Case C-117/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės — Lithuania) — ‘Linas Agro’ AB v Muitinės departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Implementing Regulation (EU) No 999/2014 — Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of solid fertilisers with an ammonium nitrate content exceeding 80 % by weight — Definition — Regulation (EC) No 945/2005 — Determination of the ammonium nitrate content — Presumption that a product with a nitrogen content exceeding 28 % by weight has an ammonium nitrate content exceeding 80 % by weight)
Date: 2020-10-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Russia, Ukraine, anti-dumping duty, chemical fertiliser, chemical salt, import (EU), originating product








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7.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 423/6






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės — Lithuania) — ‘Linas Agro’ AB v Muitinės departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
(Case C-117/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - Implementing Regulation (EU) No 999/2014 - Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of solid fertilisers with an ammonium nitrate content exceeding 80 % by weight - Definition - Regulation (EC) No 945/2005 - Determination of the ammonium nitrate content - Presumption that a product with a nitrogen content exceeding 28 % by weight has an ammonium nitrate content exceeding 80 % by weight)
(2020/C 423/08)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant:‘Linas Agro’ AB

Defendant: Muitinės departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos

Operative part of the judgment

Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 999/2014 of 23 September 2014 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, read in the light of recitals 20 to 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 945/2005 of 21 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 658/2002 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia and Regulation (EC) No 132/2001 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in, inter alia, Ukraine, following a partial interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, must be interpreted as meaning that an ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser with a nitrogen (N) content exceeding 28 % by weight, a ratio between nitric nitrogen and ammoniacal nitrogen of approximately 1:1 and an overall phosphorus and potassium content not exceeding 12 % by weight may be presumed, until proof to the contrary is provided, to have an ammonium nitrate (AN) content of more than 80 % by weight for the purpose of imposition of the definitive anti-dumping duty which that article lays down, without it being necessary to carry out laboratory testing in order to determine the precise ammonium nitrate content.


(1)  OJ C 148, 29.4.2019.