Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1344 of 12 August 2019 imposing a pr... (32019R1344)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1344 of 12 August 2019 imposing a provisional countervailing duty on imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1344
- of 12 August 2019
- imposing a provisional countervailing duty on imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia
- 1.
- PROCEDURE
- 1.1.
- Initiation
- 1.2.
- Investigation period and period considered
- 1.3.
- Interested parties
- 1.4.
- Sampling
- 1.4.1.
- Sampling of Union producers
- 1.4.2.
- Sampling of importers
- 1.4.3.
- Sampling of exporting producers in Indonesia
- 1.4.4.
- Questionnaire replies and verification visits
- 2.
- PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
- 2.1.
- Product concerned
- 2.2.
- Like product
- 3.
- SUBSIDISATION
- 3.1.
- Subsidies and subsidy programmes within the scope of the current investigation
- 3.2.
- Government support to the biodiesel industry through direct transfer of funds via the ‘Biodiesel Subsidy Fund’
- 3.2.1.
- The complaint and the subsidy scheme
- 3.2.2.
- Analysis
- 3.2.2.1. Financial contribution
- 3.2.2.2. Benefit
- 3.2.2.3. Specificity
- 3.2.3.
- Conclusion
- 3.2.4.
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- 3.3.
- Government support to the biodiesel industry including through the provision of palm oil (CPO) for less than adequate remuneration
- 3.3.1.
- The complaint and the subsidy scheme
- 3.3.2.
- The application of the provisions of Article 28(1) of the basic Regulation
- 3.3.3.
- Analysis
- 3.3.3.1. Financial contribution
- 3.3.3.2. Entrustment or direction of CPO producers by the GOI
- 3.3.3.3. Entrustment or direction of private bodies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(iv) of the basic Regulation
- 3.3.3.4. Provision of CPO for less than adequate remuneration
- 3.3.3.5. The function which would normally be vested in the government and the practice, which, in no real sense, differs from practices normally followed by governments
- 3.3.3.6. Conclusion
- 3.3.3.7. Price or income support
- (a)
- The GOI's intention to support the domestic biodiesel industry as a public policy objective
- (b)
- Government actions for the development of the biodiesel industry
- (c)
- The set of measures adopted by the GOI qualifies as ‘any form of income/price support’ in the sense of Article XVI of the GATT 1994
- 3.3.3.8. Benefit
- 3.3.3.9. Specificity
- 3.3.4.
- Conclusion
- 3.3.5.
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- 3.4.
- Government Support via revenue forgone: the Bonded Zone scheme
- 3.4.1.
- The subsidy scheme
- 3.4.1.1. Eligibility
- 3.4.1.2. Advantages conferred by being in Bonded Zones
- 3.4.1.3. The application of the provisions of Article 28(1) of the basic Regulation
- 3.4.2.
- Analysis
- 3.4.2.1. Financial contribution
- 3.4.2.2. Benefit
- 3.4.2.3. Specificity
- 3.4.3.
- Conclusion
- 3.4.4.
- Calculation of the subsidy amount
- 3.5.
- Other schemes
- 3.5.1.
- Income tax benefits for listed investments
- 3.5.2.
- Industrial estate subsidy
- 3.5.3.
- Pioneer Industry Tax Benefit
- 3.5.4.
- The provision of export financing and guarantees on preferential terms by the Indonesian Eximbank
- 3.6.
- Conclusion on subsidisation
- 4.
- INJURY
- 4.1.
- Definition of the Union industry and Union production
- 4.2.
- Union consumption
- 4.3.
- Imports from the country concerned
- 4.3.1.
- Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
- 4.3.2.
- Prices of imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
- 4.4.
- Economic situation of the Union industry
- 4.4.1.
- General remarks
- 4.4.2.
- Macroeconomic indicators
- 4.4.2.1. Production capacity and capacity utilisation
- 4.4.2.2. Sales volume and market share
- 4.4.2.3. Growth
- 4.4.2.4. Employment and productivity
- 4.4.2.5. Magnitude of the amount of the countervailable subsidies and recovery from past subsidisation or dumping
- 4.4.3.
- Microeconomic indicators
- 4.4.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
- 4.4.3.2. Labour costs
- 4.4.3.3. Stocks
- 4.4.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
- 4.4.4.
- Conclusion on injury
- 5.
- THREAT OF INJURY
- 5.1.
- Introduction
- 5.2.
- The nature of the subsidy or subsidies in question and the trade effects likely to arise therefrom
- 5.3.
- Significant rate of increase of subsidised imports into the Union market indicating the likelihood of substantially increased imports
- 5.4.
- Sufficient freely disposable capacity and absorption capacity of third countries
- 5.5.
- Price level of subsidised imports
- 5.6.
- Level of inventories
- 5.7.
- Conclusion
- 6.
- CAUSATION
- 6.1.
- Effects of the subsidised imports
- 6.2.
- Other known factors
- 6.2.1.
- Imports from third countries
- 6.2.2.
- Export performance of the Union industry
- 6.3.
- Conclusion
- 7.
- UNION INTEREST
- 7.1.
- Interest of the Union industry
- 7.2.
- Interest of unrelated importers
- 7.3.
- Interest of users/consumers
- 7.4.
- Trade-distorting effects of subsidies/restoring effective competition
- 7.5.
- Conclusion on Union interest
- 8.
- REGISTRATION
- 9.
- PROVISIONAL COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
- 9.1.
- Provisional measures
- 10.
- INFORMATION AT PROVISIONAL STAGE
- 11.
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
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