CELEX: 62011TA0633
Language: en
Date: 2014-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-633/11: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2014  — Guangdong Kito Ceramics and Others v Council (Dumping — Imports of ceramic tiles originating in China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Non-cooperation — Necessary information — Time-limits provided — Facts available — Article 18(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)

7.7.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 212/25
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2014 — Guangdong Kito Ceramics and Others v Council
   (Case T-633/11) (1)
   
   ((Dumping - Imports of ceramic tiles originating in China - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Non-cooperation - Necessary information - Time-limits provided - Facts available - Article 18(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009))
   2014/C 212/30
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Guangdong Kito Ceramics Co. Ltd (Foshan, China); Jingdezhen Kito Ceramic Co. Ltd (Jingdezhen, China); Jingdezhen Lehua Ceramic Sanitary Ware Co. Ltd (Jingdezhen); Zhaoqing Lehua Ceramic Sanitary Ware Co. Ltd (Sihui, China) (represented by: M. Sánchez Rydelski, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix, Agent, and initially by G. Berrisch, lawyer, and N. Chesaites, Barrister, and subsequently by D. Geradin, lawyer)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland, M. França and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, Agents); Cerame-Unie AISBL, (Brussels, Belgium); Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos (ASCER) (Castellón de la Plana, Spain); Confindustria Ceramica (Sassuolo, Italy); Casalgrande Padana SpA (Casalgrande, Italy); and Etruria Design Srl (Modena, Italy) (represented by V. Akritidis and Y. Melin, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011 of 12 September 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2011 L 238, p. 1).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Cerame-Unie AISBL, Associación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos (ASCER), Confindustria Ceramica, Casalgrande Padana SpA and Etruria Design Srl to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 32, 4.2.2012.