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Document 62009TJ0150
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012.#Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union.#Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Adjustment to costs — Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.#Case T‑150/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012.
Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union.
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Adjustment to costs — Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.
Case T‑150/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012.
Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union.
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Adjustment to costs — Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.
Case T‑150/09.
European Court Reports 2012 -00000
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:529
- Date of document:
- 10/10/2012
- Date lodged:
- 10/04/2009
- Author:
- General Court
- Country or organisation from which the request originates:
- Third countries
- Form:
- Judgment
- Additional information:
- POURVOI C-601/12 P
- Authentic language:
- English
- Type of procedure:
- Action for annulment - unfounded
- Applicant:
- Individual
- Defendant:
- EU institutions and bodies, Council of the European Union
- Judge-Rapporteur:
- Prek
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- Case affecting:
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- Confirms 32009R0091
- Affected by case:
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- Confirmed by 62012CJ0601
- Instruments cited in case law:
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- 31991Q0530-A114: N 43
- 31996R0384-A02P5: N 110 130 134 139 140 142 143
- 31996R0384-A02P3: N 135 139 142
- 31996R0384-A02P1: N 139
- 31996R0384-A02P2: N 139
- 31996R0384-A02P4: N 139
- 31996R0384-A02P6: N 139
- 31996R0384-A02P7LCL2: N 49 - 51
- 31996R0384-A02P7LB: N 49 73 75 116 119
- 31996R0384-A02P7LC: N 49 74 79 114 116 117 119 123 130 137 - 140
- 31996R0384-A11P4: N 54
- 31996R0384-A02: N 59
- 31996R0384-A02P7LA: N 59
- 31996R0384-A02P7: N 72 99
- 31996R0384-A02P7LCL1: N 75
- 31996R0384-A02P7LCT1: N 78 86 140
- 31998R0905-A02P7LC: N 137
- 32002R1972: N 134
- 32002R1972-C4: N 136
- 32009R1225-A02P5: N 110
- 32009R1225-A02P3: N 135
- 32009R1225-A02P7LCL2: N 49
- 32009R1225-A11P4: N 54
- 32009R1225-A02P7LCT1: N 78
- 61990CJ0269: N 77
- 61994CJ0068: N 132
- 61994TJ0167: N 77
- 61995CJ0355: N 133
- 61996TJ0102: N 132
- 61999CJ0239: N 47
- 62001TJ0035: N 76 99
- 62002TJ0138: N 55 116
- 62003CJ0017: N 131
- 62005TJ0221: N 124
- 62005TJ0299: N 53 55 68 75
- 62007TJ0274: N 55
- Notes relating to the decision:
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- 1. Idot, Laurence: Antidumping, calcul de la valeur normale et statut de SEM, Europe 2012 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.35 (FR)
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- Case law directory code:
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012 — Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners v Council
(Case T-150/09)
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Adjustment to costs — Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
1. Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties — Varying duties imposed on a series of undertakings — Admissibility limited, for each undertaking, to the provisions of the regulation concerning it (Art. 230, fourth para., EC) (see paras 47, 48)
2. Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Dumping margin — Determination of the normal value — Imports from countries not having a market economy as referred to in Article 2(7)(b) of Regulation No 384/96 — Procedure for assessing the conditions allowing a producer to benefit from market economy treatment — Commission exceeding the three-month time-limit laid down by Article 2(7)(c), second paragraph, of that regulation — Consequences (Council Regulation No 384/96, as amended by Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(7)(c)) (see paras 50, 53-55, 57, 59, 64, 65, 68)
3. Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Dumping margin — Determination of the normal value — Granting of market economy operator status — Conditions — Burden of proof on producers — Assessment of evidence a matter for the institutions — Judicial review — Limits (Council Regulation No 384/96, as amended by Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(7)(b) and (c)) (see paras 75-77, 99, 100)
4. European Union law — Interpretation — Methods — Literal, systematic, historic and teleological interpretation — Account to be taken of the reasoning for the measure in question (see paras 114, 131-137)
5. Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Dumping margin — Determination of the normal value — Granting of market economy operator status — Conditions — Discretion of the institutions — Account to be taken of macroeconomic considerations — Limits — Previous practice of the institutions — Irrelevant — Assessment of the conditions for obtaining that status on a case-by-case basis (Council Regulation No 384/96, as amended by Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(7)(b) and (c)) (see paras 116-120)
6. Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Dumping margin — Determination of the normal value — Granting of market economy operator status — Conditions — Burden of proof on producers — Not unreasonable (Council Regulation No 384/96, as amended by Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(7)(b) and (c)) (see paras 124-126)
7. Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Dumping margin — Determination of the normal value — Article 2(5) of Regulation No 384/96 — Provision providing for a distinct phase of the said determination in relation to that referred to in paragraph 7(c) of the same article — Provision not allowing a condition for obtaining market economy operator status to be overlooked (Council Regulation No 384/96, as amended by Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(5) and (7)(c)) (see paras 138, 139)
Re:
| APPLICATION for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 of 26 January 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2009 L 29, p. 1). |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union and of the European Industrial Fasteners Institute AISBL; |
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3. |
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. |
