Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2023 — Nevinnomysskiy Azot and NAK ‘Azot’ v Commission

(Case T-126/21) (1)

(Dumping - Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Request for an expiry review - Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Article 5(3) and (9) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Legal time limit - Sufficiency of the evidence - Deficiency procedure - Information submitted outside the legal time limit)

(2023/C 296/30)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot (Nevinnomyssk, Russia) AO Novomoskovskaya Aktsionernaya Kompania NAK ‘Azot’ (Novomoskovsk, Russia) (represented by: P. Vander Schueren and T. Martin-Brieu, lawyers)

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

Intervener in support of the defendant: Fertilizers Europe (represented by B. O’Connor and M. Hommé, lawyers)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2100 of 15 December 2020 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2020 L 425, p. 21).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2100 of 15 December 2020 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

2.	Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot and AO Novomoskovskaya Aktsionernaya Kompania NAK ‘Azot’;

3.	Orders Fertilizers Europe to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 148, 26.4.2021.