Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2010 of 31 May 2010 imposing a provisional coun... (32010R0473)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2010 of 31 May 2010 imposing a provisional countervailing duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 473/2010
- of 31 May 2010
- imposing a provisional countervailing duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates
- 1.
- PROCEDURE
- 1.1.
- Initiation
- 1.2.
- Parties concerned by the proceeding
- 1.3.
- Investigation period
- 2.
- PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
- 2.1.
- Product concerned
- 2.2.
- Like product
- 3.
- SUBSIDISATION
- 3.1.
- Iran
- 3.1.1.
- Introduction
- 3.1.2.
- Specific Schemes
- I.
- Measures connected to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) – Petrochemical SEZ
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- II.
- Financing from National Petrochemical Company to the PET exporting producer
- (a)
- Findings of the investigation
- (b)
- Conclusion
- (c)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- 3.1.3.
- Amount of countervailable subsidies
- 3.2.
- Pakistan
- 3.2.1.
- Specific Schemes
- I.
- Manufacturing Bond Scheme
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- II.
- Imports of plant, machinery and equipment in Manufacturing Bond
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- III.
- Tariff protection on purchases of PTA in the domestic market
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- IV.
- Final Tax Regime (FTR)
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- V.
- Export Long-Term Fixed Rate Financing Scheme (LTF-EOP)
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- VI.
- Export Finance Scheme from the State Bank of Pakistan (EFS)
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- VII.
- Finance under F.E. Circular No. 25 of the State Bank of Pakistan
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- 3.2.2.
- Amount of countervailable subsidies
- 3.3.
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- 3.3.1.
- Specific Schemes
- I.
- Federal Law No. 1 of 1979
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- II.
- Free Trade Zone (FTZ)
- (a)
- Legal Basis
- (b)
- Eligibility
- (c)
- Practical implementation
- (d)
- Findings of the investigation
- (e)
- Conclusion
- (f)
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- 3.3.2.
- Amount of countervailable subsidies
- 4.
- INJURY
- 4.1.
- Union production and Union industry
- 4.2.
- Union consumption
- 4.3.
- Imports from the countries concerned
- (a)
- Cumulative assessment of the effects of the imports concerned
- (b)
- Volume of the imports concerned
- (c)
- Market share of the imports concerned
- (d)
- Prices
- (i) Price evolution
- (ii) Price undercutting
- 4.4.
- Situation of the Union industry
- 4.4.1.
- Macroeconomic elements
- (a)
- Production
- (b)
- Production capacity and capacity utilisation rates
- (c)
- Sales volume
- (d)
- Market share
- (e)
- Growth
- (f)
- Employment
- (g)
- Productivity
- (h)
- Factors affecting sales prices
- (i)
- Magnitude of the subsidy margin and recovery from past dumping and subsidisation
- 4.4.2.
- Microeconomic elements
- (a)
- Stocks
- (b)
- Wages
- (c)
- Profitability and return on investments
- (d)
- Cash flow and ability to raise capital
- (e)
- Investments
- 4.5.
- Conclusion on injury
- 5.
- CAUSATION
- 5.1.
- Introduction
- 5.2.
- Effect of the subsidised imports
- 5.3.
- Effect of other factors
- 5.3.1.
- Export activity of the Union industry
- 5.3.2.
- Imports from third countries
- (a)
- Republic of Korea
- (b)
- Other countries
- 5.3.3.
- Competition from the non-cooperating producers in the Union
- 5.3.4.
- Economic downturn
- 5.3.5.
- Geographical location
- 5.3.6.
- Vertical integration
- 5.4.
- Conclusion on causation
- 6.
- UNION INTEREST
- 6.1.
- Interest of the Union industry and other Union producers
- 6.2.
- Interest of unrelated importers in the Union
- 6.3.
- Interest of the raw material suppliers in the Union
- 6.4.
- Interest of the users
- (a)
- Converters
- (b)
- Bottlers
- 6.5.
- Shortage of PET supply
- 6.6.
- Other arguments
- 6.7.
- Conclusion on Union interest
- 7.
- PROVISIONAL COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
- 7.1.
- Injury elimination level
- 7.2.
- Provisional measures
- 7.3.
- Final provision
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
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