62019CO0632_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 July 2020 – Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën and Openbaar Ministerie
(Joined Cases C‑632/19 and C‑633/19) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 53(2) and 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Dumping – Importation of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China – Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 – Validity and interpretation – Lack of sufficient information regarding the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred – Manifest inadmissibility)
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Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Whether admissible – Questions referred lacking sufficient information regarding the factual and legislative context and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Questions submitted in a context which precludes a useful answer – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94)
(see paras 19-28, 33, 35-38, operative part)
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Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Whether admissible – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual and legislative context – Scope of the obligation in the field of protection against dumping – Insufficient information regarding that context – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94; Council Regulation No 1225/2009)
(see paras 29, 30, 32, 34)
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Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Assessment of validity – Whether admissible – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual and legislative context – Absence of indications allowing the EU judicature to verify whether it is admissible for the applicant to apply directly for the annulment of the measure at issue – Manifest inadmissibility
(Arts 263 and 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94; Council Regulation No 1225/2009)
(see para. 31)
Operative part:
The references for a preliminary ruling made by the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen (District Court, Antwerp, Belgium) by decisions of 27 March 2019 are manifestly inadmissible.
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