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The GOA itself has acknowledged the success of its set of measures in achieving the stated policy objective of support to the biodiesel industry.
Ker argentinska vlada ni utemeljila trditve, da izvoznega davka na sojo ni mogoče šteti za subvencijo, proti kateri se lahko uvedejo izravnalni ukrepi, je Komisija trditev zavrnila.
In the joint resolution referred to below that the GOA published in 2012, it stated that the public policies adopted included a range of mechanisms to promote the biodiesel industry.
Po dokončnem razkritju se argentinska vlada ni strinjala z ugotovitvijo Komisije iz uvodne izjave 121, da argentinska vlada ni utemeljila svoje trditve, zakaj izvoznega davka na sojo ne bi bilo mogoče šteti za subvencijo, proti kateri se lahko uvedejo izravnalni ukrepi.
In conclusion, the Commission found that the GOA had entrusted or directed the soybean growers to carry out its policy to create a compartmentalised domestic market and to provide soybeans to the domestic biodiesel industry for less than adequate remuneration.
Posledično je Komisija prišla do drugačnega zaključka, kot je pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah od 89 do 90 zgoraj, in je zavrnila prvotno trditev argentinske vlade.
Following the disclosure of the information document, the GOA claimed that the Commission expanded the scope of entrustment or direction, placing an emphasis on the terms inducement and guidance, while the requirements by the WTO imply that the attribution of responsibility must constitute an explicit and affirmative action, be addressed to a particular party and have as its object a particular task or duty.
Zbornica CARBIO je trdila, da Komisija ni upoštevala visokega standarda, ki se zahteva za dokazovanje obstoja pooblastila ali navodila.
Mere statements of policy by a government cannot constitute an order and the alleged order or entrustment cannot be inadvertent or a mere by-product of governmental regulation.
Pridelovalci soje se lahko še vedno sami odločijo, ali bodo pridelovali, prodajali in izvažali sojo.
The Commission disagreed.
Noben element izvoznega davka na sojo ne pomeni pooblastila ali navodila, danega pridelovalcem soje, da sprejmejo katero koli od teh odločitev.
As stated in recital (117), in view of the WTO case-law referred to in recital (93), the Commission found substantial evidence to conclude that the GOA has taken explicit and affirmative action to entrust or direct the soybean growers to sell their soybeans for less than adequate remuneration to the biodiesel industry.
Komisija se ni strinjala, da standard pooblastila ali navodila, kot je opredeljen v uvodni izjavi 82, v tem primeru ni izpolnjen.
There is ‘a demonstrable link’ between the government's actions and the conduct of the soybean farmers so that their actions can be attributed to the GOA.
Poleg tega trditev zbornice CARBIO, da lahko pridelovalci soje prosto določajo ceno soje, ne drži.
The GOA did not substantiate its claim that the evidence found by the Commission could solely be considered as mere statements of policy by the GOA.
Argentinska vlada je med preveritvenim obiskom pojasnila, kako vlada določi izvozno ceno FOB za sojo.
In particular, the GOA did not dispute the existence of the stated policy objectives, as emanating from those statements; nor did the GOA deny statements celebrating the success of the restrictive measures in achieving the policy goals of supporting the Argentinian biodiesel industry.
Ker sta izvozna in domača cena soje precej nižji od svetovne tržne cene, so pridelovalci soje omejeni pri prostem določanju cene.
Therefore, that claim was rejected.
Nazadnje, zbornica CARBIO ne upošteva dejstva, da izvozni davek ni edino orodje, ki ga je argentinska vlada oblikovala za ukazovanje pridelovalcem soje.
Furthermore, the GOA claimed that the Commission's conclusion that the existence of different mechanisms within a broader scheme engineered by the GOA to support a particular industry is relevant to determine the nature of the action is manifestly wrong, as export taxes are not included in paragraphs (i) to (iii) of Article 3 of the basic Regulation (or the SCM Agreement) and do not fall under paragraph (iv) of Article 3 of the basic Regulation.
Zato je bila ta trditev zavrnjena.
The sole fact that export taxes as such are not explicitly mentioned in Article 3(1)(a) of the basic Regulation does not exclude them from having the potential nature of a financial contribution and would therefore fall within the definition of a subsidy under the basic Regulation and the SCM Agreement.
Zbornica CARBIO je tudi izpodbijala ugotovitev Komisije iz uvodne izjave 112, da pridelovalci soje ne smejo prodajati po višjih cenah, ki bi v Argentini prevladovale v odsotnosti teh ukrepov, pri čemer se je za podkrepitev svoje trditve sklicevala na študijo Komisije za notranjo trgovino, v kateri je navedeno, da bi se z odpravo izvoznega davka na sojo domače cene soje zvišale le za 1,2 %.
The Commission provided ample evidence that the export tax on soybeans was used as a tool, together with other instruments, to induce soybean growers to comply with the stated policy objectives in a manner amounting to a countervailable subsidy as specified under Article 3(1)(a) of the basic Regulation.
Vendar je Komisija ugotovila, da bi bila v skladu s študijo, objavljeno v American Journal of Agricultural Economics, domača cena soje v odsotnosti izvoznega davka lahko precej višja, in sicer do 26 %.
As the GOA did not substantiate the claim of why the export tax on soybeans could not be considered a countervailable subsidy, the Commission rejected the claim.
Poleg tega je bilo v študiji, na katero se je sklicevala zbornica CARBIO, tudi navedeno, da bi se z odpravo izvoznega davka na sojo svetovna tržna cena soje znižala za 18 %.
Following final disclosure, the GOA did not agree with the Commission's finding in recital (121) that the GOA did not substantiate its claim of why the export tax on soybeans could not be considered a countervailable subsidy.
To pomeni, da bi bila s teoretično odpravo 23,5-odstotnega izvoznega davka razlika med argentinsko ceno in svetovno tržno ceno skoraj odpravljena.
Although throughout the investigation the GOA claimed that the imposition of export taxes has an objective of revenue generation, the GOA failed to provide evidence in support of this statement in respect to any of the legislative acts imposing or modifying the level of the export tax on soybeans.
Zato je Komisija ponovila ugotovitev, da se pridelovalce soje spodbuja k nadaljnji pridelavi in prodaji soje v Argentini, ne da bi jim bilo dovoljeno prodajati po višjih cenah, ki bi prevladovale v Argentini brez teh ukrepov.
In fact, on the basis of the evidence available, the Commission considered that the export taxes are tools among others that the GOA employed to support the development of the biodiesel industry.
Po dokončnem razkritju sta argentinska vlada in zbornica CARBIO ponovili svoje trditve, da:
Therefore, the Commission came to a different conclusion explained in recitals (89) to (90) above and rejected the initial claim of the GOA.
sklop ukrepov za spodbujanje domačih pridelovalcev soje, naj sojo prodajajo lokalno za plačilo, nižje od primernega, ne obstaja,
CARBIO claimed that the Commission ignored the high standard required to prove entrustment or direction.
pridelovalci soje lahko sami določijo ceno soje,
Soybean growers remain free to decide whether to produce, sell and export their soybeans.
iz izvoznih davkov na sojo ne izhajajo finančni prispevki; kakršen koli učinek izvoznih davkov, ki se uporabljajo za sojo pri proizvodnji biodizla, v najboljšem primeru predstavlja stranski učinek ukrepa za pobiranje prihodkov,
No element of the export tax on soybeans entrusts or directs soybean producers to take any of these decisions.
narava izvoznih davkov in njihov namen v smislu pobiranja prihodkov nikakor nista povezana z domnevnim pooblastilom ali navodilom ter
The Commission disagreed that the entrustment or direction standard, as spelled out in recital (82), is not met in this case.
se tako ne dodeljujejo nobene ugodnosti.
Moreover, the claim of CARBIO that soybean growers are free to set the price of soybeans is incorrect.
Argentinska vlada in zbornica CARBIO se nadalje nista strinjali s Komisijino pravno razlago pojmov „pooblastilo“ in „navodilo“.
During the verification visit, the GOA explained how the FOB price of soybeans for exports is set by the government.
Argentinska vlada je trdila, da je ocena finančnega prispevka, ki jo je opravila Komisija, zelo podobna tako imenovanemu „pristopu na podlagi učinkov“, ki je bil izrecno in kategorično zavrnjen s sodno prakso STO.
As both the export price and the domestic price of soybeans are far below the world market price, soybean growers are limited in their freedom to set their price.
Zbornica CARBIO je nadalje trdila, da trenutna svetovna tržna cena soje ne odraža tega, kakšna bi bila domača cena soje v Argentini, če izvoznega davka ne bi bilo.
Finally, CARBIO ignores that the export tax is not the only tool devised by the GOA to direct soybean growers.
Ker sta argentinska vlada ali zbornica CARBIO le ponovili že predložene trditve, vendar nobene od njih nista utemeljili, jih je Komisija zavrnila.
Therefore, this claim was rejected.
Zaupanje ali ukazovanje zasebnim organom v smislu člena 3(1)(a)(iv) osnovne uredbe
CARBIO also contested the finding of the Commission in recital (112) that soybean growers cannot sell at better prices which would prevail in Argentina absent these measures, referring as support to a study by the Internal Trade Commission stating that the elimination of export tax on soybeans would result in an increase of domestic soybeans prices of only 1,2 %.
Nato je Komisija ocenila, ali so pridelovalci soje v Argentini zasebni subjekti, ki jim je argentinska vlada zaupala ali ukazala v smislu člena 3(1)(a)(iv) osnovne uredbe.
However, the Commission noted that according to a study published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the domestic price of soybeans in the absence of an export tax may be much larger, up to 26,0 %.
Vzorčeni argentinski proizvajalci izvozniki so vso sojo, ki se je uporabila v proizvodnji biodizla, kupovali od domačih dobaviteljev.
Furthermore, the study referred to by CARBIO also indicated that the elimination of export tax on soybeans would lead to a decrease in the world market price of soybeans by 18 %.
Kupovali so jo od zasebnih kmetij za pridelavo soje, razen manjših količin soje, ki so jih kupovali od družbe YPF v državni lasti.
This means that with the theoretical removal of an export tax of 23,5 % the difference between the Argentinian price and the world market price would almost be removed.
Zato je Komisija menila, da so na podlagi razpoložljivih informacij vsi pridelovalci soje zasebni subjekti, ki jim je argentinska vlada zaupala v smislu člena 3(1)(a)(iv) osnovne uredbe, da zagotavljajo sojo za plačilo, nižje od primernega.
Therefore, the Commission reiterated the conclusion that soybean growers are induced to continue growing and selling soybeans in Argentina without allowing them to sell at better prices, which would prevail in Argentina absent these measures.
Zagotavljanje soje s strani pridelovalcev soje za plačilo, nižje od primernega
Following final disclosure, the GOA and CARBIO reiterated their claims that:
V naslednjem koraku je Komisija preverila, ali so pridelovalci soje dejansko izvajali navedeno argentinsko vladno politiko glede zagotavljanja soje za plačilo, nižje od primernega.
there is no set of measures inducing the domestic soybean growers to sell soybeans locally at less than adequate remuneration,
To je zahtevalo podrobno analizo razvoja trga v Argentini glede na ustrezno referenčno vrednost.
soybean growers are free to set the price of their soybeans,
Komisija se je v skladu z ugotovitvami iz uvodne izjave 64 odločila, da bo pri ugotavljanju, ali so pridelovalci soje zagotavljali sojo za plačilo, nižje od primernega, delno uporabila razpoložljiva dejstva.
no financial contribution occurs through export taxes on soybeans; that any effect of the export taxes applied to soybeans on biodiesel production constitutes, at best, a side effect of a revenue-collection measure,
Prek sklopa ukrepov, opisanih v uvodnih izjavah od 84 do 116, je argentinska vlada pridelovalce soje spodbudila, da so prodajali lokalno po nižjih cenah, kot bi sicer (tj. če ne bi bilo teh ukrepov, bi pridelovalci soje izvažali sojo po precej višji svetovni tržni ceni ali pa bi preprosto prilagodili svojo ponudbo omejitvam trga).
the nature and revenue-collection purpose of the export taxes on soybeans has nothing to do with the alleged entrustment or direction, and
Vendar pridelovalci soje tega niso storili zaradi politike argentinske vlade, ki spodbuja razvoj industrije biodizla na koncu proizvodne verige.
no benefit is thereby conferred.
Kot je prikazano v preglednici 1, je skoraj vsa domača potrošnja soje namenjena nadaljnji predelavi v sojino olje z drobljenjem.
The GOA and CARBIO further did not agree with the Commission's legal interpretation of the terms ‘entrust’ and ‘direct’.
Podatki v zvezi s pridelavo, izvozom, uvozom in domačim drobljenjem soje glede na leta:
The GOA claimed that the Commission's assessment of the financial contribution strongly resembles the so-called ‘effects based approach’, which was explicitly and categorically rejected by WTO jurisprudence.
Preglednica 1
CARBIO further claimed that the current world market price of soybeans does not reflect what would be the domestic price of soybeans in Argentina in the absence of the export tax.
Pridelava soje ter proizvodnja sojinega olja in biodizla v Argentini
As the GOA or CARBIO merely repeated the arguments made previously but failed to substantiate any of these claims, the Commission rejected them.
Vir: predložitev argentinske vlade, ki izhaja iz različnih javno dostopnih argentinskih zbirk podatkov.
Entrustment or direction of private bodies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(iv) of the basic Regulation
Pridelava soje (v tonah)
The Commission then assessed whether the soybean growers in Argentina are private bodies entrusted or directed by the GOA within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(iv) of the basic Regulation.
Izvoz soje (v tonah)
The sampled Argentinian exporting producers were purchasing all of the soybeans used in the production of biodiesel from domestic sources.
Uvoz soje (v tonah)
These were purchased from private soybean farms, apart from minor volumes of soybeans sourced from the state-owned company YPF.
Drobljenje soje (v tonah)
Therefore, the Commission considered that, on the basis of the information available, all soybean growers are private bodies which were entrusted by the GOA within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(iv) of the basic Regulation to provide soybeans for less than adequate remuneration.
Proizvodnja sojinega olja (v tonah)
Provision of soybeans by soybean growers for less than adequate remuneration
Domača potrošnja sojinega olja (v tonah)
In the next step, the Commission verified whether the soybean growers actually carried out the Argentinian governmental policy to provide soybeans for less than adequate remuneration.
Proizvodnja biodizla (v tonah)
That necessitated a detailed analysis of the market developments in Argentina against an appropriate benchmark.
Dejansko bi se dobavitelji, za katere veljajo omejitve izvoza, brez spodbude, ustvarjene z različnimi ukrepi argentinske vlade, prilagodili pogojem na trgu.
In line with the conclusions reached in recital (64), the Commission decided to partially use facts available to determine whether there had been a provision of soybeans by soybean growers for less than adequate remuneration.
Vendar so pridelovalci soje v tem primeru, namesto da bi zmanjšali svojo pridelavo, izkoriščali tudi cilj politike za spodbujanje in razvoj konkurenčne industrije biodizla, ki je zahteval, da se količine soje proizvajalcem biodizla dajejo na voljo po cenah, nižjih od mednarodnih.
Through the set of measures described in recitals (84) to (116), the GOA induced the soybean growers to sell locally at lower prices than otherwise (i.e. absent those measures, the soybean growers would have exported the soybeans at the much higher world market price or simply they would have adjusted their supply to the market constraints).
Trend je prikazan v grafu 2 (v tonah) v nadaljevanju:
In contrast, the soybean growers did not do so because of the GOA's policy to boost the development of the downstream biodiesel industry.
Graf 2
As demonstrated in Table 1, practically all of the domestic consumption of soybeans is further processed into soybean oil through crushing.
Predelava soje v Argentini
The data concerning production, export, import and domestic crushing of soybeans over the years are as follows:
Drobljenje soje
Table 1
Uvoz soje
Argentinian soybean, soybean oil and biodiesel production
Izvoz soje
Source: Submission of the GOA, coming from different publicly available Argentinian databases.
Pridelava soje
Soybean production (MT)
Vir: podatki iz preglednice v uvodni izjavi 138.
Soybean imports (MT)
Po dokončnem razkritju je zbornica CARBIO trdila, da se je po navedbah Komisije vsa soja, prodana doma, uporabljala izključno za proizvodnjo biodizla.
Soybean crushing (MT)
Komisija je pojasnila, da to ne drži.
Soybean oil production (MT)
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 141, se soja proda na domačem trgu za drobljenje v sojino olje in sojino moko.
Domestic consumption soybean oil (MT)
Sojino olje, ki nastane, se uporablja za proizvodnjo biodizla, saj v Argentini ni pomembnega domačega trga za sojino olje.
Biodiesel production (MT)
Nekaj sojinega olja in sojine moke se izvozi.
As can be seen in Table 1, the production of soybeans increased from 26,7 million MT in 2001 to 40,5 million MT in 2006.
Poleg tega izvoz soje poteka le, če so zadovoljene vse potrebe domače potrošnje po drobljenju soje in proizvodnji biodizla.
The increase of the export tax on soybeans did not lead to the reduction of soybean production, but to an irrational increase from an economic perspective.
Preglednica 1 in graf 2 tudi kažeta, da v letih uporabe omejitev izvoza uvoza ni bilo ali je bil zelo omejen.
Indeed, absent the inducement created by the various measures of the GOA, suppliers subject to export restraints would adapt to the market conditions.
To potrjujejo tudi poslovni modeli, ki so jih uporabljali vzorčeni proizvajalci izvozniki.
However, in this case, rather than reducing their production, the soybean growers also benefit from the policy objective to boost and develop a competitive biodiesel industry which, in turn, required quantities of soybean being made available to biodiesel producers at prices below international prices.
Dejansko nobeden od njih ni uvažal soje za proizvodnjo biodizla.
The trend is shown in Graph 2 below (in MT):
Sojo so uvažali izključno za uporabo v svojih obratih za drobljenje ter nato vso pridobljeno sojino olje in moko izvozili iz Argentine.
Graph 2
Tako je bil glavni cilj ukrepov argentinske vlade dosežen: doma pridelana soja v celoti zadovoljuje domače povpraševanje po surovini za domačo proizvodnjo biodizla v škodo pridelovalcev soje, ki bi, če ne bi bilo omejitev izvoza, raje optimizirali svoj dobiček in izvozili vse svoje pridelke ali jih prodajali doma po višjih cenah.
Soybean processing in Argentina
V skladu z ustrezno sodno prakso STO, kot je pojasnjeno zlasti v uvodni izjavi 78, bi morala večinoma obstajati neka oblika grožnje ali spodbude s strani vlade za dobavitelje surovin, da bi se lahko dokazal obstoj pooblastila in navodila.
Soybean crushing
Omogočanje polja proste presoje te ugotovitve samodejno ne ovrže.
Soybean imports
Ta analiza posameznih primerov temelji na dokazih.
Soybean exports
V tem primeru je presenetljivo, da je izvoz precej omejen na izrazito mednarodnem trgu primarnih proizvodov, pri čemer je Argentina ena od vodilnih svetovnih pridelovalk soje, zlasti ob upoštevanju, da je cena na mednarodnih trgih precej višja od domače cene v Argentini (glej graf 3 v uvodni izjavi 158).
Soybean production
Dokazi iz argentinske zakonodaje (glej uvodne izjave od 91 do 99) kažejo, da je cilj politike argentinske vlade razviti industrije na koncu proizvodne verige z večjo dodano vrednostjo, vključno z industrijo biodizla, in jim dajati prednost.
Source: Data provided in the table in recital (138).
Poleg tega je argentinska vlada jasno navedla, da je njen cilj zaščititi industrije na koncu proizvodne verige pred zvišanjem mednarodnih cen.
Table 1 and Graph 2 demonstrate that practically all of the soybean production that was consumed domestically went into crushing and the domestic consumption of the resulting soybean oil was predominantly used for the production of biodiesel.
Zbornica CARBIO je po razkritju informativnega dokumenta trdila, da Komisija ni predložila dokazov za izjavo, da bi pridelovalci soje raje optimizirali svoj dobiček.
Following final disclosure, CARBIO claimed that the Commission was asserting that all soybeans sold domestically were used exclusively for producing biodiesel.
Ker Komisija ni prejela neposrednih informacij od pridelovalcev soje, kot je pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah od 61 do 64, je predvidevala, da so pridelovalci soje razumni gospodarski subjekti v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki bi, če bi bilo to mogoče, optimizirali svoje koristi.
The Commission specified that this is not the case.
Zato se šteje, da je odločitev za povečanje pridelave soje, kadar se cene znižajo zaradi višjega izvoznega davka, nerazumna.
As set out in recital (141), soybeans are sold domestically for crushing into soybean oil and soybean meal.
Dejstvo, da pridelovalci soje še naprej dobavljajo sojo kljub različnim omejevalnim ukrepom, ki jih je sprejela argentinska vlada, je rezultat ukrepov, ki jih je argentinska vlada sprejela, da bi spodbudila pridelovalce soje kot subjekte, ki izvajajo navedene cilje politike, naj podprejo industrijo biodizla.
The resulting soybean oil is used to make biodiesel, as there is no significant domestic market for soybean oil in Argentina.
Ta trditev je bila zato zavrnjena.
Some soybean oil and soybean meal is exported.
Argentinska vlada je trdila, da ni bilo predloženih dokazov, da je bila predelava soje v Argentini zaradi izvoznih davkov na sojo kakor koli spremenjena.
Moreover, exports of soybeans only take place when domestic consumption for both soybean crushing and production of biodiesel is fully satisfied.
Komisija na začetku opozarja, da ji argentinska vlada ni pomagala pri pridobivanju potrebnih informacij od pridelovalcev soje, da bi lahko bolje ocenila njihovo ravnanje.
Table 1 and Graph 2 also show the inexistent or very limited imports of soybeans over the years of application of the export restraints.
Zato je Komisija na podlagi razpoložljivih informacij menila, da so ukrepi argentinske vlade (vključno z izvoznim davkom) spremenili ravnanje pridelovalcev soje, da bi dosegli učinke, ki jih je predvidela argentinska vlada.
This is also confirmed by the business model observed with the sampled exporting producers.
Kot je razvidno iz preglednice 1, se je pridelava soje kljub zvišanju izvoznega davka na sojo leta 2007, tj. na začetku proizvodnje biodizla v velikem obsegu, močno povečala.
Indeed, none of them imported soybeans for the production of biodiesel.
Poleg tega je v istem obdobju izvoz biodizla v veliki meri nadomestil izvoz sojinega olja, kar kaže, da so ukrepi argentinske vlade spodbudili strukturno spremembo za izboljšanje konkurenčnosti industrije biodizla.
Rather, they imported the soybeans exclusively for use in their crushing facilities and then exported all of the resulting soybean oil and meal outside Argentina.
Zato je bila trditev zavrnjena.