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This is a conservative approach to estimate the sales of SMEs as the Commission verified one SME producer with both techniques.
Da bi Komisija izrazila relativno pomembnost obeh kategorij družb, je svoje ugotovitve utemeljila na preverjenih podatkih vzorčenih družb in uporabila ponderiranje.
The estimation of the sales of the large companies is the difference between the total Union sales of the Union producers minus the estimation of SME sales.
Uporabljene informacije so bile na voljo v javni dokumentaciji in so bile po potrebi ustrezno preverjene.
The Commission found that SME sales represented around 15 % of the total Union sales of the Union industry in 2016 (as mentioned above this was a conservative estimate since some SMEs also use hot retreading processes).
V skladu s tem je Komisija menila, da je izvedla objektivno proučitev obstoja škode na podlagi pozitivnih dokazov.
The second step was to compare the ratio of 85 %/15 % with the ratio of the sample (in which large companies weighed over 95 %).
Analiza škode po segmentih
Moreover, the sales data of the sampled SMEs represented around 4 % of the total Union sales of Union SMEs producers.
Kot je pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 697, se je gospodarski položaj industrije Unije analiziral na zbirni osnovi, za nekatere ključne mikroekonomske kazalnike pa tudi na ravni razredov glede na segmentacijo trga Unije.
To ensure a proper reflection of the relative importance of the two categories of Union producers in the microeconomic indicators, the Commission weighted the individual company indicators when aggregating on the basis of the 85 %/15 % ratio mentioned above.
Nekatere zainteresirane strani so trdile, da bi bilo treba v analizi škode po segmentih upoštevati vse kazalnike škode in kazalnike vzročne zveze.
The methodology resulted in an increase of the weight of tier 3 sales used to establish the microeconomic indicators.
Sklicevale so se na poročilo pritožbenega organa v zadevi Združene države – vroče valjani izdelki iz jekla iz Japonske.
Preliminary, both weightings, the weighting of the category of companies and the weighting of the tiers, were applied equally throughout the period considered, on the basis of 2016.
Poleg tega bi morala Komisija po njihovem mnenju razlikovati tudi med novimi in protektiranimi pnevmatikami ter pnevmatikami, ki so originalna oprema, in nadomestnimi pnevmatikami, saj je trg originalne opreme zaščiten pred kitajsko konkurenco, pri čemer so se ponovno sklicevale na poročilo pritožbenega organa v zadevi Združene države – vroče valjani izdelki iz jekla iz Japonske.
The Commission considered this approach reasonable in view of the available evidence.
Iz navedene sodne prakse je razvidno, da bi morali preiskovalni organi, ki preiščejo en del domače industrije, „načeloma na podoben način preiskati vse ostale dele industrije, in tudi industrijo kot celoto“.
The CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that the Commission should not use a fixed ratio (namely a ratio calculated for 2016) over the period considered but rather a ratio for each period of the period considered.
Vendar poročilo pritožbenega organa ne določa, da morajo preiskovalni organi vse kazalnike škode določiti po segmentih.
Moreover, they claimed that some large producers of tread were producing retreaded tyres by using the cold process and that two producers of retreaded tyres were part of a larger group qualifying them as large company.
Poleg tega so bila dejstva v navedeni zadevi drugačna.
Therefore, the parties claimed that the methodology used could not be considered as conservative and that the volume of SMEs sales was overestimated.
V poročilu pritožbenega organa v zadevi Združene države – vroče valjani izdelki iz jekla iz Japonske je bil velik del domače proizvodnje v Združenih državah – proizvodnja za lastno uporabo – pred neposredno konkurenco zadevnega uvoza zaščiten s strukturo domačega trga.
Bipaver claimed that the hot process is not only used by one retreader but by several Union retreaders.
V tem posebnem primeru je pritožbeni organ izvedel „primerjalno preverjanje“ vsakega dela domačega trga, v okviru katere sta se primerjala prodajni in zaprti trg.
Firstly, the Commission examined the claims made and the evidence provided by the parties.
Po mnenju pritožbenega organa je to „povečalo“ zmožnost preiskovalnih organov, da ustrezno ugotovijo stanje domače industrije kot celote.
It found that indeed some large suppliers of treads have related subsidiaries producing retreaded tyres by using the cold process.
Vendar v tej zadevi segmenta trga Unije za pnevmatike prvega in drugega razreda nista zaščitena.
Moreover, the two producers initially considered as SMEs mentioned by the parties were part of a larger groups, hence they could not be considered as SMEs.
Prodaja kitajskega uvoza je večinoma skoncentrirana na trgu nadomestnih delov; kar je dejansko stanje, ki ni posledica strukture trga Unije.
The Commission thus adjusted the ratios used in the weighting.
Poleg tega se je zadevni izdelek prodajal tudi proizvajalcem originalne opreme.
The large suppliers and SMEs provided their sales over the period considered.
Zato je bila trditev, da je trg originalne opreme Unije zaščiten pred kitajsko konkurenco in bi ga bilo torej treba analizirati ločeno, zavrnjena.
The total volume reported is around: 2014: 254000, 2015: 227000, 2016: 240000 and the investigation period: 250000 retreaded tyres, representing around 5,5 % of the estimated retreaded tyres sales during the period considered.
Poleg tega, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 695, sodna praksa potrjuje tudi, da se lahko pri preverjanju, ali obstaja škoda za industrijo Unije kot celoto, taka analiza osredotoči na segment, ki ga je subvencionirani uvoz najbolj prizadel.
Secondly, regarding SMEs hot production sales, the Commission found that more than one SME is producing retreaded tyres using the hot process.
V obravnavanem primeru je približno 65 % kitajskega uvoza pnevmatik povezanega s tretjim razredom.
It requested from a few producers to provide the volume of the hot process production for the period considered.
Zato se v ustrezni analizi škode ne sme zanemariti vpliv subvencioniranega uvoza, zlasti v razmerah na trgu, ko se prodaja pnevmatik tretjega razreda stalno povečuje, vsi razredi, ki sestavljajo trg Unije s pnevmatikami, pa so med seboj povezani.
The total volume reported is around: 2014: 149000, 2015: 152000, 2016: 138000 and the investigation period: 132000 retreaded tyres, representing around 3,2 % of the estimated retreaded tyres sales during the period considered.
Zato je Komisija menila, da je izvedla ustrezen pregled industrije kot celote.
Thirdly, the Commission recalculated the estimation of the SMEs sales during the period considered by adding the SMEs hot production sales and deducting the large companies' cold production sales.
Makroekonomski kazalniki
Finally, the Commission calculated the share of SMEs sales in the total Union sales for each period of the period considered:
Združenje CRIA in zbornica CCCMC sta trdila, da imata pomisleke glede zanesljivosti nekaterih informacij, na katerih so temeljili makroekonomski kazalniki.
Table 5
V javno dokumentacijo je bil vključen dokument s pojasnili o predhodnih ugotovitvah.
Share of SMEs sales in the total Union sales (in %)
Komisija je pri določanju makroekonomskih kazalnikov uporabila različne vire, vključno s podatki, ki jih je predložilo Evropsko združenje proizvajalcev pnevmatik in gume (v nadaljnjem besedilu: združenje ETRMA).
Ratio used at definitive stage for SMEs sales in the total Union sales
Združenje ETRMA objavlja tržno analizo, ki je javnosti na voljo na njenem spletišču.
Ratio used at preliminary stage for SMEs sales in the total Union sales
Javna različica pritožbe je vključevala dokument združenja ETRMA (Priloga 16 – Knjižica združenja ETRMA za leto 2016).
As shown in Table 5, the weight of SMEs in the total Union sales during the period considered has been increased by 2,3 percentage points in 2014, by 0,7 percentage points in 2015 and decreased by 0,9 percentage points in 2016 and 1,4 percentage points in the investigation period.
Komisija je opozorila, da so nekateri proizvajalci izvozniki in nekateri proizvajalci Unije člani združenja ETRMA ter so prav tako predložili prispevke, ki so temeljili na podatkih združenja ETRMA (na primer skupina Hankook Group in družba Pirelli).
As shown in Table 2, the use of a specific ratio for each year of the period considered has no impact on the conclusions based on the trends at preliminary stage remain valid for tier 3.
Proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
The Commission concluded that the establishment of a ratio per year has a marginal impact on the overall outcome of the analysis.
Komisija je po razkritju informativnega dokumenta ugotovila, da bi bilo treba, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 625, obseg proizvodnje Unije popraviti, da bi vključeval prodajo dobaviteljev tekalnih plasti, ki niso člani organizacije ETRMA Europool.
On the basis of the above, the conclusions based on the trends at the preliminary stage remain valid.
Poleg tega je bila pri določanju proizvodne zmogljivosti ugotovljena stvarna napaka.
Regarding the second adjustment by tiers, the Commission relied at the preliminary stage on the information provided by the complainant, which provides the estimation of the weight of each tier for the Union consumption for 2016.
Ocenjena celotna proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti Unije so bile ustrezno spremenjene ter so se v obravnavanem obdobju gibale, kot je navedeno v nadaljevanju.
However, the CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that the Commission should use a ratio for each period of the period considered.
Preglednica 6
The investigation did not reveal any data that would have been more appropriate which could have been used for the calculation of the weighting of the tiers throughout the period considered, nor have interested parties been able to present such data.
Vir: združenje ETRMA, dobavitelji tekalnih plasti, ki niso člani organizacije ETRMA Europool, Eurostatova podatkovna zbirka COMEXT in informacije, ki jih je predložil pritožnik.
Therefore, the Commission decided not to apply the second adjustment by tiers at definitive stage.
Obseg proizvodnje (v kosih)
This approach has increased the weight of tier 1 and tier 2 used to establish the microeconomic indicators.
Izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
The CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that the weighting process was illegal, as the basic Regulation did not allow for amendments to the sampling of the Union producers that is supposed to be representative for the entire Union industry.
Kot je prikazano v preglednici 6, je bila proizvodnja še naprej razmeroma stabilna, pri čemer je bilo v obdobju preiskave proizvedenih 21,1 milijona enot, medtem ko se je v obravnavanem obdobju izkoriščenost zmogljivosti zaradi zmanjšanja proizvodne zmogljivosti povečala za 7,4 odstotne točke (z 72,2 % na 79,6 %).
Moreover, they argued that the Commission's methodology did not comply with the requirement to base the injury determination on positive evidence to carry out an objective examination since a very limited number of companies eventually determined the whole outcome of the injury assessment, to the detriment of a much larger dataset, the importance of which is downgraded.
Glavni razlog za boljšo izkoriščenost zmogljivosti se lahko pripiše samo precejšnjemu, skoraj 10-odstotnemu zmanjšanju proizvodnih zmogljivosti.
Moreover, the CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that the Commission cannot rely on the information provided by four sampled SMEs which would be the basis for the weighting of the injury indicators.
To se je nanašalo zlasti na dejavnosti protektiranja, saj je v obravnavanem obdobju vsaj 85 MSP s sedežem v skoraj vseh državah članicah prenehalo proizvajati protektirane pnevmatike, prav tako pa tudi na zaprtje podrejenih družb velikih družb.
Following the final disclosure, the CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that the Commission did not address the inappropriateness of the methodology for the first adjustment.
Trend upadanja proizvodnje Unije in zapiranja družb je v nasprotju z naraščajočo potrošnjo v Uniji po krizi, od katere bi lahko imela korist industrija Unije.
The parties claimed that the Commission should have abandoned its approach.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež
The Commission recalled the methodology used in recitals (699) to (714).
Komisija je po razkritju informativnega dokumenta ugotovila, da bi bilo treba, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 625, celotni obseg prodaje na trgu Unije popraviti, da bi vključeval prodajo dobaviteljev tekalnih plasti, ki niso člani organizacije ETRMA Europool.
Furthermore, the Commission reiterated that as a result of the weighting, the selected sample became statistically more representative of the Union industry as a whole, in accordance with the applicable WTO and EU case-law.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež industrije Unije sta bila ustrezno spremenjena ter sta se v obravnavanem obdobju gibala, kot je navedeno v nadaljevanju.
In addition, this allowed the Commission to better take into account the performance of the non-sampled Union producers (SMEs and large producers), which would otherwise be not sufficiently reflected in the injury indicators had the Commission based its findings on the sample without applying the weighting in the case at hand.
Preglednica 7
Given the fragmented character of the Union industry, the Commission could not simply disregard the significance of the SMEs producers on the Union market.
Vir: združenje ETRMA, dobavitelji tekalnih plasti, ki niso člani organizacije ETRMA Europool, in Eurostatova podatkovna zbirka COMEXT.
The data provided by the verified SMEs represents around 4 % of the estimated total SMEs production over the period considered.
Celotni obseg prodaje na trgu Unije (v kosih)
To reflect the relative importance of the two categories of companies, the Commission based its findings on the verified data of the sampled companies and applied the weighting.
To je povzročilo zmanjšanje tržnega deleža za 5,3 odstotne točke (z 72,4 % na 67,1 %), medtem ko se je obseg uvoza iz LRK povečal za več kot 1,1 milijona pnevmatik, ali povečanje za 4,2 odstotne točke tržnega deleža (s 17,1 % na 21,3 %).
The information relied on was available on the open file, duly verified where needed.
(734) Skupina China National Tire Group in družba Pirelli sta trdili, da je obseg prodaje na trgu Unije v zadnjih treh letih ostal stabilen, tržni delež industrije Unije pa se je od leta 2014 do leta 2017 zmanjšal za 5 odstotnih točk, kar je nepomembno zmanjšanje.
The Commission accordingly considered that it had carried out an objective examination of the existence of injury based on positive evidence.
Poleg tega sta trdili, da je iz obsega prodaje Unije, o katerem se je poročalo v pritožbah za obdobje 2013–2016, razvidno močno zmanjšanje za tretji razred (– 30 %), zmanjšanje prodaje za drugi razred (– 7 %) in le rahel upad prodaje za prvi razred (– 1 %).
Therefore, those claims were rejected.
Iz tega je razvidno, da bi bilo škodo mogoče ugotoviti le v segmentu pnevmatik tretjega razreda in da je treba pri analizi škode upoštevati segmentacijo trga.
Injury segmented analysis
Komisija je opozorila, da se podatki iz prejšnje uvodne izjave nanašajo le na prodajo pritožnikov in ne na industrijo Unije kot celoto.
As explained in recital (697), the economic situation of the Union industry was analysed on an aggregated basis and, for certain microeconomic indicators at the level of tiers given the Union market segmentation.
Nanašajo se tudi na drugo obdobje.
They referred to the Appellate Body Report in United States — Hot Rolled Steel Products from Japan.
Kot je pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah od 718 do 722, je Komisija menila, da je treba obstoj znatne škode določiti za zadevni izdelek in industrijo Unije kot celoto, ne le za nekatere njene dele.
Moreover, these parties requested that the Commission should also distinguish between new and retreaded tyres, original equipment and replacement tyres, as the original equipment market was shielded from Chinese competition, again by reference to the Appellate Body report in United States — Hot Rolled Steel Products from Japan.
Zato Komisija trendov ni proučila ločeno, tj. po razredih, saj je uporabila združeni pristop.
The jurisprudence mentioned above indicates that the investigating authorities who undertake an examination of one part of a domestic industry ‘should, in principle, examine, in like manner, all of the other parts that make up the industry, as well as examine the industry as a whole’.
Rast
However, the Appellate Body Report does not impose on the investigating authorities an obligation to provide all injury indicators by segment.
Potrošnja Unije se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečala za 6,1 %.
Moreover, the facts in that case were different.
Obseg prodaje industrije Unije se je kljub naraščajoči potrošnji zmanjšal za 1,7 %, zaradi česar je industrija Unije izgubila tržni delež.
In the Appellate Body report in United States — Hot Rolled Steel Products from Japan, a significant part of the domestic production in the United States – captive production – was shielded by the structure of the domestic market from direct competition from subject imports.
Tržni delež uvoza iz zadevne države se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečal (za več kot 4 odstotne točke).
In that specific situation, the Appellate Body took issue with ‘comparative examination’ of each part of the domestic market – which ‘juxtaposed’ the merchant market and captive market.
Skupina Giti Group je trdila, da je treba namesto obsega potrošnje Unije analizirati njeno vrednost.
For the Appellate Body, this ‘enhanced’ the ability of the investigating authorities to make an appropriate determination about the state of the domestic industry as a whole.
Na tej podlagi se je vrednost potrošnje Unije zmanjšala za 5 %, počasi pa se je začela povečevati med letom 2016 in obdobjem preiskave.
In the present case, though, there is no protection of the tier 1 and 2 segments of the Union market.
Potrošnja Unije je dala pregled števila pnevmatik, ki so bile na trgu Unije na voljo v določenem trenutku.
The Chinese imports' sales are concentrated mainly in the replacement market, which is a factual situation that is not imposed by the structure of the Union market.
Potrošnja Unije se kot obseg običajno izračuna ravno zaradi preprečitve, da bi lahko ravnanje akterjev na trgu v zvezi z določanjem cen vplivalo na trende v obravnavanem obdobju.
Moreover, the product concerned was also sold to original equipment manufacturers.
Zaposlenost in produktivnost
In the present case, around 65 % of Chinese imports of tyres relate to tier 3.
Preglednica 8
Therefore, a proper injury analysis cannot disregard the impact of the subsidised imports especially in a market situation where tier 3 tyre sales are continuously growing, and where all tiers that make up the Union tyre market are interrelated.
Vir: preverjeni podatki iz izpolnjenih vprašalnikov vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije ter navedbe dobaviteljev tekalne plasti in združenja EMTRA.
For these reasons, the Commission considered to have conducted a proper examination of the industry as a whole.
Število zaposlenih
Macroeconomic indicators
Produktivnost (v enotah/zaposlenega)
The CRIA and the CCCMC claimed that they had doubts about the reliability of some of the information relied on concerning the macroeconomic indicators.
V obravnavanem obdobju je bilo neposredno izgubljenih več kot 4257 delovnih mest, vpliv pa je bil zaznan pri MSP, od katerih je vsaj 85 proizvajalcev Unije prenehalo proizvodnjo, ter pri velikih družbah, ki so zaprle več tovarn.
A document providing clarifications on the preliminary findings was included in the open file.
Italijansko združenje izvajalcev protektiranja (AIRP) je po razkritju informativnega dokumenta trdilo, da sektor protektiranja v Uniji zagotavlja približno 13000 delovnih mest v proizvodnji in distribuciji.
Regarding the establishment of the macroeconomic indicators, the Commission relied on various sources, including data provided by the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association (‘ETRMA’).
Dejavnost protektiranja je precej delovno intenzivna, s protektiranimi pnevmatikami pa se podpira od tri- do štirikrat več delovnih mest kot z novimi pnevmatikami.
ETRMA publishes market analysis that is publicly available on its web site.
Po navedbah združenja AIRP več družb iz združenja trenutno zmanjšuje število zaposlenih ali v zelo veliki meri uporablja sklade za zavarovanje za primer brezposelnosti.
The open version of the complaint included a document originating from ETRMA (annex 16 – ETRMA booklet for 2016).
Skupina China National Tire Group in družba Pirelli sta navedli, da se zaposlenost, za katero je Komisija ugotovila 11-odstotno zmanjšanje, nanaša izključno na industrijo protektiranja.
The Commission noted that some of the exporting producers as well as certain Union producers are members of ETRMA and were also providing submissions supported by data from ETRMA (such as the Hankook Group and Pirelli).
Razvoj produktivnosti je mogoče namesto tega pojasniti z dejstvom, da je industrija Unije pred kratkim šla skozi obdobje prestrukturiranja in racionalizacije.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
Izjava v zvezi z zmanjšanjem zaposlenosti je vsebinsko netočna, saj je približno polovica tega zmanjšanja povezana z velikimi proizvajalci.
After disclosure of the Information Document, the Commission established that, as implied in recital (625), the Union production volume should be corrected in order to contain the sales of tread suppliers not members of ETRMA Europool.
Družba Heuver je zahtevala razkritje imen 85 MSP, omenjenih v uvodni izjavi 809.
Moreover, a clerical error was found when establishing the production capacity.
Komisija je na podlagi seznama strank, ki so ga dobavitelji tekalnih plasti predložili v tej preiskavi, sklenila, da je vsaj 85 proizvajalcev prenehalo proizvodnjo.
The estimated total Union production, production capacity and capacity utilisation were revised accordingly and developed over the period considered as follows:
Zagotovila je zaupno obravnavanje identitete strank in obsega prodaje za posamezne stranke, saj so to občutljive poslovne informacije.
Table 6
Poleg tega zainteresiranim stranem ni treba predložiti povzetka tovrstnega dokumenta.
Source: ETRMA, tread suppliers not members of ETRMA Europool, Eurostat Comext and information submitted by the complainant.
Dobavitelji tekalnih plasti so predložili povzetek svojih prispevkov, ki so na voljo v javni dokumentaciji.
Production volume (in items)
Zato je Komisija sklenila, da so imele strani dovolj informacij za uveljavitev svojih pravic do obrambe.
Production capacity (in items)
Združenje CRIA in zbornica CCCMC sta trdila, da je predpostavka Komisije, da vse izdelke, obdelane s hladnim postopkom, prodajajo MSP, napačna, saj metodologijo protektiranja s hladnim postopkom uporabljajo številne velike družbe.
Capacity utilisation
Sklenila sta, da je dobljena ocena zaposlenosti in produktivnosti zato nezanesljiva.
As shown in Table 6, production remained relatively stable, with 21,1 million units in the investigation period, while the capacity utilisation rate increased by 7,4 percentage points (from 72,2 % to 79,6 %) over the period considered given the decrease in production capacity.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 708, je Komisija ugotovila, da je proizvodnja velikih družb, ki uporabljajo hladni postopek, omejena, zato ne more kar odpraviti svoje ocene zaposlenosti in produktivnosti.
The main cause of the increase in capacity utilisation can only be attributed to the significant decrease in production capacity by almost 10 %.
Poleg tega je produktivnost povezana zlasti z vrsto proizvodnje (protektiranih ali novih pnevmatik).