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Document 52020XC1221(02)
Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People's Republic of China 2020/C 442/06
OJ C 442, 21.12.2020, p. 6–17 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Official Journal of the European Union
C 442/6
Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People's Republic of China
The European Commission ('the Commission') has received a complaint pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1) ('the basic Regulation'), alleging that imports of certain iron or steel fasteners, originating in the People's Republic of China, are being dumped and are thereby causing injury (2) to the Union industry.
1. Complaint
The complaint was lodged on 6 November 2020 by the European Industrial Fasteners Institute ('the complainant'). The complaint was made on behalf of the Union industry of certain iron or steel fasteners in the sense of Article 5(4) of the basic Regulation.
An open version of the complaint and the analysis of the degree of support by Union producers for the complaint are available in the file for inspection by interested parties. Section 5.6 of this Notice provides information about access to the file for interested parties.
2. Product under investigation
The product subject to this investigation is certain fasteners of iron or steel, other than of stainless steel, i.e. wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material), and washers ('the product under investigation').
All interested parties wishing to submit information on the product scope must do so within 10 days of the date of publication of this Notice (3).
3. Allegation of dumping
The product allegedly being dumped is the product under investigation, originating in the People's Republic of China ('the PRC' or 'the country concerned'), currently classified under CN codes 7318 12 90, 7318 14 91, 7318 14 99, 7318 15 58, 7318 15 68, 7318 15 82, 7318 15 88, ex 7318 15 95 (TARIC codes 7318159519 and 7318159589), ex 7318 21 00 (TARIC codes 7318210031, 7318210039, 7318210095 and 7318210098) and ex 7318 22 00 (TARIC codes 7318220031, 7318220039, 7318220095 and 7318220098). The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only.
The complainant claimed that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the PRC, due to the existence of significant distortions within the meaning of point (b) of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation.
To substantiate the allegations of significant distortions, the complainant relied on the information contained in the 'Commission Staff Working Document on Significant Distortions in the Economy of the PRC' dated 20 December 2017 (the 'Commission Report') (4) describing the specific market circumstances in the PRC. In particular, the complainant claimed that the production and sale of the product under investigation is potentially affected by the factors mentioned, inter alia, in the chapters on energy, raw materials and other material inputs and steel sector of the report. Additionally, the complainant provided the reports 'European Business in China, Position Paper' published in 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 by the EU Chamber of Commerce in the PRC, which examine the distortions of the market in the PRC, notably in several sectors that are users of fasteners. Furthermore, the complainant provided two reports produced by Think!Desk China Research & Consulting, pointing to the existence of distortions in the Chinese steel sector, which is a major raw material for the production of fasteners.
As a result, in view of Article 2(6a)(a) of the basic Regulation, the allegation of dumping is based on a comparison of a constructed normal value on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks, with the export price (at ex-works level) of the product under investigation when sold for export to the Union. On that basis the dumping margins calculated are significant for the country concerned.
In light of the information available, the Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence pursuant to Article 5(9) of the basic Regulation tending to show that, due to significant distortions affecting prices and costs, the use of domestic prices and costs in the country concerned is inappropriate, thus warranting the initiation of an investigation on the basis of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation.
The country report is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website (5).
4. Allegation of injury and causation
The complainant has provided evidence that imports of the product under investigation from the country concerned have increased overall in absolute terms and in terms of market share.
The evidence provided by the complainant shows that the volume and the prices of the imported product under investigation have had, among other consequences, a negative impact on the quantities sold and the market share held by the Union industry, resulting in substantial adverse effects on the overall performance, the financial situation and the employment situation of the Union industry.
5. Procedure
Having determined, after informing the Member States, that the complaint has been lodged by or on behalf of the Union industry and that there is sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a proceeding, the Commission hereby initiates an investigation pursuant to Article 5 of the basic Regulation.
The investigation will determine whether the product under investigation originating in the country concerned is being dumped and whether the dumped imports have caused injury to the Union industry.
If the conclusions are affirmative, the investigation will examine whether the imposition of measures would not be against the Union interest under Article 21 of the basic Regulation.
Regulation (EU) 2018/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), which entered into force on 8 June 2018 (TDI Modernisation package), introduced significant changes to the timetable and deadlines previously applicable in anti-dumping proceedings. The time-limits for interested parties to come forward, in particular at the early stage of investigations, are shortened.
The Commission also draws the attention of the parties that further to the COVID-19 outbreak a Notice (7) was published on the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations that may be applicable to this proceeding.
5.1. Investigation period and period considered
The investigation of dumping and injury will cover the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 ('the investigation period'). The examination of trends relevant for the assessment of injury will cover the period from 1 January 2017 to the end of the investigation period ('the period considered').
5.2. Comments on the complaint and the initiation of the investigation
All interested parties wishing to comment on the complaint (including matters pertaining to injury and causality) or any aspects regarding the initiation of the investigation (including the degree of support for the complaint) must do so within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice.
Any request for a hearing with regard to the initiation of the investigation must be submitted within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice.
5.3. Procedure for the determination of dumping
Exporting producers (8) of the product under investigation from the country concerned are invited to participate in the Commission investigation.
5.3.1. Investigating exporting producers
5.3.1.1. Procedure for selecting exporting producers to be investigated in the country concerned
(a) Sampling
In view of the potentially large number of exporting producers in the country concerned involved in this proceeding and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission may limit the exporting producers to be investigated to a reasonable number by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as 'sampling'). The sampling will be carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.
In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary, and if so, to select a sample, all exporting producers, or representatives acting on their behalf, are hereby requested to provide the Commission with information on their company(ies) within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice. This information must be provided via TRON.tdi at the following address: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi/form/98d706b5-8e14-4b8f-5e14-3f2760abdb6b. Tron access information can be found in sections 5.6 and 5.8 below.
In order to obtain information it deems necessary for the selection of the sample of exporting producers, the Commission has also contacted the authorities of the country concerned and may contact any known associations of exporting producers.
If a sample is necessary, the exporting producers may be selected based on the largest representative volume of exports to the Union which can reasonably be investigated within the time available. All known exporting producers, the authorities of the country concerned and associations of exporting producers will be notified by the Commission, via the authorities of the country concerned if appropriate, of the companies selected to be in the sample.
Once the Commission has received the necessary information to select a sample of exporting producers, it will inform the parties concerned of its decision whether they are included in the sample. The sampled exporting producers will have to submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of notification of the decision of their inclusion in the sample, unless otherwise specified.
The Commission will add a note reflecting the sample selection to the file for inspection by interested parties. Any comment on the sample selection must be received within 3 days of the date of notification of the sample decision.
A copy of the questionnaire for exporting producers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2504
The questionnaire will also be made available to any known association of exporting producers, and to the authorities of the country concerned.
Without prejudice to the possible application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation, exporting producers that have agreed to be included in the sample but are not selected as part of the sample will be considered to be cooperating ('non-sampled cooperating exporting producers'). Without prejudice to section 5.3.1.1(b) below, the anti-dumping duty that may be applied to imports from non-sampled cooperating exporting producers will not exceed the weighted average margin of dumping established for the exporting producers in the sample (9).
(b) Individual dumping margin for exporting producers not included in the sample
Pursuant to Article 17(3) of the basic Regulation, non-sampled cooperating exporting producers may request the Commission to establish their individual dumping margins. Exporting producers wishing to claim an individual dumping margin must fill in the questionnaire and return it duly completed within 30 days of the date of notification of the sample selection, unless otherwise specified. A copy of the questionnaire for exporting producers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2504. The Commission will examine whether non-sampled cooperating exporting producers can be granted an individual duty in accordance with Article 9(5) of the basic Regulation.
However, non-sampled cooperating exporting producers claiming an individual dumping margin should be aware that the Commission may nonetheless decide not to determine their individual dumping margin if, for instance, the number of non-sampled cooperating exporting producers is so large that such determination would be unduly burdensome and would prevent the timely completion of the investigation.
5.3.2. Additional procedure with regard to the country concerned subject to significant distortions
Subject to the provisions of this Notice, all interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence regarding the application of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation. This information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice, unless otherwise specified.
In particular, the Commission invites all interested parties to make their views known on the inputs and the Harmonised System (HS) codes provided in the complaint, propose (an) appropriate representative country(ies) and provide the identity of producers of the product under investigation in those countries. This information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice.
Pursuant to point (e) of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation, the Commission will shortly after initiation, by means of a note to the file for inspection by interested parties, inform parties to the investigation about the relevant sources, including the selection of an appropriate representative third country where appropriate, that it intends to use for the purpose of determining normal value pursuant to Article 2(6a). Parties to the investigation are to be given 10 days to comment on the note, in accordance with point (e) of Article 2(6a). According to the information available to the Commission, possible appropriate representative third countries are Brazil and Turkey.
With the aim of finally selecting the appropriate representative third country, the Commission will examine whether those third countries have a similar level of economic development as that of the country concerned, whether there is production and sales of the product under investigation in those third countries and whether relevant data are readily available. Where there is more than one representative third country, preference will be given, where appropriate, to countries with an adequate level of social and environmental protection.
In the context of this exercise, the Commission invites all producers in the country concerned to provide information on the materials (raw and processed) and energy used in the production of the product under investigation within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice. This information must be provided via TRON.tdi at the following address: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi/form/34cf9b9a-5c1a-ee8f-2c5d-f09a155c3473. Tron access information can be found in sections 5.6 and 5.8 below.
Furthermore, any submissions of factual information to value costs and prices pursuant to point (a) of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation must be filed within 65 days of the date of publication of this Notice. Such factual information should be taken exclusively from publicly available sources.
5.3.3. Investigating unrelated importers (10) (11)
Unrelated importers of the product under investigation from the country concerned to the Union are invited to participate in this investigation.
In view of the potentially large number of unrelated importers involved in this proceeding and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission may limit to a reasonable number the unrelated importers that will be investigated by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as 'sampling'). The sampling will be carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.
In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so, to select a sample, all unrelated importers, or representatives acting on their behalf, are hereby requested to provide the Commission with the information on their company(ies) requested in the Annex to this Notice within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice.
In order to obtain information it deems necessary for the selection of the sample of unrelated importers, the Commission may also contact any known associations of importers.
If a sample is necessary, the importers may be selected based on the largest representative volume of sales of the product under investigation in the Union which can reasonably be investigated within the time available.
Once the Commission has received the necessary information to select a sample, it will inform the parties concerned of its decision on the sample of importers. The Commission will also add a note reflecting the sample selection to the file for inspection by interested parties. Any comment on the sample selection must be received within 3 days of the date of notification of the sample decision.
In order to obtain information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will make available questionnaires to the sampled unrelated importers. Those parties must submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of the notification of the decision about the sample, unless otherwise specified.
A copy of the questionnaire for importers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2504
5.4. Procedure for the determination of injury and investigating Union producers
A determination of injury is based on positive evidence and involves an objective examination of the volume of the dumped imports, their effect on prices on the Union market and the consequent impact of those imports on the Union industry. In order to establish whether the Union industry is injured, Union producers of the product under investigation are invited to participate in the Commission investigation.
In view of the large number of Union producers concerned and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission has decided to limit to a reasonable number the Union producers that will be investigated by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as 'sampling'). The sampling is carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.
The Commission has provisionally selected a sample of Union producers. Details can be found in the file for inspection by interested parties. Interested parties are hereby invited to comment on the provisional sample. In addition, other Union producers, or representatives acting on their behalf, that consider that there are reasons why they should be included in the sample must contact the Commission within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice. All comments regarding the provisional sample must be received within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice, unless otherwise specified.
All known Union producers and/or associations of Union producers will be notified by the Commission of the companies finally selected to be in the sample.
The sampled Union producers will have to submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of notification of the decision of their inclusion in the sample, unless otherwise specified.
A copy of the questionnaire for Union producers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2504
5.5. Procedure for the assessment of Union interest
Should the existence of dumping and injury caused thereby be established, a decision will be reached, pursuant to Article 21 of the basic Regulation, as to whether the adoption of anti-dumping measures would not be against the Union interest. Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations are invited to provide the Commission with information on the Union interest. In order to participate in the investigation, the representative consumer organisations have to demonstrate that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under investigation.
Information concerning the assessment of Union interest must be provided within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice unless otherwise specified. This information may be provided either in a free format or by completing a questionnaire prepared by the Commission. A copy of the questionnaires, including the questionnaire for users of the product under investigation, is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2504. The information submitted pursuant to Article 21 will only be taken into account if supported by factual evidence at the time of submission.
5.6. Interested parties
In order to participate in the investigation interested parties, such as exporting producers, Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations first have to demonstrate that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under investigation.
Exporting producers, Union producers, importers and representative associations who made information available in accordance to the procedures described in sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 above will be considered as interested parties if there is an objective link between their activities and the product under investigation.
Other parties will only be able to participate in the investigation as interested party from the moment they make themselves known, and provided that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under investigation. Being considered as an interested party is without prejudice to the application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Access to the file available for inspection for interested parties is made via Tron.tdi at the following address: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/TDI. Please follow the instructions on that page to get access (12).
5.7. Possibility to be heard by the Commission investigation services
All interested parties may request to be heard by the Commission's investigation services.
Any request to be heard must be made in writing and must specify the reasons for the request as well as a summary of what the interested party wishes to discuss during the hearing. The hearing will be limited to the issues set out by the interested parties in writing beforehand.
The timeframe for hearings is as follows:
For any hearings to take place before the deadline for the imposition of provisional measures, a request should be made within 15 days from the date of publication of this Notice and the hearing will normally take place within 60 days of the date of publication of this Notice.
After the stage of provisional findings, a request should be made within 5 days from the date of the disclosure of the provisional findings or of the information document, and the hearing will normally take place within 15 days from the date of notification of the disclosure or the date of the information document.
At the stage of definitive findings, a request should be made within 3 days from the date of the final disclosure, and the hearing will normally take place within the period granted to comment on the final disclosure. If there is an additional final disclosure, a request should be made immediately upon receipt of this additional final disclosure, and the hearing will normally take place within the deadline to provide comments on this disclosure.
The outlined timeframe is without prejudice to the right of the Commission services to accept hearings outside the timeframe in duly justified cases and to the right of the Commission to deny hearings in duly justified cases. Where the Commission services refuse a hearing request, the party concerned will be informed of the reasons for such refusal.
In principle, hearings will not be used to present factual information which is not yet on file. Nevertheless, in the interest of good administration and to enable Commission services to progress with the investigation, interested parties may be directed to provide new factual information after a hearing.
5.8. Instructions for making written submissions and sending completed questionnaires and correspondence
Information submitted to the Commission for the purpose of trade defence investigations shall be free from copyrights. Interested parties, before submitting to the Commission information and/or data which is subject to third party copyrights, must request specific permission to the copyright holder explicitly allowing the Commission a) to use the information and data for the purpose of this trade defence proceeding and b) to provide the information and/or data to interested parties to this investigation in a form that allows them to exercise their rights of defence.
All written submissions, including the information requested in this Notice, completed questionnaires and correspondence provided by interested parties for which confidential treatment is requested shall be labelled 'Sensitive' (13). Parties submitting information in the course of this investigation are invited to reason their request for confidential treatment.
Parties providing 'Sensitive' information are required to furnish non-confidential summaries of it pursuant to Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, which will be labelled 'For inspection by interested parties'. Those summaries should be sufficiently detailed to permit a reasonable understanding of the substance of the information submitted in confidence.
If a party providing confidential information fails to show good cause for a confidential treatment request or does not furnish a non-confidential summary of it in the requested format and quality, the Commission may disregard such information unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated from appropriate sources that the information is correct.
Interested parties are invited to make all submissions and requests via TRON.tdi (https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/TDI) including scanned powers of attorney and certification sheets. By using TRON.tdi or email, interested parties express their agreement with the rules applicable to electronic submissions contained in the document 'CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN TRADE DEFENCE CASES' published on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/june/tradoc_148003.pdf. The interested parties must indicate their name, address, telephone and a valid email address and they should ensure that the provided email address is a functioning official business email which is checked on a daily basis. Once contact details are provided, the Commission will communicate with interested parties by TRON.tdi or email only, unless they explicitly request to receive all documents from the Commission by another means of communication or unless the nature of the document to be sent requires the use of a registered mail. For further rules and information concerning correspondence with the Commission including principles that apply to submissions via TRON.tdi and by email, interested parties should consult the communication instructions with interested parties referred to above.
Commission address for correspondence:
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate G
Office: CHAR 04/039
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
TRADE-AD676-FAST-DUMPING@ec.europa.eu
TRADE-AD676-FAST-INJURY@ec.europa.eu
6. Schedule of the investigation
The investigation will be concluded, pursuant to Article 6(9) of the basic Regulation within normally 13, but not more than 14 months of the date of the publication of this Notice. In accordance with Article 7(1) of the basic Regulation, provisional measures may be imposed normally not later than 7 months, but in any event not later than 8 months from the publication of this Notice.
In accordance with Article 19a of the basic Regulation, the Commission will provide information on the planned imposition of provisional duties 4 weeks before the imposition of provisional measures. Interested parties will be given 3 working days to comment in writing on the accuracy of the calculations.
In cases where the Commission intends not to impose provisional duties but to continue the investigation, interested parties will be informed, by means of an information document, of the non-imposition of duties 4 weeks before the expiry of the deadline under Article 7(1) of the basic Regulation.
Interested parties will be given 15 days to comment in writing on the provisional findings or on the information document, and 10 days to comment in writing on the definitive findings, unless otherwise specified. Where applicable, additional final disclosures will specify the deadline for interested parties to comment in writing.
7. Submission of information
As a rule, interested parties may only submit information in the timeframes specified in sections 5 and 6 of this Notice. The submission of any other information not covered by those sections, should respect the following timetable:
Any information for the stage of provisional findings should be submitted within 70 days from the date of publication of this Notice, unless otherwise specified.
Unless otherwise specified, interested parties should not submit new factual information after the deadline to comment on the disclosure of the provisional findings or the information document at the stage of provisional findings. After this deadline, interested parties may only submit new factual information if they can demonstrate that such new factual information is necessary to rebut factual allegations made by other interested parties and provided that such new factual information can be verified within the time available to complete the investigation in a timely manner.
In order to complete the investigation within the mandatory deadlines, the Commission will not accept submissions from interested parties after the deadline to provide comments on the final disclosure or, if applicable, after the deadline to provide comments on the additional final disclosure.
8. Possibility to comment on other parties' submissions
In order to guarantee the rights of defence, interested parties should have the possibility to comment on information submitted by other interested parties. When doing so, interested parties may only address issues raised in the other interested parties' submissions and may not raise new issues.
Such comments should be made according to the following timeframe:
Any comment on information submitted by other interested parties before the deadline of imposition of provisional measures should be made at the latest on day 75 from the date of publication of this Notice, unless otherwise specified.
Comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to the disclosure of the provisional findings or of the information document should be submitted within 7 days from the deadline to comment on the provisional findings or on the information document, unless otherwise specified.
Comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to the final disclosure should be submitted within 3 days from the deadline to comment on the final disclosure, unless otherwise specified. If there is an additional final disclosure, comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to this disclosure should be made within 1 day from the deadline to comment on this disclosure, unless otherwise specified.
The outlined timeframe is without prejudice to the Commission's right to request additional information from interested parties in duly justified cases.
9. Extension to time limits specified in this Notice
Any extension to the time limits provided for in this Notice should only be requested in exceptional circumstances and will only be granted if duly justified.
In any event, any extension to the deadline to reply to questionnaires will be limited normally to 3 days, and as a rule will not exceed 7 days.
Regarding time limits for the submission of other information specified in the Notice of Initiation, extensions will be limited to 3 days unless exceptional circumstances are demonstrated.
10. Non-cooperation
In cases where any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, provisional or final findings, affirmative or negative, may be made on the basis of facts available, in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information may be disregarded and use may be made of facts available.
If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated.
Failure to give a computerised response shall not be deemed to constitute non-cooperation, provided that the interested party shows that presenting the response as requested would result in an unreasonable extra burden or unreasonable additional cost. The interested party should immediately contact the Commission.
11. Hearing Officer
Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer for trade proceedings. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time limits and any other request concerning the rights of defence of interested parties and third parties as may arise during the proceeding.
The Hearing Officer may organise hearings and mediate between the interested party/-ies and Commissions services to ensure that the interested parties' rights of defence are being fully exercised. A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. The Hearing Officer will examine the reasons for the requests. These hearings should only take place if the issues have not been settled with the Commission services in the due course.
Any request must be submitted in good time and expeditiously so as not to jeopardise the orderly conduct of proceedings. To that effect, interested parties should request the intervention of the Hearing Officer at the earliest possible time following the occurrence of the event justifying such intervention. In principle, the timeframes set out in section 5.7 to request hearings with the Commission services apply mutatis mutandis to requests for hearings with the Hearing Officer. Where hearing requests are submitted outside the relevant timeframes, the Hearing Officer will also examine the reasons for such late requests, the nature of the issues raised and the impact of those issues on the rights of defence, having due regard to the interests of good administration and the timely completion of the investigation.
For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on DG Trade's website: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/contacts/hearing-officer/
12. Processing of personal data
Any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (14).
A data protection notice that informs all individuals of the processing of personal data in the framework of Commission's trade defence activities is available on DG TRADE's website: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/accessing-markets/trade-defence/
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.
(2) The general term 'injury' refers to material injury as well as to threat of material injury or material retardation of the establishment of an industry as set out in Article 3(1) of the basic Regulation.
(3) References to the publication of this Notice mean publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(4) Commission Staff Working Document, on Significant Distortions in the Economy of the People's Republic of China for the Purposes of Trade Defence Investigations, 20.12.2017, SWD (2017) 483 final/2, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2017/december/tradoc_156474.pdf
(5) Documents cited in the country report may also be obtained upon a duly reasoned request.
(6) Regulation (EU) 2018/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (OJ L 143, 7.6.2018, p. 1).
(7) On the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations (OJ C 86, 16.3.2020, p. 6).
(8) An exporting producer is any company in the country concerned which produces and exports the product under investigation to the Union market, either directly or via a third party, including any of its related companies involved in the production, domestic sales or exports of the product under investigation.
(9) Pursuant to Article 9(6) of the basic Regulation, any zero and de minimis margins, and margins established in accordance with the circumstances described in Article 18 of the basic Regulation will be disregarded.
(10) This section covers only importers not related to exporting producers. Importers that are related to exporting producers have to fill in Annex I to the questionnaire for these exporting producers. In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if: (a) they are officers or directors of the other person's business; (b) they are legally recognised partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, 'person' means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognised under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
(11) The data provided by unrelated importers may also be used in relation to aspects of this investigation other than the determination of dumping.
(12) In case of technical problems please contact the Trade Service Desk by email trade-service-desk@ec.europa.eu or by telephone +32 22979797.
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ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF CERTAIN IRON OR STEEL FASTENERS ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
INFORMATION FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE OF UNRELATED IMPORTERS
This form is designed to assist unrelated importers in responding to the request for sampling information made in point 5.3.3 of the notice of initiation.
Both the 'Sensitive' version and the version 'For inspection by interested parties' should be returned to the Commission as set out in the notice of initiation.
1. IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS
Supply the following details about your company:
2. TURNOVER AND SALES VOLUME
Indicate the total turnover in euros (EUR) of the company, and the value in euros (EUR) and volume in tonnes for imports into the Union and resales on the Union market after importation from the People's Republic of China, during the investigation period, of the product under investigation as defined in the notice of initiation.
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Total turnover of your company in euros (EUR)
Imports of the product under investigation originating in the People's Republic of China into the Union
Imports of the product under investigation into the Union (all origins)
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Give details of the precise activities of the company and all related companies (please list them and state the relationship to your company) involved in the production and/or selling (export and/or domestic) of the product under investigation. Such activities could include but are not limited to purchasing the product under investigation or producing it under sub-contracting arrangements, or processing or trading the product under investigation.
Company name and location
Please provide any other relevant information which the company considers useful to assist the Commission in the selection of the sample.
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By providing the above information, the company agrees to its possible inclusion in the sample. If the company is selected to be part of the sample, this will involve completing a questionnaire and accepting a visit at its premises in order to verify its response. If the company indicates that it does not agree to its possible inclusion in the sample, it will be deemed not to have cooperated in the investigation. The Commission's findings for non-cooperating importers are based on the facts available and the result may be less favourable to that company than if it had cooperated.
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Gechi je řeka v Čečenské autonomní republice Ruské federace, pravostranný přítok řeky Sunžy.

Geografie
Řeka Gechi pramení na severních svazích hory Jacebkort (2511 m n. m.) v okrese Galan-Čož, asi 10 km vzdušnou čarou směrem na jihovýchod od jeho stejnojmenného správního střediska. Zhruba 2,5 km jihozápadním směrem od pramenů Gechi leží starobylá pevnost Nikaroj. Na jihovýchodních svazích hory Jacebkort, ve vzdálenosti cca 4 km vzdušnou čarou od prameniště Gechi, pramení řeka Martan, další pravostranný přítok Sunžy, směřující k severu a posléze k severovýchodu prakticky souběžně s tokem řeky Gechi. Řeka Gechi je dlouhá 57 km, její povodí má plochu 332 km² .

Ckarakteristika

Tok řeky Gechi směřuje zpočátku k severoseverozápadu, později pokračuje k severu středem historického území Našcha, v níž se nacházejí pozůstatky četných památek a opevněných sídel místních horalů, vysídlených do střední Asie během deportace čečenského národa v roce 1944. Ani po rehabilitaci Čečenců a příslušníků dalších podobně postižených kavkazských národů nebyla tato oblasti již nikdy znovu osídlena. Nedaleko pramenů řeky Gechi stával aul Chijlach (čečensky Х1ийлаха, rusky Хийлахой, Хийлах). V lokalitě, zvané Ačcha bov jsou zachovány ruiny původních obytných a obranných věží. Tento pevnostní komplex, sestávající z osmi obytných a obranných věží, není zaregistrován - stejně jako mnohé další památky v Čečensku - na ústředním seznamu objektů kulturního dědictví národů Ruské federace. Do roku 1999 byl stav tohoto stavebního komplexu vcelku uspokojivý, po ostřelování a bombardování území v období Druhé čečenské války z něj zůstaly trosky. Na území bývalé vsi Chijlach se nachází též řada kultovních míst a přírodních zajímavostí, například na svahu Kebasa jsou souběžné řady šikmo vztyčených kamenů, tvořících průchod na cestě do Kej-mechka. Na severním okraji někdejší vsi Chijlach se tyčí velká skála, odrážející ozvěnou zvuky a hlasy - odtud název Луъйн тIулг, t. j. Mluvící kámen.

Gechi má řadu menších i větších přítoků. Na 44. kilometru od jejího ústí do Sunžy se do Gechi zleva vlévá 13 km dlouhá řeka Osuchi, která pramení na severních svazích hory Juker-Lam a protéká správním střediskem okresu Galan-Čož. V soutěsce, ležící v levobřežní oblasti Gechi před jejím soutokem s Osuchi, se v nadmořské výšce 955 metrů nachází 21 m hluboké jezero Gechi-Am. Naproti ústí Gechi leží na protějším levém břehu Sunži obec Alchan-Kala. V dolní částí na posledních kilometrech toku řeka Gechi výrazně meandruje. Mezi největší sídla v údolí řeky Gechi patří obce Gechi a Gechi-Ču.

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Policy Issues; Ag Economy; Trade; and, Biofuels
Categories: Agricultural Economy /Ethanol /Farm Bill /Food Prices /Immigration /Trade
A recent update at the Red River Farm Network Online indicated that, "Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson, who is the ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee, says the heavy lifting is done for the 2014 farm bill. 'We've got everybody on board now with a position that it is not going to be reopened so now the issue is making sure it is implemented correctly.' While it won't be reopened, Peterson says the farm bill will likely be subject to criticism once the costs become known. 'I think people are going to be surprised at how much this is going to end up costing, which is what I was afraid of at the time we passed the bill,' said Peterson, 'For example, Iowa and, probably, Minnesota look like they're going to sign up for the ARC so you're going to have corn farmers that were getting $20 an acre in direct payments that are going to get $90 an acre and that will cause a commotion.'"
The full interview with RRFN's Mike Hergert and Rep. Peterson is available here (MP3- 8:00).
The RRFN update also noted that, "South Dakota Senator John Thune was concerned about retaining the target price, which is now known as the reference price, program when the farm bill was written. 'With commodity prices now falling, I think people may start farming for the farm program instead the market,' Thune told RRFN [MP3], 'I was concerned about that and I think that will increase dramatically the cost of the farm bill.' Thune worries that may create the temptation to reopen the farm bill and 'I'm very concerned about that.'"
And recall that late last week, Mike Hergert interviewed House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R., Tex.), who noted in part that, "We'll take an approach that says you want to spend $80 billion a year on food stamps? Let's take a look at that and let's see what works, what doesn't work, and let's understand the program. Let's reevaluate how that program is considered successful by looking at how quickly folks can get off the program, back on their own two feet, taking care of their own families, as opposed to the current model that says, you know, it's successful the longer you stay on it. So we'll be going through that."
Mr. Hergert's full interview with Chairman Conaway is available here (MP3- 6:00); see also this photo from the House Ag Committee's Instagram webpage with a caption that noted: "I had a blast talking with Mike Hergert with the #RedRiver #Farm Network. Ag reporters like Mike who ask good questions & get the facts right provide a service to our democracy & specifically to our #farmers & #ranchers. The farmers in #NorthDakota & #Minnesota are lucky to have Mike working for them"
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Garrison Keillor's Retiring, May Mean It This Time
The host of 'A Prarie Home Companion' has been down this road before
By Ray Gustini
Aggressively folksy radio personality Garrison Keillor is telling AARP magazine he plans to retire as host of A Prairie Home Companion in the spring of 2013. "I sure don't want to make a fool of myself," he explained to interviewer Evelyn Renold, "and be singing romantic duets with 25-year-old women when I'm 75."
Fans of Keillor's unique blend of Midwestern wisdom, unconventional musical acts, and live radio theater might want to take the news with a grain of salt. This isn't the first time Keillor has flirted with hanging up his trademark red sneakers.
In 1987, he ended the first incarnation of the show and moved to Denmark to be with his second wife, Ulla. The exile was a brief one. Keillor returned to the U.S. after two years, and the radio show started back up in 1993.
The plot of Robert Altman's 2006 film A Prairie Home Companion centers on Keillor and a fictionalized version of the cast's final show. Granted, the decision to end the program comes from Tommy Lee Jones, not Keillor, in the movie. But the film's closing scene, embedded below, suggest Keillor will keep returning to his radio company, whether he wants to or not:

After suffering a stroke in 2009, Keillor made comments to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune with sentiments nearly identical to what he told AARP this week. "[I'm] not counting on doing it more than a couple more years," he said at the time. "I would love to see it continue, and I think I would be a great producer. I think I'd be a better producer than a host. So I would love to produce a successor show." Two years later, Keillor still insists the end is near--but not for a few more years.


Police officials say the 32-year-old Norwegian man suspected of the Oslo bombing and a deadly shooting at a youth camp does not appear to be linked to Islamist terrorism and may be linked to rightwing extremists. Norway is ruled by the left-leaning Labor Party.
Friday's explosion in Oslo killed seven people and injured nearly 20 others, while the island camp shooting left at least 80 people dead.
Some media outlets have already mentioned the arrested man's name and publish his photos, but this information has not been officially confirmed yet.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Friday's twin terrorist attacks in Norway, which claimed the lives of at least 87 people.
At least 80 people have been killed in a shooting at a youth summer camp on the Utoya Island near Oslo, while the death toll from a bomb attack on a government headquarters in the Norwegian capital stands at 7.
In a televised message to the nation Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg condemned Friday's blasts in the capital as a "bloody and cowardly attack on democracy" and said that Norway would respond with a renewed effort to cement democracy and freedom.
At least 80 people have been killed in a shooting at a youth summer camp on the Utaya Island near Oslo, while the death toll from a bomb attack on a government headquarters in the Norwegian capital stands at 7.
Police are already questioning a 32-year-old Norwegian man in connection with Friday's attack.
He is believed to belong to right-extremist groups in eastern Norway.
Police with sniffer dogs have found two unexploded bombs on an island in Norway where 87 people died when a gunman, wearing a police uniform, opened fire at a youth camp, hours after a massive bomb attack on the capital, Oslo.
The arrested gunman, a 32-year-old ethnic Norwegian, is the main suspect also in Friday's bombing outside the government headquarters in the capital.
87 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at random at a youth camp near Oslo on Friday, an eyewitness has told Norway's state NRK TV channel. Andre Scheie said he saw the bodies on the shore of the Labor Party youth camp on the island of Utoya.
"There are very many dead by the shore … there are about 80 dead," he said. He also spoke of people dead in the water.
Police said later "at least nine" people had died. NRK said the shooter has been detained. It also said witnesses described him as looking "Norwegian".
The shooting came shortly after a massive bomb went off outside the government offices in Oslo leaving 11 people dead and more than a dozen injured.
At least seven people were were killed in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Friday when a suspected car bomb went off outside the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who was not hurt.
Shortly after, a man disguised as a police officer opened fire at random at a youth Labor Party summer camp on a island near Oslo, wounding several people.
There are unconfirmed reports of other unexploded devices found in the city center.
Police have arrested three suspects, whose nationality is not yet known.
olice officials say the 32-year-old Norwegian man suspected of the Oslo bombing and a deadly shooting at a youth camp does not appear to be linked to Islamist terrorism and may be linked to rightwing extremists. Norway is ruled by the left-leaning Labor Party.


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Most expensive painting ever – Paul Gauguin masterpiece sells for £197 million
Matt PaytonSaturday 7 Feb 2015 1:19 pm
'Nafea faa ipoipo' (When will you marry?, 1892) by French painter Paul Gauguin (Picture: EPA)
The world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold has been broken by a 19th century painting by Paul Gauguin which reached $300 million (£197 million) at auction.
'Nafea faa ipoipo' (When will you marry?) is an 1892 painting of two Tahitian women by Paul Gauguin after the time he spent on the tropical island in the late 19th century.
It's former owner Rudolf Staechelin, a collector from Basel in Switzerland, has confirmed the sale, telling the New York Times: He told the newspaper: 'The real question is why only now?
'It's mainly because we got a good offer.'
Mr Staechelin declined to reveal the identity of the buyer or confirm the price but there are suggestions the oil-rich government of Qatar purchased it.
If the reports of this sale are accurate, it will have beaten the previous record of $259 million (£170 million) for Paul Cezanne's 1895 piece, 'The Card Players', which was bought by Qatar in 2011.
Both Gauguin and Cezanne were part of the French Post-Impressionist movement with their reputations only being made after their deaths.
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MARK HANLEY - "Scar" (1992)
I've gotten a lot of music from Mark Hanley over the years and it's all good! This was a tape he released in 1992 called
"SCAR!"
Mark hailed from Youngstown, Ohio, and played all the instruments, except on two songs, where he was helped out by Tracy Makepeace and Sylvia Slip!
On the first song of the first side, Mark tells it like it is, and it's titled:
"It's My Life!"
TOM FURGAS - "Turn Back The Rainbows" (1987)
SCOTT DAVEY - "Goner" (1993)
THE LARRY MONDELLO BAND - "Mondello Mantras" (1991)
PUNCTURE PROJECT - "Like Medusa" (1990)


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Manoj "Marty" Puranik is founder, president and CEO of Atlantic.Net, a profitable and growing Hosting Solutions Provider. In 1994 Marty and two classmates founded Atlantic.Net from their dorm rooms at the University of Florida. Operating under the name ICC Computers, they quickly developed a reputation for quality and service and in 1995 launched one of the first commercial Internet services in North Florida. In 1996, ICC ceased retail operations to focus solely on Internet connectivity. Under Marty's leadership Atlantic.Net became one of Florida's largest privately-owned ISPs, providing Internet access in cities and small towns throughout Florida and the southeastern United States. As legislation began making it more difficult for smaller ISPs to exist, Marty began redirecting the company.
In 2002, Atlantic.Net took-over a 25,000-square-foot Data Center in Orlando with the goal of protecting businesses with an online presence from data loss or downtime. Today the Hosting Solutions business is profitable, growing, and operates with little to no debt with Cloud Hosting Services available globally in London, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Dallas and Orlando. Marty's strengths as a leader and visionary have helped him lead a successful business for over 23 years, even through the dot.com bust and housing bubble bust. Atlantic.Net thrives thanks to Marty's strategic acumen, technical prowess and his valuable, old-fashioned habits of thrift, modesty and discipline. Under Marty's leadership, Atlantic.Net was named to Inc. 500 for three years in a row and Florida 100 for four years in a row.
Marty has devoted most of his time over the past 23 years to keeping his business competitive and his staff employed – quite an achievement, particularly in this economy. Besides earning his UF degree while running Atlantic.Net, Marty is an early supporter of technology related groups such as BarCamp and others. He was also a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1999 and a finalist in the Best Executive category of the American Business Awards in 2003.
Where did the idea for Atlantic.Net come from?
The idea for Atlantic.Net was created because in the early 90's there were no commercial services to provide Internet access. Since it was a new industry, you could only connect via colleges in our area.
A typical day is pretty atypical. Each day varies a great deal, but it mostly starts with follow up on emails in the morning, followed by meetings with customers, partners, or internal staff. Finally, I usually have a "To Do" list of 3 things I try to get done each day, which may include toying with new technologies or ideas.
We bring ideas to life through rapid prototyping and trying the products ourselves. We also look at existing and/or new technologies and try to put our own spin on it to solve customer problems in an elegant way.
I think the move towards clean energy like Solar, and solar/wind reaching price parity with legacy energy sources. Broad-based penetration of clean renewable energy will have a tremendous impact on our society in a positive way.
Keeping an open mind and thinking like a beginner is certainly a habit that increases my productivity as an entrepreneur. I try my best to view things in different angles compared with the status quo.
If I was giving advice to my younger self, it would be to stay in shape. It's very important to exercise and eat healthy, especially for those sitting at a desk most of the day.
The world of cloud computing will be dominated by a new set of players, some of whom haven't emerged yet. It is a growing industry that will continue to evolve over the years.
Keep adapting, especially in the world of technology. It's always changing, and if you don't continue to innovate, someone else will and may take your place.
Being conservative has really helped me grow my business. We have been through many cycles where what is cool often doesn't make money. So by focusing on trying to monetize rather than being cool, we have been able to not only survive, but thrive.
We used a third party technology as a core piece of some cloud infrastructure that was next generation stuff, but it didn't work. We made the mental jump to use traditional technology because the new stuff wasn't ready for production. While we emotionally wanted to use the new technology, we had the maturity to use the older technology that worked. Often times people get infatuated with a vendor or technology that ends up sinking their business.
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Try reading "Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Taleb. It really changes the way you think about markets and the world. This book is really all about luck, and how we perceive luck in our personal and professional lives.