Thus, the policy pursued by the PRC through, for example establishing unfavourable VAT conditions on exports of a given raw material (14) results first in suppressed (net) export prices of such raw material from the PRC (as exporters from the PRC have to compete in the international markets with companies that generally do not pay VAT on export sales), and second, in an incentive to shift sales towards the domestic market, thus suppressing domestic prices below international prices.

The sales price to Azerbaijan is 586 EUR/tonne, and therefore significantly lower than the EU industry's sales price of 848 EUR/tonne, and even lower than prices charged by other main exporters to the Union such as India or Turkey.

Compared to the bid at NOK 6 million the lawyer stated that to accept the bids received would entail a considerable risk of a sale below market value and thereby a breach of the state aid rules.

The Competition Bureau made a factual finding that the phone companies were indeed pricing below cost, but they nonetheless allowed the phone companies to continue pricing in the retail market in the way that they had been.

2. Where a Member State increases the rate of value added tax on cigarettes, it may reduce the overall excise duty up to an amount which, expressed as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price, is equal to the increase in the rate of value added tax, also expressed as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price, even if such an adjustment has the effect of reducing the overall excise duty to below the levels, expressed as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price, laid down in the first sentences of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 respectively.

( A ) AT OR ABOVE THE UPPER TRIGGER ACTION PRICE , THE BUFFER STOCK MANAGER SHALL DEFEND THE UPPER TRIGGER ACTION PRICE BY OFFERING NATURAL RUBBER FOR SALE UNTIL THE MARKET INDICATOR PRICE FALLS BELOW THE UPPER TRIGGER ACTION PRICE ;