Case T-254/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2021 — China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and Others v Commission (Dumping — Imports of certain cast iron articles originating in China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Association — Standing to bring proceedings — Interest in bringing proceedings — Injury determination — Calculation of the import volume — Macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators — Sampling — Calculation of the EU industry’s cost of production — Prices charged intra-group — Causal link — Attribution and non-attribution analysis — No assessment of injury by segment — Assessment of the significance of undercutting — Confidential treatment of information — Rights of the defence — PCN-by-PCN methodology — Product comparability — Calculation of the normal value — Analogue country — Adjustment for VAT — Determination of the selling, general and administrative costs and profit)
Date: 2021-05-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, admissibility, anti-dumping duty, cast-iron, confidentiality, import (EU), originating product, rights of the defence








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5.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 263/15






Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2021 — China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and Others v Commission
(Case T-254/18) (1)

(Dumping - Imports of certain cast iron articles originating in China - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Association - Standing to bring proceedings - Interest in bringing proceedings - Injury determination - Calculation of the import volume - Macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators - Sampling - Calculation of the EU industry’s cost of production - Prices charged intra-group - Causal link - Attribution and non-attribution analysis - No assessment of injury by segment - Assessment of the significance of undercutting - Confidential treatment of information - Rights of the defence - PCN-by-PCN methodology - Product comparability - Calculation of the normal value - Analogue country - Adjustment for VAT - Determination of the selling, general and administrative costs and profit)
(2021/C 263/20)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (Beijing, China), and the nine other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: R. Antonini, E. Monard and B. Maniatis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: EJ Picardie (Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers, France), and the seven other interveners whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: U. O’Dwyer, B. O’Connor, Solicitors, and M. Hommé, lawyer)

Re:

Action under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/140 of 29 January 2018 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain cast iron articles originating in the People’s Republic of China and terminating the investigation on imports of certain cast iron articles originating in India (OJ 2018 L 25, p. 6), in so far as it concerns the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 211, 18.6.2018.