1. 

Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Partial interim review of an anti-dumping duty – Aim – Verification of the need to maintain anti-dumping measures – Conditions for removing the measure – Significant and lasting change of circumstances – Burden of proof borne by the undertakings requesting review – Discretion of the Commission

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 11(3))

(see paras 38-42, 44, 52, 68, 86)

2. 

Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Partial interim review of an anti-dumping duty – Verification of the need to maintain anti-dumping measures – Method of verification – Discretion of the institutions

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 11(3))

(see para. 43)

3. 

Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Partial interim review of an anti-dumping duty – Initiation of the procedure where there are prima facie valid and sufficient grounds justifying review – Discretion of the institutions

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 11(3))

(see paras 45-48)

4. 

Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Partial interim review of an anti-dumping duty – Aim – Verification of the need to maintain anti-dumping measures – Conditions for removing the measure – Significant and lasting change of circumstances – Change in the sales structure for products subject to anti-dumping measures – No significant and lasting change of circumstances

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 11(3))

(see paras 82-85)

5. 

Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Anti-dumping proceeding – Rights of the defence – Right to be heard – Scope – No obligation on the institutions to adhere to the point of view of the parties concerned – No obligation to reply to all the arguments of the parties

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036)

(see paras 92-102)

6. 

International agreements – Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation – GATT 1994 – Not possible to invoke WTO agreements to challenge the legality of an EU measure – Exceptions – No EU measure intended to ensure its implementation or referring thereto expressly and precisely

(General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-Dumping Agreement), Art. 2; Commission Decision 2018/1703)

(see paras 110-117)

7. 

Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Partial interim review of an anti-dumping duty – Aim – Verification of the need to maintain anti-dumping measures – Conditions for removing the measure – Significant and lasting change of circumstances – Cumulative conditions – One of the conditions not satisfied – Consequences

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 11(3))

(see paras 121-125)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Acron PAO, Dorogobuzh PAO and Acron Switzerland AG to bear, in addition to their own costs, those incurred by the European Commission and by Fertilizers Europe.