62024CJ0659_SUM
Case C‑659/24
A-GmbH & Co. KG
v
Hauptzollamt C
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 October 2025
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Anti-dumping – Extended anti-dumping duty – Exemption of imports of certain bicycle parts originating in China – Exemption for the importation of small quantities by small-scale operators – Threshold of 300 units per type of essential bicycle parts declared for free circulation by a party or delivered to it)
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Anti-dumping duty on bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China – Circumvention – Anti-dumping duty extended to imports of certain bicycle parts originating in that country – Exemptions – Conditions – End-use authorisation – Exemption granted for the importation of small quantities by small-scale operators – Combination of that exemption with other types of exemption from the anti-dumping duty in the same end-use authorisation – Whether permissible
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 952/2013, Arts 211 and 254; Council Regulations No 2474/93 and No 71/97; Commission Regulation No 88/97, Art. 14(a), (b) and (c))
(see paragraphs 29-33, operative part 1)
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Anti-dumping duty on bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China – Circumvention – Anti-dumping duty extended to imports of certain bicycle parts originating in that country – Exemptions – Conditions – End-use authorisation – Exemption granted for the importation of small quantities by small-scale operators – Monthly quantitative limit on imported units for all of the customers of the holder of that authorisation – Quantitative limit exceeded – Consequence – Revocation of the end-use authorisation)
(Commission Regulation No 88/97, Arts 14(c) and 15(2))
(see paragraphs 35-38, 40-47, operative parts 2, 3)
See the text of the decision.