Cases T-112/14 to T-116/14 and T-119/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Molinos Río de la Plata and Others v Council (Dumping — Imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Trade association — Direct concern — Individual concern — Admissibility — Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Normal value — Production costs)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Argentina, anti-dumping duty, biofuel, import (EU), originating product, production cost








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31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/30





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Molinos Río de la Plata and Others v Council
(Cases T-112/14 to T-116/14 and T-119/14) (1)

((Dumping - Imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Action for annulment - Trade association - Direct concern - Individual concern - Admissibility - Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 - Normal value - Production costs))
(2016/C 402/32)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Molinos Río de la Plata SA (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (Case T-112/14), Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos SACIFI y A (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) (Case T-113/14), Vicentin SAIC (Avellaneda, Argentina) (Case T-114/14), Aceitera General Deheza SA (General Deheza, Argentina) (Case T-115/14), Bunge Argentina SA (Buenos Aires) (Case T-116/14), Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles (Carbio) (Buenos Aires) (Case T-119/14) (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, R. Luff and G. Bathory, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by S. Boelaert and B. Driessen, and subsequently by H. Marcos Fraile, acting as Agents, and by R. Bierwagen and C. Hipp, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by M. França and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents) and European Biodiesel Board (EBB) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by O. Prost and M.-S. Dibling, lawyers)

Re:

Actions pursuant to Article 263 TFUE, in Case T-119/14, for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia (OJ 2013 L 315, p. 2), and, in Cases T-112/14 and T-116/14, for annulment of that regulation in so far as it imposes an anti-dumping duty on the applicants in those cases.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Joins Cases T-112/14, T-113/14, T-114/14, T-115/14, T-116/14 and T-119/14 for the purposes of the decision closing the proceedings;










2.


Annuls Articles 1 and 2 of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia, in so far as they concern Molinos Río de la Plata SA, Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos SAFICI y A, Vicentin SAIC, Aceitera General Deheza SA and Bunge Argentina SA;










3.


Dismisses the action in Case T-119/14 as to the remainder;










4.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs in Cases T-112/14 to T-116/14 and also to pay the costs incurred by Molinos Río de la Plata in Case T-112/14, by Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos in Case T-113/14, by Vincentin in Case T-114/14, by Aceitera General Deheza in Case T-115/14 and by Bunge Argentina in Case T-116/14;










5.


Orders Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles (Carbio) and the Council to bear their own costs in Case T-119/14;










6.


Orders the European Commission and the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.