EN
20.2.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
C 63/31
Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2022 — PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia and Others v Commission (Case T-111/20) (1) (Subsidies — Imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2092 — Definitive countervailing duty — Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 — Financial contribution — Article 3(2) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Benefit — Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Calculation of the amount of the countervailable subsidy — Article 3(1)(a)(iv) and (2) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Action consisting in ‘entrusting’ or ‘directing’ a private body to carry out a function constituting a financial contribution — Less than adequate remuneration — Income or price support — Article 28(5) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Use of available information — Article 3(2) and Article 6(d) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Benefit — Article 8(8) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Threat of material injury to the Union industry — Article 8(5) and (6) of Regulation 2016/1037 — Causal link — Attribution analysis — Non-attribution analysis) (2023/C 63/37) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia (Medan, Indonesia), PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia (Medan), PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) (represented by: P. Vander Schueren and T. Martin-Brieu, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Kienapfel, G. Luengo and P. Němečková, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the defendant: European Biodiesel Board (EBB) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: M.-S. Dibling and L. Amiel, lawyers)
Re: By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2092 of 28 November 2019 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia (OJ 2019 L 317, p. 42), in so far as that regulation concerns them.
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Dismisses the action; 2.
Orders PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia, PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia and PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi to pay the costs.
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OJ C 129, 20.4.2020.
Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2022 — Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao v Commission (Case T-126/20) (1) (State aid — Ports sector — Corporate tax exemption scheme implemented by Spain in favour of ports in the province of Biscay — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Existing aid — Advantage — Burden of proof — Selective nature — Effect on trade between Member States — Distortion of competition — Appropriate measures) (2023/C 63/38) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero and X. Codina García-Andrade, lawyers)