Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:661
Date: 2025-07-02
Language of the case: French
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: France

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Requirement for an express reference to the provisions on which the action is based – No such requirement – Error in the identification of the provisions – Irrelevant to the admissibility of the action (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 76(d) and 84(1)) (see paragraphs 97-101) 5. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping or subsidizing by non-member countries – Anti-dumping investigation and anti-subsidy investigation – Withdrawal of the complaints that triggered those investigations – Commission decision to continue with the anti-dumping investigation – Commission decision to terminate the anti-subsidy investigation – No breach of the principle of equal treatment (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 9(1), and European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1037, Art. 14(1)) (see paragraphs 103-114) 6. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Impact of the dumping on EU production – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits – Manifest error of assessment – Burden of proof (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 3(2), (3), (5) and (6)) (see paragraphs 135-143, 167, 169, 178) 7. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Withdrawal of the complaint – Not included (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 3) (see paragraph 145) 8. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Impact of the dumping on EU production – Existence of factors and indicators showing a positive tendency – Fact not excluding the conclusion that significant injury caused to the EU industry (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Arts 3(3) and 5) (see paragraph 154) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Arkema France to bear its own costs.