CELEX: 62013TA0108
Language: en
Date: 2015-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-108/13: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2015 — VTZ and Others v Council (Dumping — Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in Russia — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Product concerned)

8.2.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 48/43
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2015 — VTZ and Others v Council
   (Case T-108/13) (1)
   
   ((Dumping - Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating in Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Product concerned))
   (2016/C 048/48)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Volžskij trubnyi zavod OAO (VTZ OAO) (Volzhsky, Russia); Taganrogskij metallurgičeskij zavod OAO (Tagmet OAO) (Taganrog, Russia); Sinarskij trubnyj zavod OAO (SinTZ OAO) (Kamensk-Uralsky, Russia); Severskij trubnyj zavod OAO (STZ OAO) (Polevskoy, Russia) (represented by: J. F. Bellis, F. Di Gianni and G. Coppo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert and B. Driessen, acting as Agents, and initially by G. Berrisch, lawyer, and B. Byrne, Solicitor, and subsequently by B. Byrne and finally by E. McGovern, Barrister)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. F. Brakeland, B.-R. Killmann and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents); ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. (Ostrava-Kunčice, Czech Republic); Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH (Paderborn, Germany); Dalmine SpA (Dalmine, Italy); Productos Tubulares, SA (Valle de Trápaga, Spain); Rohrwerk Maxhütte GmbH (Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany); ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Roman SA (Roman, Romania); Silcotub SA (Zalău, Romania); Tubos Reunidos Industrial, SL (Amurrio, Spain); V & M Deutschland GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany); V & M France (Boulogne-Billancourt, France); Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France (Aulnoye-Aymeries, France); voestalpine Tubular GmbH & Co. KG (Kindberg, Austria) (represented by: S. Gubel, lawyer, and B. O’Connor, Solicitor)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for partial annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1269/2012 of 21 December 2012 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 585/2012 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless steel pipes, of iron or steel, originating, inter alia, in Russia, following a partial interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ 2012 L 357, p. 1).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the application in its entirety;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Volžskij trubnyi zavod OAO (VTZ OAO), Taganrogskij metallurgičeskij zavod OAO (Tagmet OAO), Sinarskij trubnyj zavod OAO (SinTZ OAO) and Severskij trubnyj zavod OAO (STZ OAO) to bear their own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union and those of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s., Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH, Dalmine SpA, Productos Tubulares, SA, Rohrwerk Maxhütte GmbH, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Roman SA, Silcotub SA, Tubos Reunidos Industrial, SL, V & M Deutschland GmbH, V & M France, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France, and voestalpine Tubular GmbH & Co. KG;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 114, 20.4.2013.