Case T-263/22: Judgment of the General Court 2 October 2024 – CCCME and Others v Commission (Dumping – Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China – Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty – Action for annulment – Admissibility – Standing to bring proceedings – Representative association of exporters – Article 2(6a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Construction of the normal value – Choice of appropriate representative country – Article 2(10) of Regulation 2016/1036 – Adjustments – Non-cooperation – Article 18 of Regulation 2016/1036 – Calculation of the dumping margin for the non-sampled cooperating exporting producers – Definition of the product concerned – Injury to the Union industry – Assessment of injury by segment – Causal link – Calculation of price undercutting and injury margin – Macroeconomic indicators – Procedural rights – Confidential treatment)
Date: 2024-10-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, bolt and screw industry, confidentiality, import (EU), iron, originating product, steel








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C/2024/6930


25.11.2024






Judgment of the General Court 2 October 2024 – CCCME and Others v Commission


(Case T-263/22)
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(Dumping - Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China - Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Standing to bring proceedings - Representative association of exporters - Article 2(6a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Construction of the normal value - Choice of appropriate representative country - Article 2(10) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Adjustments - Non-cooperation - Article 18 of Regulation 2016/1036 - Calculation of the dumping margin for the non-sampled cooperating exporting producers - Definition of the product concerned - Injury to the Union industry - Assessment of injury by segment - Causal link - Calculation of price undercutting and injury margin - Macroeconomic indicators - Procedural rights - Confidential treatment)
(C/2024/6930)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) (Beijing, China) and the eight 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: G. Luengo, L. Di Masi and J. Zieliński, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Industrial Fasteners Institute AISBL (EIFI) (represented by B. O’Connor and M. Hommé, lawyers)

Re:

By their action, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 of 16 February 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2022 L 36, p. 1), in so far as it concerns them.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






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Dismisses the action;










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






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            OJ C 257, 4.7.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6930/oj
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