Thus the increase in costs of 8 % in the IP, which could not be fully reflected in the sales prices, led to a deterioration of the profitability to a level which is insufficient to ensure the long-term viability of the Community industry.

The liaison bodies may agree on raising the amounts referred to in the Articles 18 and 19, by a percentage for administration costs.

However, if the method of determining benefits, the rules for calculating benefits including by reason of an increase in the cost of living or changes in the level of wages or salaries or other reasons for adjustment or new facts or circumstances affecting the benefits have to be considered, a recalculation shall be carried out in accordance with this Convention.

The monthly increases, which shall be the same for each month, shall be fixed each year by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, account being taken of average storage costs and interest charges in the Community.

(4) When, following its foundation, a mutual insurance company applies for the authorisation to perform insurance business with regard to additional classes of insurance, the Insurance Supervision Agency shall be obliged to require, as a condition for granting the authorisation, an appropriate increase in the initial capital, if the expenses relating to the start-up of operations with regard to the new classes of insurance cannot be covered otherwise.

It can thus be considered that the increase in costs would be negligible.

In recital 179 of the provisional Regulation it was estimated that additional costs relating to transport only would represent an increase of 2,5 % in costs.

It is not unreasonable to conclude that without the dumped imports, the Community industry could have fully, or almost fully, passed on the increased costs.

As the estimated impact on the non alcoholic drinks sector already includes the impact on the cost of PET transformed by the converters, it can be considered that the increase in costs on users of PET would be limited.

With regard to the issue of the depreciation of the euro against the dollar raised by the other interested party, it was accepted in recital 61 of the provisional Regulation that this may have magnified the increase in the cost of zinc as a raw material.

Moreover, the Commission, on its own initiative analysed the alleged impact on the cost of production and it was found that the quantity produced in September 1999 exceeded the quantity produced in several other months of the IP while the increase in costs was not higher than in other months of the IP.

In this respect it should be noted that between 1999 and the IP, coinciding with the significant penetration of the Chinese imports in the Community market, the production and capacity utilisation of the Community industry decreased, with the consequent increase in its costs.

The proposed measures may have the impact of increasing the cost of production of users by between 0,1 % to a maximum of 0,16 %.

For thermal paper producers the maximum hypothetical increase in the cost of production would amount to 1,49 %.

These increases can be attributed partly to the imposition of the anti-dumping measure but also to the increase in the Community industry's costs.

Due to their contractual link with their customers, it is likely that converters will be able to pass most of this increase in cost on to their clients.

This increase was more rapid than the increase in costs (around 20 %) leading to an improvement of the Community industry's financial situation.

Subsequently profitability deteriorated because the increase in the price of oil and thus of cost of production could not be compensated by proportional sale price increases.

However, it is to be recalled that, at this same time, the Community industry was, to a certain degree, able to increase its selling prices to reflect the increase in its cost of production.

Due to their contractual link with their customers, it is likely that the converters making preforms and bottles will be able to pass most of this increase in cost onto their clients.

Whereas the rates of daily subsistence allowance for officials on mission should be adjusted, in order to take account of the increased costs recorded in the different places of employment in the Member States,

This resulted partially from the fact that all operators on the Community market were able to raise their prices after an increase in the raw material costs (see recital 40), and the Community industry could improve its financial situation due to a reduction in overhead costs.

Given the above, the imposition of an anti-dumping duty at the level considered would result in a hypothetical maximum increase in the cost of production of carbonless paper producers of 0,21 %.

Indeed, as converters are able to pass most of the increase in costs on to their clients, the consolidated impact of measures on the producers of drinks is estimated to be marginal on the overall profitability of this sector.

As converters are able to pass most of the increase in costs on to their clients, the consolidated impact of measures on the producers of drinks is estimated to be marginal on the overall profitability of this sector.

Indeed, essentially, due to a worldwide shortage of these raw materials, starting at the end of 1993 and continuing into 1994 and 1995 prices increased, reflected in a corresponding increase in the cost of production.

The increase in Chinese imports coincided with a decrease in the sales volume and in the capacity utilisation of the Community industry, contributing to an increase in unit costs, which led to substantial losses in the IP (- 5,5 %).

With respect to the latter country, this meant omitting the last three months of 1999 and it was argued that, given the increase in oil prices, this would have an impact on the results of the examination of sales price, cost of production and profitability in the injury investigation.

(80) It was reiterated that stone wool producers will be forced to relocate production facilities in order to avoid a reduction of profitability if anti-dumping measures are imposed, since the resulting increases in costs cannot be passed on to the final customers.

The provision by governments (or special institutions controlled by governments) of export credit guarantee or insurance programmes, of insurance or guarantee programmes against increases in the cost of exported products or of exchange risk programmes, at premium rates which are inadequate to cover the long-term operating costs and losses of the programmes.

The first area concerns the loss of competitiveness that an increase in the cost of zinc oxide would have on their financial performance and the consequences for continued investment in manufacturing frits and ceramic tiles in the Community.

Regarding collective consumption, the increase stems from a rise in intermediate consumption of the non-market producers of general government and private non-profit institutions serving households (PNPISHs) which entails a rise in output valued as the sum of costs and hence in collective consumption.

It was estimated that the imposition of both the anti-dumping and countervailing measures proposed, taking into account their volumes of PET purchases originating in the countries concerned during the IP, as well as the fact that most of the increase in the cost of preforms is going to passed on them, would result in an average increase of less than 0,9 % in the cost of production of bottlers of non-alcoholic drinks (using PET prices of July 2000 this would be around 0,4 %).

Whereas, since the cost of living increased substantially in certain countries in which officials and other servants of the Communities are employed in the second half of 1991, the weightings applicable to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants pursuant to Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3834/91 (3) should be adjusted with effect from 1 January 1992, or from 16 November 1991 in countries where the increase in the cost of living has been particularly high,

Whereas, since the cost of living increased substantially in several countries in which officials and other servants of the Communities are employed in the second half of 1986, the weightings applicable to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants pursuant to Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 3856/86 (5) should be adjusted with effect from 1 January 1987 or from 1 November 1986 or 16 November 1986 in certain countries where the increase in the cost of living has been particularly high,

Given that imports from the countries concerned only represented 9 % of ammonium nitrate consumption in the Community market (11 % in the UK market), the level of the anti-dumping duty, and the fact that only part of any resulting price increase is likely to be passed on to the users, any increase in farmers' production costs is likely to be minor.

adaptation of the data collection characteristics (Article 3) and of the content of the Annexes to this Directive in so far as such adaptation does not involve a substantial increase in cost for the Member States and/or the burden on respondents,

Given the long lead time between contract and delivery of vessels, a normal value shall not include actual costs for which the shipbuilder demonstrates that they are due to force majeure and that they are significantly over the cost increase which the shipbuilder could reasonably have anticipated and taken into account when the material terms of sales were fixed.

It was reiterated that stone wool producers will be forced to relocate production facilities in order to avoid a reduction of profitability if anti-dumping measures are imposed, since the resulting increases in costs cannot be passed on to the final customers.

As a consequence of the maximum cost ratio referred to at recital (49), it is considered that the foreseeable price impact on the standard made binder industry would be limited to 13 % (standard made maximum cost ratio) times 12 % (average price increase), equal to 1,6 %.

This should include establishing and enforcing clear property rights, further privatisation, further liberalisation of prices, the raising of communal tariffs for energy, water and rents to full cost recovery levels, restructuring of business, and encouraging the growth of small and medium size enterprises.