Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2012:136
Date: 2012-03-21
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Dumping;External relations;Commercial policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 - Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening and Others v Council (Case T-115/06)  (Dumping - Imports of salmon originating in Norway - Lesser duty rule - Calculation of minimum import prices and fixed duties) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening (Oslo, Norway); Norske Sjømatbedrifters Landsforening (Trondheim, Norway); Salmar Farming AS (Kverva, Norway); Hydroteck AS (Kristiansund, Norway); Hallvard Lerøy AS (Bergen, Norway); and Lerøy Midnor AS (Hestvika, Norway) (represented by: B. Servais and T. Paulsen, lawyers) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by P. Stancanelli and K. Talabér-Ritz, and subsequently by K. Talabér-Ritz, T. Scharf and H. van Vliet, acting as Agents, and by E. McGovern, Barrister) Re: Application for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 85/2006 of 17 January 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of farmed salmon originating in Norway (OJ 2006 L 15, p.1) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 85/2006 of 17 January 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of farmed salmon originating in Norway in so far as it concerns the Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening, the Norske Sjømatbedrifters Landsforening, Salmar Farming AS, Hydroteck AS, Hallvard Lerøy AS and Lerøy Midnor AS; Dismisses the action as to the remainder; Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those of the Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening, the Norske Sjømatbedrifters Landsforening, Salmar Farming, Hydroteck, Hallvard Lerøy and Lerøy Midnor; Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 143, 17.6.2006.