Order — ECLI:EU:C:2016:163
Date: 2016-03-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Dumping;External relations;Commercial policy
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 March 2016 — SolarWorld v Commission (Case C‑142/15 P) (1) Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Article 263 TFEU — Criterion for direct concern — Appeal manifestly unfounded — Dumping — Imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (cells and wafers) originating in or consigned from China — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 8 — Offer of a price undertaking by Chinese exporting producers — Acceptance by the Commission — Exemption of anti-dumping duties — Action against the acceptance decision — Inadmissibility 1. Appeal — Grounds — Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded — Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181) (see paras 15, 16) 2. Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see para. 22) 3. Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Price undertaking — Regulation amending the regulation imposing a provisional anti‑dumping duty so as to take account of the decision accepting an offer of an undertaking — Regulation which is not confirmatory in nature (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 8(1); Commission Regulation No 748/2013) (see paras 30-32) 4. Appeal — Grounds — Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part — Invalid plea in law (see paras 34-36) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. SolarWorld AG is ordered to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 190, 8.6.2015.