# C_2018436EN.01003501.xml

| 3.12.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 436/35 |
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3.12.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 436/35

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Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2018 — ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava and Others v Commission

(Case T-364/16) (1)

((Dumping - Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in China - Modification of the TARIC additional code for a company - Action for annulment - Challengeable act - Whether directly concerned - Individual concern - Admissibility - Effect of a judgment annulling a decision - Rule of equivalence of form))

(2018/C 436/48)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. (Ostrava-Kunčice, Czech Republic) and the other applicants whose names are annexed to the judgment (represented by: G. Berrisch, lawyer, and B. Byrne, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Demeneix and J.-F. Brakeland, Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of the Commission Decision of 3 June 2016 to take Hubei Xinyegang Steel Co. Ltd out of the list of companies listed under TARIC additional code A 950 and to list it under TARIC additional code C 129, with respect to all the combined nomenclature (CN) codes referred to in Article 1(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2272 of 7 December 2015 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in the People’s Republic of China, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ 2015 L 322, p. 21).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the European Commission Decision of 3 June 2016 to take Hubei Xinyegang Steel Co. Ltd out of the list of companies listed under TARIC additional code A 950 and to list it under TARIC additional code C 129, with respect to all the combined nomenclature (CN) codes referred to in Article 1(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2272 of 7 December 2015 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009; |
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Annuls the European Commission Decision of 3 June 2016 to take Hubei Xinyegang Steel Co. Ltd out of the list of companies listed under TARIC additional code A 950 and to list it under TARIC additional code C 129, with respect to all the combined nomenclature (CN) codes referred to in Article 1(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2272 of 7 December 2015 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009;

| 2. | Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. and the other applicants whose names are annexed. |
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Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. and the other applicants whose names are annexed.

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(1)  OJ C 305, 22.8.2016.

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