Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2022:786
Date: 2022-12-08
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Dumping;External relations;Commercial policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Belgium

Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 8 December 2022 – Euranimi v Commission (Case T‑769/21) (Action for annulment – Dumping – Imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in China and Taiwan – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Act not of individual concern – Regulatory act entailing implementing measures – Inadmissibility) 1. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Action by a trade association set up to protect and represent its members – Admissibility – Conditions (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 16-19, 104-108) 2. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria – Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties – Action brought by a trade association set up to protect and represent importers of the product concerned – Represented members directly concerned (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation 2021/1483) (see paragraph 20) 3. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties – Action brought by a trade association set up to protect and represent importers of the product concerned – Lack of individual concern of the members represented (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation 2021/1483) (see paragraphs 39-71) 4. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Concept of ‘regulatory act’ within the meaning of the fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Any measure of general application other than legislative acts – Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties – Included – Act comprising implementing measures within the meaning of that treaty provision – Existence of internal remedies against those measures – Inadmissibility of action for annulment (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation 2021/1483) (see paragraphs 72, 84-100) 5. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria – Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties – Action brought by a trade association set up to protect and represent importers of the product concerned – Association not directly concerned (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation 2021/1483) (see paragraph 110) Operative part 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the European Steel Association (Eurofer)’s application to intervene. 3. European Association of Non-Integrated Metal Importers & distributors (Euranimi) shall pay the costs. 4. Euranimi, the European Commission and Eurofer shall each bear their own costs relating to Eurofer’s application to intervene.