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    Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 May 2021.
    Acron PAO and Others v European Commission.
    Dumping – Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia – Request for partial interim review – Termination of the partial interim review – No change of circumstances – Error of assessment – Obligation to state reasons – Rights of the defence.
    Case T-45/19.

    Court reports – general

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2021:238

     Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 May 2021 –
    Acron and Others v Commission

    (Case T‑45/19)

    (Dumping – Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia – Request for partial interim review – Termination of the partial interim review – No change of circumstances – Error of assessment – Obligation to state reasons – Rights of the defence)

    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)

    Re:

    Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1703 of 12 November 2018 terminating the partial interim review concerning imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia (OJ 2018 L 285, p. 97).

    Operative part

    The Court:

    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.

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