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Document 52000PC0390
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland
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Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland /* COM/2000/0390 final */
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. In November 1997, by Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended in October 1998 by Regulation (EC) No 2079/98 and in September 1999 by Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, the Council imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland and accepted undertakings offered from certain producers in connection with these imports. Sampling was applied to Polish producers/exporters and individual duties ranging from 4.0% to 10.6% were imposed on the companies in the sample, while other co-operating companies not included in the sample received a weighted average duty of 6.3%. The producers from whom undertakings were accepted were exempted from anti-dumping duties with regard to imports of one specific pallet type, the EUR-pallet, which is the only pallet type covered by the undertaking. 2. Eight new Polish exporting producers having requested the same treatment as the companies which co-operated in the original investigation but were not included in the sample, have provided, on request, evidence showing that they meet the requirements of a new exporter as set out in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97. The evidence provided by these applicant companies is considered sufficient to allow Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 to be amended by adding these eight exporting producers to Annex I (companies numbered from 110 until 117) of said Regulation, specifying the exporting producers subject to a weighted average duty of 6.3%. Six of these eight Polish exporting producers have also offered undertakings with regard to the EUR-pallet which are accepted by the attached Commission Decision. Consequently, these six companies are added to Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 specifying the exporting producers subject to an undertaking. 3. Two Polish exporting producers, from which the undertaking had been originally accepted, have been withdrawn from Annex II following their statement that they are no longer producers of the product concerned. 4. One exporting producer, subject to an individual anti-dumping duty pursuant to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 has informed the Commission Services that its address has changed, and therefore, it is appropriate to amend Article 1 of Council Regualtion (EC) No 2334/97 to that effect. 5. It is therefore proposed, after consultation of the Advisory Committee, that the Council adopts the draft Regulation annexed amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, as specified above in recitals 2, 3 and 4. Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community [1], and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, [1] OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18). Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 [2], and in particular Article 4(1) and (2) thereof, [2] OJ L 324, 27.11.1997, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2078/98 (OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 1) Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE (1) The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on certain imports of flat pallets of wood falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20 originating in the Republic of Poland and accepted undertakings offered from certain producers in connection with these imports. Sampling was applied to Polish producers/exporters and individual duties ranging from 4,0% to 10,6% were imposed on the companies in the sample, while other co-operating companies not included in the sample received a weighted average duty of 6,3%. A duty of 10,6% was imposed on companies which either did not make themselves known or did not co-operate in the investigation. The producers from which undertakings were accepted were exempted from anti-dumping duties with regard to imports of one specific pallet type, the EUR-pallet, which is the only pallet type covered by the undertakings. (2) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 stipulates that any party which provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that: - it did not export to the Community or produce wooden pallets described in Article 1(1) of that Regulation during the investigation period, - it is not related to any of the producers or exporters in Poland which are subject to the anti-dumping duties imposed by that Regulation, - it has actually exported to the Community the goods concerned after the investigation period, or it has entered into any irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Community; then that Regulation can be amended by granting that party the duty rate applicable to co-operating producers which were not in the sample, i.e. 6.3%. Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 provides furthermore that any party which met the criteria set out in Article 4(1) thereof can also be exempted from the payment of the anti-dumping duty if an undertaking with regard to the so-called EUR-pallet is accepted from such party. (3) The Council, by Regulations (EC) No 2079/98 [3] and (EC) No 2048/99 [4] amended Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 in its annexes I and II. [3] OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 1. [4] OJ L 255, 30.09.1999, p. 1 B. NEW EXPORTERS' REQUEST (4) Eight new Polish exporting producers having requested the same treatment as the companies which co-operated in the original investigation but were not included in the sample, have provided, on request, evidence showing that they meet the requirements set out in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97. The evidence provided by these applicant companies is considered sufficient to allow Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, to be amended by adding these eight exporting producers to Annex I of the said Regulation. Annex I specifies the exporting producers which are subject to the weighted average duty of 6.3%. (5) Six of the eight Polish exporting producers which will receive the weighted average duty of 6.3%, have also offered undertakings with regard to the EUR-pallet which were accepted by Commission Decision 2000/ /EC [5]. Consequently, these six companies should be added to Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2048/99, which contains a list of companies from which the Commission has accepted undertakings with regard to imports of the EUR-pallet and to which the duty does not, therefore, apply in this respect. [5] See page xx of this Official Journal. C. WITHDRAWAL OF UNDERTAKING (6) Two Polish exporting producers, P.P.H. "Pamadex" and P.H.U. "Akropol", from which the Commission accepted an undertaking by Regulation (EC) No 1023/97, have stated that they do not produce the product concerned any longer. Therefore, the Commission informed them that it is intended to remove them from the list of companies from which an undertaking was accepted. The two companies did not object to this course of action. It should also be noted that those two companies could again offer an undertaking should they decide to resume production and exports of the EUR pallets D. CHANGE OF ADDRESS (7) A Polish exporting producer, Z.P.H. 'Palettenwerk' - K. Kozik Bystra Podhalanska which is subject to an individual anti-dumping duty pursuant to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 has informed the Commission services that its address has changed. Hence, Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 must be amended accordingly. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The reference in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 to the manufacturer Z.P.H. 'Palettenwerk' - K. Kozik, PL-34-789 Bystra Podhalanska, should be deleted and replaced by the following: - Z.P.H. 'Pallettenwerk' - K. Kozik, PL-34-785 Jordanow. Article 2 Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation. Article 3 Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 is hereby replaced by Annex II to this Regulation. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President ANNEX I Manufacturer 1 // "Baumann Palety" Sp. z o.o., Barczewo 2 // "DAST" GmbH, Poznan 3 // Drew-Pol Export-Import, Wodarz Norbert, Murow 4 // E. Dziurny - C. Nowak S.C., Snietnica 5 // F.P.H. "Tina", Katowice 6 // F.P.H. Tadeusz Fisher, Maly Gleboczek 7 // F.P.U.H. "Rol-Mar", Adam Piatek, Klodzko 8 // Z.P.H.U. Miroslaw Przybyiek, Klonowa 9 // Internationale Paletten Company Sp., Lebork 10 // "Kross-Pol" Sp.zo.o., Kolobrzeg 11 // P.P.U.H."Drewmax" Sp.zo.o. (formerly P.P.H. "Drewnex" ), Krakow 12 // P.P.H. "GKT" S.C., Majdan Nowy 13 // P.P.H. "Pamadex", Ligota 14 // P.P.H. "Unikat", Aleksandrow IV 697 15 // P.P.H.U. "Adapol" S.C., Wolomin 16 // P.P.U.H. "Alwa" Sp.zo.o., Tychowo 17 // P.P.U.H. "SMS" - St. Mrozowicz, Suleczyno 18 // P.T.H. "Mirex", Kolobrzeg 19 // P.W. "Peteco" Sp.zo.o., Warszawa 20 // Parafia Rzymsko-Katolicka, B. Niepokalaneg Dzialalnose Gospodaroza, Nowy Sacz 21 // Produkcja Palet "A. Adamus", Kuznia Grabowska 22 // Produkcja Skup Palet Drewnanych, Stanislaw Lachowicz, Majdan Sieniawski 170 23 // Przedsiebiorstwo "Amesko", Andrzej Skora, Trzebnica 24 // P.H.U. "Justyna", Gubin 25 // P.H.U. "Akropol", Krakow 26 // P.H.U. Produkcyjne "Lech", Lech Szwez, Zary 27 // Przedsiebiorstwo Obrobki Drewna "Palet-Pol" Sp.zo.o., Dabrowka WLKP 28 // P.P.H. Zygmunt Skibinski, Kowal 29 // P.P.H.U. "AWA" Sp.zo.o, Nowy Sacz 30 // Przedsiebiorstwo Wielobranzowe, Zdziolaw Milocki, Ostroda 31 // "Scanproduct" SA., Czarny Dunajec 32 // SC "Bed", Dariusz Zuk, Krasienin 33 // S.U.T.R. "Rol Trak", Prochowice 34 // Stolarstwo Export-Import, Tadeusz Swirski, Dlugopole Zdroj 35 // Torunskie Przedsiebiorstwo Przemyslu Drzewnego w Toruniu, Adam Wisniewski, Torun 36 // "Transdrewneks" Sp. zo.o., Grudziadz-Owczarki 37 // W.Z.P.U.M. "Euro-Tech", Rakszawa 38 // Wytwazanie Skrzyn i Opakowan Drewnianych, Malgorzata i Ryszard Nowak, Piaszyna 39 // Zaklad Produkcyjno Bohuszko, Ryszard Bohuszko, Osno 40 // Z.P.H. "Maw" SC., Andrzej Kulej, Lubomierz 41 // Zaklad Uslugowo-Handlowy "Rolmex", E. Cackowski, Lipno 42 // Zaklad Wielobranzowy Produkcyjno Uslugowy, Ryszard Potoniec, Muszyna 43 // Zaklad Przerobu Drewna S.C., Drawsko Pomorskie 44 // Zphu "Drewex" SC., Agnieszka Pawlaczyk, Skwierzyna 45 // Z.P.H.U. "Sek-Pol" Sp.zo.o., Tarnobrzeg 46 // "Euro-Mega-Plus" Sp.zo.o., Kielce 47 // "C.M.C.", Sp.zo.o., Andrychow, Inwald 48 // Wyrob, Sprzedaz, Skup Palet, Josef Kolodziejczyk, Aleksandrow IV 704 49 // Firma Produkcyjno Transportowa Marian Gerka, Brodnica 50 // Z.P.H.U. "Drewnex" S.C., Zelazkow 45 b 51 // Import-Export "Elko" Sp.zo.o., Kalisz 52 // P.P.H.U. "Probox", Import-Export, Kalisz 53 // Drewpal S.C., Stawiszyn 54 // Zaman S.C., Radom 55 // "Marimpex", Pulawy 56 // "AVEN" Sp.zo.o., Kostrzyn 57 // P.P.H.U. "Eurex" S.C., Godynice 58 // P.H. "Drewex" S.C., Lebork 59 // MACED Sklad Palet, J. Macionga, Miastko 60 // ENKEL S.C., Pulawy 61 // PAL-PACK Sp.zo.o., Wierzchowo 62 // Produkcja Stolarska Posrednictwo Export-Import, W.i.T. HENSOLDT, Lebork 63 // Biuro Uslugowo-Handlowe, Wieslaw Rzezniczek, Lebork 64 // P.P.U.H. "DREWPOL", Braszewice 65 // PTN Kruklanki Sp.zo.o., Krulanki 66 // WEDAM S.C., Stezyca 67 // Import-Export Jan Sibinski, Czajkow 68 // Zaklad Produkcyjny "Tarta", Lubsko 69 // Firma "Krausdrew", Cewice 70 // "Lidal" S.C., Miastko 71 // Zaklad Przerobu Drewna Import-Export, Stanislaw Kociolek, Ladek Zdroj 72 // P.P.H.U. "Alk", Bierzwnik 73 // "Empol" S.C., Jastrzebniki 37 74 // Zaklad Produkcji Drzewnej Nr. 1, Export-Import, Julian Bartkowski, Sanok 75 // P.P.H. "Drewex", Czarnkow 76 // "ZAP" Przedsiebiorstwo Handlowe-Uslugowe Sp.C, Wschowa 77 // P.P.H.U. "Opal", Zygmunt Podgorski, Bukowsko 41 78 // "Algepa-Pol", Sp.zo.o., Lubsko 79 // P.P.H. "A-Produkt" S.C., Resko 80 // PPH "Paletex" Sibinski Jaroslaw, Czajkow 81 // Euro-Handels Sp.zo.o., Szczecin 82 // Firma "KIKO" S.C., Poznan 83 // "Enkel" Waldemar Wnuk, Pulawy 84 // Sliwka Lucyna, Klodzko 85 // Firma Borkowski S.C. Export-Import, Grabow n. Prosna 86 // Produkcja - Skup Elementow i Palet, Stanislaw Gorecki, Czajkow 87 // "Prodpalet" Handel, Boleslawiec 88 // Z.P.H.U. "Drexport" S.C., Olecko, Osiedle Lesk 89 // "Bilusa" Sp.zo.o, Klodawa 90 // Pawel Bilko "Pablo", Klodawa 91 // Z.P.W "Gober" Sp.zo.o, Gorzow Wlkp. 92 // Kisiel Malgorzata "Drew-Pal", Dobra Now 93 // P.W. "Remag" , Zlocieniec 94 // P.P.U.H PAL-POL S.C., Prabuty 95 // Firma "A.C.S." S.C., Kamien 96 // Zaklad Drzewny "MARINO", Kawcze 97 // P.T.P.U.H. "ROB-POL", Milkow 98 // Z.H.U.P. Agromal, Sieradz 99 // SMT Sp.zo.o, Miastko 100 // Firma Transdrewneks Gadzala Antoni, Torun 101 // Artur Rochmankowski, Trzcinsko-Zdroj 102 // "Depo" Sp.zo.o, Ilowa 103 // B.P.R. Sp.zo.o, Warszawa 104 // "DREWNO" Sp.zo.o., Krzeszyce 105 // P.P.H. "Astra" Sp.zo.o, Nowy Sacz 106 // "D&M&D" Sp.zo.o, Blizanow 107 // P.P.H. "Vector", Kalisz 108 // "Palko" Sp.zo.o, Sedziszow 109 // P.P.H. Pol-Wood S.C., Rzekun 110 // PPH "YANSAM", Zlocieniec 111 // P.P.H.U. 'ELMA' S.C., Sobieseki 112 // PPH SWENDEX S.C., Lublin 113 // P.P.H.U. ROMAX Import-Eksport, Wroclaw 114 // Z.P.H.U. "BESTPOL" Sp. z o.o., Lututow 115 // P.P.H.U. Zbigniew Marek, Andrichow 116 // Pomorski Serwis Paletowy Sp. z o.o., Kobylnica 117 // 'EMI' S.C., Bilgoraj ANNEX II Manufacturer >TABLE POSITION>