62023CJ0112_SUM
Case C‑112/23 P
PT Pelita Agung AgrindustriandPT Permata Hijau Palm Oleo
v
European Commission
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 October 2024
(Appeal – Subsidies – Imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2092 – Definitive countervailing duty – Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 – Article 7 – Calculation of the amount of benefit – Article 8(1) and (2) – Price undercutting – Price pressure)
Common commercial policy – Protection against subsidisation practices of non-Member States – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Effect of subsidised imports on prices in the Union market for like products – Calculation of the undercutting margin – Calculation method – Discretion of the Commission – Obligation to make a fair comparison between the price of the product concerned and the price of the like product of the Union industry – Burden of proof
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1037, Art. 8(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 30, 31, 44-48)
Common commercial policy – Protection against subsidisation practices of non-Member States – Injury – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 3)
(see paragraphs 32, 33)
EU law – Interpretation – Methods – Interpretation in the light of the international agreements concluded by the European Union – Interpretation of Regulation 2016/1037 in the light of the 1994 GATT Anti-Dumping Agreement – Account taken of the interpretation adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body
(Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-Dumping Agreement); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1037)
(see paragraphs 38-43)
Common commercial policy – Protection against subsidisation practices of non-Member States – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Effect of subsidised imports on prices in the Union market for like products – Significant depression of Union industry prices – Presumption where there is significant undercutting of prices
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1037, Art. 8(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 49-53)
Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paragraphs 67-70)
Appeal – Grounds – Grounds of a judgment vitiated by an infringement of EU law – Operative part well founded for other legal reasons – Rejection
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paragraph 77)
See the text of the decision.