Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2012:710
Date: 2012-11-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Dumping;External relations;Commercial policy
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - successful

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 November 2012 - Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union, Wenzhou Taima Shoes Co. Ltd, European Commission, Confédération européenne de l'industrie de la chaussure (CEC), BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas (Case C-247/10 P)  (Appeal - Dumping - Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 - Imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam - Regulation (EC) No 384/96 - Article 2(7)(b) - Market economy treatment - Article 9(6) - Individual treatment - Article 17(3) - Sampling - Article 20(5) - Rights of the defence) Language of the case: English Parties Appellant: Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co. Ltd (represented by: M. Sánchez Rydelski, Rechtsanwalt) Other parties to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and R. Szostak, Agents, and by G. Berrisch, Rechtsanwalt, and N. Chesaites, Barrister), Wenzhou Taima Shoes Co. Ltd, European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet and T. Scharf, Agents), Confédération européenne de l'industrie de la chaussure (CEC), BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas Re: Appeal lodged against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) in Joined Cases T-407/06 and T-408/06 Zhejiang Aokang Shoes and Wenzhou Taima Shoes v Council [2010] ECR II-747, by which the General Court dismissed an action for the annulment in part of Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam (OJ 2006 L 275, p. 1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 4 March 2010 in Joined Cases T-407/06 and T-408/06 Zhejiang Aokang Shoes and Wenzhou Taima Shoes v Council; 2. Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam in so far as it concerns Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co. Ltd; 3. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs incurred by Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co. Ltd. both at first instance and in connection with the present proceedings; 4. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs, both at first instance and in connection with the present proceedings. ____________ 1 - OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.