62023CJ0261_SUM
Case C‑261/23 P
Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics SAEandJushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry SAE
v
European Commission
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 May 2024
(Appeal – Dumping – Imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Calculation of the normal value – Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Article 2(5) – Calculation of costs associated with the production and sale of a product under investigation on the basis of records of the party under investigation – Costs not reasonably reflected in records – Adjustment on the basis of the costs of other producers or exporters in the same country or on any other reasonable basis – European Commission’s discretion)
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Determination of the normal value – Recourse to the constructed value – Account taken of production costs – Calculation of the costs on the basis of accounting registers – Derogation – Costs linked to the production and sale of the product subject to the investigation not reasonably reflected in those registers – Burden of proof borne by the institutions – Judicial review – Scope
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 2(5))
(see paragraphs 26-29)
EU law – Interpretation – Methods – Interpretation in the light of the international agreements concluded by the European Union – Interpretation of Regulation 2016/1036 in the light of the 1994 GATT Anti-Dumping Agreement – Account taken of the interpretation adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body
(General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-Dumping Agreement), Art. 2.2.1.1; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 2(5))
(see paragraphs 40-42)
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Determination of the normal value – Recourse to the constructed value – Account taken of production costs – Calculation of the costs on the basis of accounting registers – Costs determined in the context of an intra-group relationship – Adjustment to reflect arm’s length conditions – Whether permissible – Criteria – Account taken of costs of other producers or exporters in the same country and, in the alternative, any other reasonable basis
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 2(5), first and second subparas)
(see paragraphs 51-57)
Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the facts and evidence – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion – Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paragraphs 59-62)
Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties
(Art. 296 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 68, 69)
See the text of the decision.