CELEX: 62019CA0884
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases C-884/19 P and C-888/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 2 December 2021 — European Commission v Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd, GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH (C-884/19 P), GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH v Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd, European Commission (C-888/19 P) (Appeal — Dumping — Imports of solar glass originating in China — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 2(7)(b) and (c) — ‘Undertaking operating under market economy conditions’ status — Denied — Concept of ‘significant distortions carried over from the former non-market economy system’, within the meaning of the third indent of Article 2(7)(c) — Tax incentives)

31.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 51/5
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 2 December 2021 — European Commission v Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd, GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH (C-884/19 P), GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH v Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd, European Commission (C-888/19 P)
      (Joined Cases C-884/19 P and C-888/19 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Dumping - Imports of solar glass originating in China - Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 - Article 2(7)(b) and (c) - ‘Undertaking operating under market economy conditions’ status - Denied - Concept of ‘significant distortions carried over from the former non-market economy system’, within the meaning of the third indent of Article 2(7)(c) - Tax incentives)
      (2022/C 51/05)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellants: European Commission (represented initially by L. Flynn and T. Maxian Rusche and by A. Demeneix, and subsequently by L. Flynn and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents) (C-884/19 P), GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH (represented by: R. MacLean, solicitor) (C-888/19 P)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Xinyi PV Products (represented by Y. Melin and B. Vigneron, lawyers) (C-884/19 P and C-888/19 P), GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH (represented by: R. MacLean, solicitor) (C-884/19 P), European Commission (represented initially by L. Flynn and T. Maxian Rusche and by A. Demeneix, and subsequently by L. Flynn and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents) (C-888/19)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 24 September 2019, Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings v Commission (T-586/14 RENV, EU:T:2019:668);
               
            
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                  Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union for a ruling on the second to fourth pleas in law raised before it;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Reserves the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 54, 17.2.2020.
      
         OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.