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    Cases T-30/19 and T-72/19: Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2022 — CRIA and CCCMC v Commission (Dumping — Subsidies — Imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Definitive countervailing duty — Action for annulment — Locus standi — Direct concern — Individual concern — Regulatory act which does not entail implementing measures — Interest in bringing proceedings — Injury to the Union industry — Objective examination — Causal link — Calculation of the price undercutting and the injury margin — Fair comparison of prices — Constructed import prices — Prices charged to first independent buyers — Difference in the level of trade — Complex economic assessments — Intensity of judicial review — Injury indicators — Weighting of the data — Access to non-confidential investigation data — Rights of the defence)

    OJ C 266, 11.7.2022, p. 20–21 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    11.7.2022   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 266/20


    Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2022 — CRIA and CCCMC v Commission

    (Cases T-30/19 and T-72/19) (1)

    (Dumping - Subsidies - Imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in China - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Definitive countervailing duty - Action for annulment - Locus standi - Direct concern - Individual concern - Regulatory act which does not entail implementing measures - Interest in bringing proceedings - Injury to the Union industry - Objective examination - Causal link - Calculation of the price undercutting and the injury margin - Fair comparison of prices - Constructed import prices - Prices charged to first independent buyers - Difference in the level of trade - Complex economic assessments - Intensity of judicial review - Injury indicators - Weighting of the data - Access to non-confidential investigation data - Rights of the defence)

    (2022/C 266/23)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicants: China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) (Beijing, China), China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) (Beijing) (represented by: R. Antonini, B. Maniatis and E. Monard, lawyers)

    Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Gustafsson and G. Luengo, acting as Agents)

    Intervener in support of the defendant: Marangoni SpA (Rovereto, Italy) (represented by: C. Bouvarel, A. Coelho Dias and O. Prost, lawyers)

    Re:

    Application, in Case T-30/19, based on Article 263 TFEU, seeking the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1579 of 18 October 2018 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/163 (OJ 2018 L 263, p. 3) and, in Case T-72/19, based on Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1690 of 9 November 2018 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries and with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation 2018/1579 (OJ 2018 L 283, p. 1).

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Joins Cases T-30/19 and T-72/19 for the purposes of judgment;

    2.

    Annuls Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1579 of 18 October 2018 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/163, in so far as it imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of products manufactured by the following exporting producers:

    Chaoyang Long March Tyre Co. Ltd;

    Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd;

    Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co. Ltd;

    Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co. Ltd;

    Ningxia Shenzhou Tire Co. Ltd;

    Guizhou Tyre Co. Ltd;

    Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd;

    Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co. Ltd;

    Chongqing Hankook Tire Co. Ltd;

    Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co. Ltd;

    Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co. Ltd;

    Shandong Linglong Tire Co. Ltd;

    Shandong Jinyu Tire Co., Ltd;

    Sailun Jinyu Group Co. Ltd;

    Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co. Ltd;

    Weifang Yuelong Rubber Co. Ltd;

    Weifang Shunfuchang Rubber And Plastic Products Co. Ltd;

    Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co. Ltd;

    Jiangsu General Science Technology Co. Ltd;

    Double Coin Group (Jiang Su) Tyre Co. Ltd;

    Hefei Wanli Tire Co. Ltd;

    Giti Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd;

    Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd;

    Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd;

    Giti Tire (Yinchuan) Company Ltd;

    Qingdao GRT Rubber Co. Ltd;

    3.

    Annuls Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1690 of 9 November 2018 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries and with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation 2018/1579, in so far as it imposes definitive countervailing duties on imports of products manufactured by the exporting producers listed in paragraph 2 of the operative part of the present judgment, on the one hand, and by Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd, on the other;

    4.

    Rejects the remainder of the heads of claim in the actions;

    5.

    Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) and China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC), with the exception of those relating to the interventions;

    6.

    Orders Marangoni SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by CRIA and CCCMC as a result of the interventions.


    (1)  OJ C 82, 4.3.2019.


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