# C_2012109EN.01003202.xml

| 14.4.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 109/32 |
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Action brought on 20 February 2012 — Charron Inox and Almet v Council

(Case T-88/12)

2012/C 109/65

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Charron Inox (Marseille, France) and Almet (Satolas-et-Bonce, France) (represented by: P.-O. Koubi-Flotte, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

| — | principally, annul Council Regulation (EU) No 1331/2011 of 14 December 2011 as being based on inadequate economic findings; |
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| — | in the alternative, annul Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1331/2011 of 14 December 2011 which collects definitively the provisional anti-dumping duty already collected, in so far as that collection is inconsistent with the principle of legitimate expectations; |
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| — | in the further alternative, acknowledge the European Union’s non-contractual liability that validates the direct application of a collection which, in view of the subject-matter, ought to have been announced to the economic operators concerned within reasonable periods of time sufficient to enable them to anticipate their economic options with sufficient legal certainty; |
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| — | in each case, order the repayment to and/or indemnification of the applicant companies in the following amounts:
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damage caused to the company CHARRON INOX as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 89 402,15; —
damage suffered by the company ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 375 493; —
damage suffered jointly by the companies CHARRON INOX and ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 58 594, that sum to be divided between them by CHARRON INOX and ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE themselves; —
damage to the company CHARRON INOX as a result of its being required to obtain supplies from Indian suppliers on less favourable terms: EUR 57 883,18; —
damage to the company ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of its being required to obtain supplies from Indian suppliers on less favourable terms: EUR 66 578,14. | — | damage caused to the company CHARRON INOX as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 89 402,15; | — | damage suffered by the company ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 375 493; | — | damage suffered jointly by the companies CHARRON INOX and ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 58 594, that sum to be divided between them by CHARRON INOX and ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE themselves; | — | damage to the company CHARRON INOX as a result of its being required to obtain supplies from Indian suppliers on less favourable terms: EUR 57 883,18; | — | damage to the company ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of its being required to obtain supplies from Indian suppliers on less favourable terms: EUR 66 578,14. |
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| — | damage caused to the company CHARRON INOX as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 89 402,15; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | damage suffered by the company ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 375 493; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | damage suffered jointly by the companies CHARRON INOX and ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of payment of the anti-dumping duties at issue: EUR 58 594, that sum to be divided between them by CHARRON INOX and ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE themselves; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | damage to the company CHARRON INOX as a result of its being required to obtain supplies from Indian suppliers on less favourable terms: EUR 57 883,18; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | damage to the company ALMET — LE METAL CENTRE as a result of its being required to obtain supplies from Indian suppliers on less favourable terms: EUR 66 578,14. | | | | | | | | | | |

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments on which the applicants rely in support of their action against the regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China( 1 ) are essentially identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-445/11 Charron Inox and Almet v Commission,( 2 ) concerning the regulation imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on those imports.( 3 )

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( 1 )  Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1331/2011 of 14 December 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2011 L 336, p. 6).

( 2 )  OJ 2011 C 290, p. 18.

( 3 )  Commission Regulation (EU) No 627/2011 of 27 June 2011 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2011 L 169, p. 1).

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