Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2024 – Vyatsky Plywood Mill v Commission

(Case T-32/22)  (1)

(Dumping - Imports of birch plywood originating in Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1930 - Objective examination - Post-investigation period - Market segmentation - Other injury factors - Article 3(2), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Equal treatment - Union interest - Article 21 of Regulation 2016/1036 - Rights of the defence)

(C/2024/6424)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Vyatsky Plywood Mill OOO (Kirov, Russia) (represented by: M. Krestiyanova and N. Tuominen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo, R. Pethke and J. Zieliński, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Latvijas Finieris AS (Riga, Latvia), Paged Pisz sp. z o.o. (Pisz, Poland) (represented by: S. Ross, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1930 of 8 November 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia (OJ 2021 L 394, p. 7).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Vyatsky Plywood Mill OOO to pay the costs.

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(1)   OJ C 109, 7.3.2022.