1. 

Common commercial policy—Protection against dumping—Harm—Establishing a causal link—Obligations of the institutions—Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping—Relevance of such factors for establishing the causal link—Judicial review—Manifest error of assessment—Burden of proof

(Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Arts 1(1) and 3(1), (2), (5) to (7))

(see paras 39-42, 61-81)

2. 

Common commercial policy—Protection against dumping—Harm—Factors to be taken into consideration—Impact of the dumping on EU production—Existence of factors and indicators showing a positive tendency—Fact not excluding the conclusion that significant injury caused to the EU industry—Judicial review—Manifest error of assessment—Burden of proof

(Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 3(6))

(see paras 51-56)

3. 

Common commercial policy—Protection against dumping—Opening of the investigation—Conditions—Sufficient evidence of the existence of dumping and related injury—Whether information contained in the complaint sufficient—Obligations on the Commission in assessing that information—Scope—Interpretation in the light of the 1994 GATT Anti-Dumping Agreement—Judicial review—Scope

(Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘1994 Anti-Dumping Agreement’), Art. 5; Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Arts 5(2), 3 and 7)

(see paras 85-103)

4. 

Acts of the institutions—Statement of reasons—Obligation—Scope—Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties—Determination of the normal value—Insufficient reasoning for the calculation of the cost of production—Regularisation during the proceedings—Not permissible—Annulment of the Regulation

(Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Arts 2(1) and 3 to 5)

(see paras 110-112, 125-144 and 187)

5. 

Common commercial policy—Protection against dumping—Discretion of the institutions—Compliance with procedural guarantees

(Council Regulation No 1225/2009)

(see para 114)

1. 

Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1106/2013 of 5 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain stainless steel wires originating in India, as far as it relates to Viraj Profiles Ltd;

2. 

Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Viraj Profiles;

3. 

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.