Case T-736/25: Action brought on 21 October 2025 – Aditya Birla Chemicals v Commission
Date: 2025-10-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, principle of legal certainty, resin








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C/2025/6401


8.12.2025






Action brought on 21 October 2025 – Aditya Birla Chemicals v Commission


(Case T-736/25)

(C/2025/6401)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Aditya Birla Chemicals Co. Ltd (Bangkok, Thailand) (represented by: J. Grayston, D. Rovetta and V. Villante, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1505 of 25 July 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand and terminating the investigation on imports of epoxy resins originating in the Republic of Korea (1) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/393 of 26 February 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand; (2)











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order the European Commission to bear the costs of the present proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.






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First plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 2 of the Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation (3) – manifest error of assessment in the definition and interpretation of the term ‘like product’ – unlawful restriction of the ‘like product’ concept to the same product control number for the computation of a ‘reasonable amount of profit’; a breach of the principle of ‘fair comparison’ under Article 2(4) of the Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation.










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Second plea in law, alleging a breach of Articles 2(3) and 2(6) of the Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation – failure to apply the criteria for reconstructing normal value; manifest error of assessment and interpretation in the calculation of a ‘reasonable amount of profit’.










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Third plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 2(9) of the Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation – manifest error of assessment and error of law in making arbitrary adjustments to the export price for sales of epoxy resins and hardeners.










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Fourth plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 2(3) and 2(6) of the Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation – error of law in the inclusion of technical services and royalty expenses in the constructed normal value; a breach of duty to state reasons under Article 296 TFEU; a breach of principle of sound administration under Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.










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Fifth plea in law alleging a breach of Article 6(1) of the Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation and Articles 5 and 6 of WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement concerning the period of investigation – the Commission exceeded the limits of its powers by altering the period of investigation; a breach of principle of legal certainty.






(1)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1505 of 25 July 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand and terminating the investigation on imports of epoxy resins originating in the Republic of Korea (OJ L, 2025/1505).

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/393 of 26 February 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand (OJ L, 2025/393).

(3)  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).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6401/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)