62022TJ0003_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 September 2024 –ZHLPK v Commission
(Case T‑3/22) (
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(Dumping – Imports of birch plywood originating in Russia – Definitive anti-dumping duties – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1930 – Adjustments – Commission – Export price – Transport costs – Article 2(10)(e), (i) and (k) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Selling, general and administrative costs – Article 2(6) of Regulation 2016/1036 – Product concerned – Market segmentation – Causal link – Other injury factors – Article 3(3), (6) and (7) of Regulation 2016/1036)
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Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits
(see paragraphs 26, 27)
2.
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Comparison between the normal value and the export price – Adjustments – Account taken of commission paid in respect of sales – Functions carried out by trader similar to those of an agent working on a commission basis – Burden of proof
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 2(10)(i))
(see paragraphs 29-62)
3.
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Determination of the normal value and the export price – Adjustments
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 2(10)(e) and (k))
(see paragraphs 73-100)
4.
Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Regulation imposing anti-dumping duties
(Art. 296 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 112-118, 183-187)
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Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Investigation – Definition of the product concerned – Interpretation in the light of the 1994 GATT Anti-Dumping Agreement – Factors capable of being taken into account – Application of the criteria selected by the institutions – Judicial review – Manifest error of assessment – Burden of proof
(Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-Dumping Agreement), Art. 2; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, recital 3, Art. 1(2) and (4))
(see paragraphs 127-160)
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Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Effect of dumped imports on prices in the Union market for like products – Calculation of the undercutting margin – Calculation method – Discretion of the Commission – Taking into consideration market segments of the product in question – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 3(2), (3) and (6))
(see paragraphs 161-182)
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Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Anti-dumping proceeding – Right to good administration – Scope
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036)
(see paragraphs 188-190)
8.
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Volume and prices of dumped imports – Calculation method – Discretion of the Commission – Challenge regarding the reliability of the data used – Burden of proof
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 3(2) and (3))
(see paragraphs 197-226)
9.
Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Account taken of factors unconnected with dumping – Relevance of such factors for establishing the causal link – Burden of proof on the parties invoking the illegality of the regulation imposing an anti-dumping duty
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/1036, Art. 3(7))
(see paragraphs 233-251)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders Zheshartsky LPK OOO (ZHLPK) to pay the costs.
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