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C/2026/1610 |
23.3.2026 |
Action brought on 27 January 2026 – Pizhou Jiangshan Wood v Commission
(Case T-56/26)
(C/2026/1610)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Pizhou Jiangshan Wood Co.Ltd. (Pizhou, China) (represented by: B. Servais and V. Crochet, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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order the Commission to disclose on a confidential basis to the applicant’s lawyers the eucalyptus veneer invoices used by the Commission to establish the price range for the eucalyptus veneer import data and subsequent benchmark; |
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annul Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2333 of 19 November 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of hardwood plywood originating in the People’s Republic of China, in its entirety insofar as it concerns the applicant; and, |
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order the Commission and any intervener who may be allowed to support the Commission to bear the costs of these proceedings. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging that the Commission committed a manifest error of assessment by adding a 4.1 % import duty on top of the CIF import price from France when establishing the poplar log benchmark to be used in the constructed normal value under Article 2(6a) of the Basic Regulation (1). |
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Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission acted contrary to Articles 2(6a) and 6(1) of the Basic Regulation and committed a manifest error of assessment by establishing the eucalyptus veneer benchmark using confidential invoices provided by the complainant which fell outside of the investigation period and referred to qualities of eucalyptus veneer not purchased and used by Jiangshan. |
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Third plea in law, alleging that the Commission acted contrary to Article 2(6a) of the Basic Regulation and committed a manifest error of assessment by adjusting raw material benchmarks by an amount for transportation costs that was based on the distorted transportation costs reported by Jiangshan. |
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Fourth plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Articles 2(6a)(a) and 2(10) of the Basic Regulation by failing to deduct an amount for direct selling expenses from the constructed normal value, while no such amount was included in the export price, resulting in an unfair comparison between the export price and the normal value. |
(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (OJ 2016, L 176, p. 21).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1610/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)