Case T-752/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 — NLMK v Commission (Dumping — Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036) — Use of facts available — Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036) — Determination of injury — Article 3(7) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(7) of Regulation 2016/1036) — Causal link — Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation 2016/1036) — Elimination of injury — Rights of the defence — Equality of arms — Principle of good administration — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — Manifest errors of assessment)
Date: 2021-09-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, Russia, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, plate, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence, steel








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15.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/34






Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 — NLMK v Commission
(Case T-752/16) (1)

(Dumping - Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036) - Use of facts available - Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Determination of injury - Article 3(7) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(7) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Causal link - Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Elimination of injury - Rights of the defence - Equality of arms - Principle of good administration - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality - Manifest errors of assessment)
(2021/C 462/39)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (NLMK) (Lipetsk, Russia) (represented by: D. O’Keeffe, Solicitor, N. Tuominen and M. Krestiyanova, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland, K. Blanck and E. Schmidt, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Eurofer, European Steel Association, ASBL, (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: O. Prost, A. Coelho Dias and S. Seeuws, lawyers)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1328 of 29 July 2016 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation (OJ 2016 L 210, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (NLMK) to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders Eurofer, European Steel Association, ASBL, to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 14, 16.1.2017.