Case T-326/21: Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2023 — Guangdong Haomei New Materials and Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology v Commission (Dumping — Import of aluminium extrusions originating in China — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/546 — Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty — Article 1(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 — Definition of the product concerned — Determination of the normal value — Article 2(6a) of Regulation 2016/1036 — Report establishing significant distortions in the exporting country — Burden of proof — Reference to a representative country — Article 3(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of Regulation 2016/1036 — Injury — Economic factors and incices having a bearing on the state of the Union industry — Rights of the defence — Principle of good administration)
Date: 2023-06-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, aluminium, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), indemnification, non-flat product, originating product, rights of the defence








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7.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/20






Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2023 — Guangdong Haomei New Materials and Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology v Commission
(Case T-326/21) (1)

(Dumping - Import of aluminium extrusions originating in China - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/546 - Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty - Article 1(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Definition of the product concerned - Determination of the normal value - Article 2(6a) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Report establishing significant distortions in the exporting country - Burden of proof - Reference to a representative country - Article 3(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Injury - Economic factors and incices having a bearing on the state of the Union industry - Rights of the defence - Principle of good administration)
(2023/C 278/31)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicants: Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co. Ltd (Qingyuan, China), Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology Co. Ltd (Yuan Tan Town, China) (represented by: M. Maresca, C. Malinconico, D. Guardamagna, M. Guardamagna, D. Maresca, A. Cerruti, A. Malinconico and G. Falla, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo, P. Němečková and A. Spina, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Airoldi Metalli SpA (Molteno, Italy) (represented by: M. Campa, M. Pirovano, D. Rovetta and V. Villante, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: A. Neergaard, M. Peternel and L. Stefani, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action the applicants seek, first, under Article 263 TFEU, the annulment, principally, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/546 of 29 March 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of aluminium extrusions originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2021 L 109, p. 1), in so far as it concerns them and, in the alternative, of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (OJ 2016 L 176, p. 21), and, second, under Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the harm it claims to have suffered as a result of the application of the contested regulation and the basic regulation.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the application;










2.


Orders Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co. Ltd and Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology Co. Ltd. to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Declares that the European Parliament and Airoldi Metalli SpA are to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 297, 26.7.2021.