Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:159
Date: 2018-03-20
Language of the case: Czech
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Dumping;External relations;Provisions governing the Institutions;Commercial policy
Procedure: Action for damages - inadmissible
Origin: Czechia

Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2018 — Šroubárna Ždánice v Council (Case T-442/16) 1 (Application for repayment of anti-dumping duties — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China or consigned from Malaysia — Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 723/2011 — Jurisdiction of the national court — Lack of jurisdiction of the General Court) Language of the case: Czech Parties Applicant: Šroubárna Ždánice a.s. (Kyjov, Czech Republic) (represented by: M. Osladil, lawyer) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: H. Marcos Fraile and A. Westerhof Löfflerová, acting as Agents, and N. Tuominen, lawyer) Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and P. Němečková, acting as Agents) Re: Application for repayment of the anti-dumping duties, with interest, that the applicant claims to have wrongfully paid to the customs authorities of the Czech Republic following the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 of 26 January 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2009 L 29, p. 1), of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 723/2011 of 18 July 2011 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation No 91/2007 on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of certain iron or steel fasteners consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not (OJ 2011 L 194, p. 6), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 924/2012 of 4 October 2012 amending Regulation No 91/2009 (OJ 2012 L 275, p. 1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action on the ground of the Court’s lack of jurisdiction to hear and determine it; Orders Šroubárna Ždánice a.s. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union; Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 392, 24.10.2016.