložile izpolnjen Dodatek A k vprašalniku in zagotavljale posojila vzorčenim proizvajalcem izvoznikom (EXIM, ICBC, CCB in MEB).
During the verification, it appeared that the provided shareholding information was incorrect as it excluded the shares that were indirectly owned by the government although some of the publicly available information reported it as such.
Priložila je podroben neizčrpen seznam tem, ki naj bi se obravnavale med preveritvijo.
The GOC was requested to revise its questionnaire reply in this respect and to report both direct and indirect ownership.
V predpreveritvenem dopisu je Komisija navedla, da se od kitajske vlade „zahtevajo vsi podporni dokumenti, ki so bili uporabljeni pri […] pripravi vsebinskega odgovora, vključno s prvotnimi izvirnimi dokumenti in vlogami“.
The GOC refused to do so.
Komisija je v svojem drugem pozivu k dopolnitvi kitajsko vlado obvestila, da je bil odgovor EXIM v Dodatku A nepopoln ter da ta ni predložila dokumenta, ki se je posebej zahteval, tj. kitajske in angleške različice statuta.
Consequently, the Commission was unable to verify the accuracy and correctness of the reported data concerning the State ownership stakes in the banks and other financial institutions.
EXIM je v izpolnjenem vprašalniku navedla, da je statut dokument o notranjem upravljanju, in ga ni predložila.
The GOC commented after disclosure that the shareholding information provided related to institutions which already covered 80 % of the total banking industry, that information on indirect shareholding by the State is not available and therefore, the Commission's request was unreasonable.
V odgovoru na poziv k dopolnitvi je navedla, da je bila v postopku preoblikovanja in da revizija statuta še ni dokončana.
The GOC also alleged that the Commission would have found the cooperation of the GOC inadequate, no matter how it cooperated.
Med preveritvijo na kraju samem je navedla, da se je preoblikovanje začelo marca/aprila 2015, veljavna različica statuta, ki se je revidirala, pa je bila iz leta 1994, vendar tega dokumenta ni predložila.
The Commission refutes the latter allegation.
Na zahtevo, naj predloži dokaze v zvezi s tekočim preoblikovanjem, se je sklicevala na svoje spletišče.
In addition, it needs to be clarified that without any other information provided to the Commission the statement that the shareholding information provided by the GOC allegedly ‘covered 80 % of the total banking industry’ was not verifiable to the Commission.
Vendar tega na kraju samem ni bilo mogoče preveriti, ker ni bilo internetne povezave.
However, if this unverified statement was true, the shareholding information would not prove the GOC's point about the legal qualification of those banks.
Kitajska vlada je v pripombah na razkritje trdila, da bi lahko Komisija spletno mesto EXIM preverila v Bruslju še pred preveritvenim obiskom na kraju samem, da bi tako pridobila dokaze o tekoči reformi, oziroma bi si morala zagotoviti dostop do interneta na kraju samem.
The Commission therefore came to the following conclusions.
V zvezi s tem Komisija ponovno poudarja, da kljub več zahtevam EXIM ni predložila nobene različice svojega statuta, bodisi v prvotni bodisi v spremenjeni različici.
First, it found that ICBC, Agricultural Bank, Bank of China and CCB were publicly owned according to the questionnaire reply of the GOC.
Komisija je med preveritvijo zahtevala kopijo Obvestila o ustanovitvi EXIM, ki ga je izdal državni svet, in Ukrepov za upravljanje izvoznih kreditov EXIM za visokotehnološke izdelke.
Second, it applied facts available with respect to Bank of Communications, China Everbright Bank, Industrial Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank by including indirect shareholdings, using information available on the file in this regard.
EXIM teh dokumentov ni hotela predložiti.
Out of the nine remaining banks, which were identified as allegedly in majority privately owned by the GOC, only three provided loans to the sampled companies.
Kitajska vlada je po razkritju trdila, da so podrobnosti o ustanovitvi EXIM prav tako na voljo na njenem spletnem mestu, in da je bil drugi dokument, naveden v zgornji uvodni izjavi, razveljavljen.
The six other banks were therefore not further investigated.
Kitajska vlada je zato menila, da dokumenta, navedena v prejšnji uvodni izjavi, ne moreta biti podlaga za uporabo razpoložljivih dejstev.
One of them was MEB which was found to be publicly owned after verification (see recitals 167 to 187) on the basis of an assessment of all elements on the file.
Komisija ponovno poudarja, da je v predpreveritvenem dopisu kitajsko vlado in finančne ustanove pozvala, da dajo na voljo podatke, ki se zahtevajo na kraju samem.
The other two banks, Hua Xia Bank and Ping An Bank were not further investigated by the Commission, as their percentage of loans to the sampled producers was insignificant.
Komisija opozarja, da se je EXIM sama sklicevala na prvi dokument v izpolnjenem vprašalniku.
For the purpose of this investigation, the Commission hence concluded that the nine banks ICBC, Agricultural Bank, Bank of China, CCB, MEB, Bank of Communications, China Everbright Bank, Industrial Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank were publicly owned.
Pri preverjanju odgovorov v vprašalniku je Komisija torej potrebovala zadevni dokument.
The Commission requested from the GOC information concerning the proportion of loans provided by the banks where the GOC is the largest or sole shareholder, banks where the GOC has a shareholding stake but is not the largest shareholder, banks where the GOC is not a shareholder and banks which are foreign owned, to both industry as a whole and to the PV industry.
Glede drugega dokumenta je Komisija vzela na znanje pripombe kitajske vlade v zvezi z njegovo razveljavitvijo.
The GOC did not provide any meaningful reply to this question, even once it had been reduced in scope to the banks providing financing to the ten largest (groups of) exporting producers.
Kar zadeva lastniški delež in kot je navedeno v odgovorih na vprašalnik, je Komisija ugotovila, da je EXIM izvozna agencija v 100-odstotni državni lasti.
The GOC did not suggest any alternative source for this information.
Kar zadeva upravni odbor in njegovo sestavo, je EXIM med preveritvenim obiskom predložila nasprotujoče si informacije, saj je navedla, da še ni bil ustanovljen zaradi tekočega procesa preoblikovanja.
The purpose of this request has been to establish whether the lending pattern shows differences depending on the ownership.
Vendar se je v izpolnjenem vprašalniku večkrat sklicevala na tak upravni odbor.
If indeed that information would have shown that State-owned banks have a larger proportion of industry sectors that are to be favoured according to central planning, that would constitute an indicium that governmental authority is exercised in a meaningful way.
Prav tako ni sporočila sestave nadzornega odbora, zato je ni bilo mogoče preveriti.
When discussing the information request during the verification visit, the GOC responded that the banks in the PRC did not provide any preferential lending and/or credit lines to the PV industry.
Komisija zato ni mogla preveriti obstoja ali sestave upravnega odbora in sestave nadzornega odbora.
This statement is in contradiction to the findings for the three sampled exporting producers, all of which received preferential lending and/or credit lines from the four verified banks as well as the other banks listed in recital 29.
Kitajska vlada je v odgovorih v vprašalniku pojasnila, da ureja delovanje EXIM statut iz leta 1994, ter opisala to delovanje.
Therefore, the Commission based its findings regarding State-owned banks as public bodies on the questionnaire replies received via the GOC for EXIM, CCB, ICBC, MEB and MiB and from the three sampled exporting producers, the verification visits, information available from other sources, the request for review as well as findings of the original investigation that were found not to be altered.
Vendar kitajska vlada tega dokumenta ni predložila.
The specific questionnaire for financial institutions (‘Appendix A’) had as purpose to verify allegations in the complaint that Chinese State-owned banks are public bodies.
Kitajska vlada se po razkritju ni strinjala z oceno Komisije iz uvodne izjave 113, pri čemer je opozorila, da je bilo v letnem poročilu EXIM za leto 2015 navedeno, da se je ustanovitev upravnega odbora pospešila, drugače pa se ga ni omenjalo.
The Commission sought information about whether the State-owned banks were vested with authority to exercise government functions with respect to the photovoltaic industry, e.g. through the composition of the board of directors and board of shareholders as laid down in the Articles of Association, minutes of shareholders/directors meetings, nationality of shareholders/directors, lending policies and assessment of risk with respect to loans provided to the PV industry and the sampled cooperating exporting producers.
Komisija ugotavlja, da sta vprašalnik in drugi poziv k dopolnitvi zahtevala podatke o sestavi (ne imenovanju) upravnega odbora.
Verification at banks
Do preveritvenega obiska na kraju samem ni bilo pojasnjeno, da EXIM v OPP domnevno ni imela upravnega odbora.
In its pre-verification letter the Commission envisaged the verification of the four banks which submitted replies to the Appendix A to the questionnaire and provided loans to the sampled exporting producers (EXIM, ICBC, CCB and MEB).
Na podlagi razpoložljivih dejstev je Komisija prišla do naslednjih ugotovitev: Država nadzoruje EXIM kot njen 100-odstotni lastnik, in sicer tako, da imenuje člane odbora nadzornikov.
It included a detailed non-exhaustive list of subjects that would be addressed during the verification.
Ti člani zastopajo interese države na sestankih EXIM, vključno s političnimi premisleki.
In the pre-verification letter the Commission had stated that the GOC was ‘requested to make all supporting documents available that were used to prepare [its…] substantive response, including original source documents and applications’.
V odsotnosti upravnega odbora upravo EXIM imenuje odbor nadzornikov ali neposredno država.
In its second deficiency letter, the Commission informed the GOC that the reply of EXIM to Appendix A was incomplete and that EXIM failed to submit a document which was specifically requested, i.e. the Chinese and English versions of the Articles of Association.
Na podlagi členov 3 in 5 Začasnih določb o nadzornih odborih v ključnih državnih finančnih institucijah je Komisija ugotovila, da člane odbora nadzornikov imenuje državni svet, kateremu tudi odgovarjajo.
EXIM indicated in its questionnaire reply that the Articles of Association are an internal management document and did not provide them.
Poleg tega države članice izvozne agencije ponavadi pooblastijo za izvajanje vladnih funkcij.
The reply to the deficiency letter indicated that EXIM was in the process of being reformed and that the revision of the Articles of Association was not yet complete.
Zadevna vladna funkcija je spodbujanje izvoza v države in izvoza blaga, kadar komercialno zavarovanje ne zagotavlja kritja ali ga zagotavlja po premijskih stopnjah, tako da ni dostopno vsem izvoznikom.
During the on-the-spot verification, EXIM indicated that the reform started in March/April 2015 and the applicable version of the Articles of Association being revised dated back to 1994 but did not provide the 1994 version.
Države izvozni agenciji običajno zagotavljajo državno jamstvo, da bi znižale stroške najemanja posojil na kapitalskih trgih.
When requested to provide supporting evidence concerning the ongoing reform, EXIM referred to its website.
Obstoj državnega jamstva je upravičen s pooblastilom za izvajanje vladnih funkcij in dokaz zanj.
In the absence of any internet connection, such information could however not be verified on-the-spot.
Dejavnosti teh agencij zasledujejo cilje javne politike, in sicer za spodbujanje izvoza.
The GOC argued in its comments on the disclosure that the Commission could have checked EXIM's website in Brussels prior to the on-the-spot verification visit in order to obtain evidence on the ongoing reform or should have foreseen own means to connect to the Internet while being on-the-spot.
Natančneje, naslov in vsebina (kot sta povzeta v izpolnjenem vprašalniku) Obvestila o ustanovitvi EXIM, ki ga je izdal državni svet, kažeta na to, da EXIM izvaja kitajsko izvozno politiko.
In this context, the Commission reiterates that, despite several requests, EXIM failed to provide any version of its Articles of Association, whether in its original or revised version.
Poleg tega fotonapetostni industriji kot strateški/ključni industriji koristi taka izvozna podpora, kot je opisano v oddelku 3.4.1.
During the verification, the Commission requested to have a copy of the Notice of Establishing EXIM issued by the State Council and of the Measures for the management of Export Sellers's Credit for Hi-Tech products of EXIM.
Na podlagi teh premislekov in razpoložljivih dejstev se sklepa, da država prek svojega lastništva izvaja formalni nadzor nad dnevnim poslovanjem EXIM na smiseln način in da je EXIM pooblastila za izvajanje vladnih funkcij.
EXIM refused to provide these documents.
To ugotovitev potrjuje tudi proučitev posojilne politike na podlagi letnih poročil, ki dokazuje, da je EXIM pri sprejemanju odločitev o posojilih iz naslednjih razlogov zavezana izvajanju državne politike:
The GOC commented after disclosure that details on the establishment of EXIM could also be found on EXIM's website and that the second document mentioned in the above recital had been repealed.
EXIM je na zahtevo, naj pojasni svojo posojilno politiko, tj. kako ta odraža vladne načrte in projekte in ali upošteva katalog kitajskih visokotehnoloških izdelkov za izvoz (ali druge kataloge, sezname ali načrte), navedla, da analizira vpliv načrtov na programe posojil ali posojilojemalce in da podpira podjetja, ki proizvajajo izdelke iz tega kataloga.
The GOC therefore considered that the two documents mentioned in the previous recital could not constitute grounds for the application of facts available.
Na podlagi analize letnega poročila se je zdelo, da odgovor EXIM namenoma zmanjšuje pomen vpliva vladnih načrtov in projektov na njeno posojilno politiko.
The Commission re-iterates that in its pre-verification letter, the GOC and the financial institutions were asked to make readily available the information that is requested on-the-spot.
Dejansko je v letnem poročilu za leto 2015 navedeno, da je glavna naloga EXIM „olajšati izvoz in uvoz kitajskih mehanskih in elektronskih izdelkov, setov opreme ter novih in visokotehnoloških izdelkov“, in zlasti, da je „banka v celoti izkoristila svojo vlogo financiranja politike pri izvajanju kitajske nacionalne razvojne strategije“.
The Commission recalls that EXIM itself had made reference to the first document in its questionnaire reply.
Po razkritju je kitajska vlada trdila, da spodbujanje izvoza ne pomeni nujno preferenčnih posojil in da nacionalna razvojna strategija zajema vse vidike kitajskega gospodarstva.
In order to verify the questionnaire response, the Commission thus needed to receive the document.
Vendar je namen uvodne izjave 124 dokazati, da načrti in projekti vlade vplivajo na posojilno politiko EXIM, kar se odraža v njenih pooblastilih.
As for the second document, the Commission takes note of GOC's comment as regards its repeal.
Pripombo kitajske vlade se zato zavrne.