Case C-338/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 March 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Grünwald Logistik Service GmbH (GLS) v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt (Dumping — Anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits originating in China — Regulation (EC) No 1355/2008 — Validity — Regulation (EC) No 384/96 — Article 2(7)(a) — Determination of normal value — Non-market economy country — Commission’s obligation to take due care to determine normal value on the basis of the price or constructed value in a market economy third country)
Date: 2012-03-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: China, Germany, anti-dumping duty, citrus fruit, economic value, import (EU), originating product








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5.5.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/5





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 March 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Grünwald Logistik Service GmbH (GLS) v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt
(Case C-338/10) (1)

(Dumping - Anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits originating in China - Regulation (EC) No 1355/2008 - Validity - Regulation (EC) No 384/96 - Article 2(7)(a) - Determination of normal value - Non-market economy country - Commission’s obligation to take due care to determine normal value on the basis of the price or constructed value in a market economy third country)
2012/C 133/08
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Hamburg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Grünwald Logistik Service GmbH (GLS)

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Finanzgericht Hamburg — Validity, in the light of Article 2(7)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ 1996 L 56, p. 1), of Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2008 of 4 July 2008 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2008 L 178, p. 19) and of Council Regulation (EC) No 1355/2008 of 18 December 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2008 L 350, p. 35) — Determination of normal value for a country which does not have a market economy — Determination of normal value on the basis of the price actually paid or payable for like products in the European Union — Obligation imposed on the Commission by Article 2(7)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 to take the measures necessary to determine normal value on the basis of the price or constructed value in a market-economy third country.

Operative part of the judgment

Council Regulation (EC) No 1355/2008 of 18 December 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) originating in the People’s Republic of China is invalid.


(1)  OJ C 260, 25.9.2010.