European Commission: Extension of Anti-dumping Duties Colour Television Receivers

IRIS 1995-5:1/4

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

On 27 March 1995, the European Council adopted a Regulation in which it imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on large colour television receivers from Korea and the People's Republic of China and small colour television receivers from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. During April 1995, the European Commission announced, however, that it will re-examine the anti-dumping measures on colour television. The Commission considers that there should no longer be a distinction between large and small televisions since all colour sets now have the main basic characteristics and are used in the same manner by the consumer. Therefore, the Commission is in favour of establishing a uniform treatment from the point of view of level of anti-dumping measures.

The request for re-examination was introduced by the Association of European Consumer Electronic Manufacturers. According to the Commission, the European manufacturers had provided sufficient elements of proof based on price comparison and on the underquotation of prices entailing insufficient profitability of the Community industry, for opening an examination procedure. In practice, this means that the Commssion is aiming at an amendment of the Regulation of last March.