Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 26 November 2015

1. Common commercial policyProtection against dumpingFixing of anti-dumping dutiesIndividual treatment of exporting undertakings from a non-market economy countryGrant to exporters not having obtained the status of undertaking operating in a market economyLawfulnessConditions (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 9(5)) (see paras 47, 81)

2. Common commercial policyProtection against dumpingDumping marginDetermination of the export priceRecourse to a constructed export priceAdjustmentsAccount taken of existing relations between a producer-exporter called into question and other companies established in the exporting country (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(8) to (10)) (see paras 57-60)

3. Common commercial policyProtection against dumpingCourse of the investigationUse of the information available where the undertaking refuses cooperationConditionsRefusal of access to the necessary informationRequirement not met (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 18(1)) (see paras 61-70)

4. Common commercial policyProtection against dumpingCourse of the investigationUse of the information available where the undertaking refuses cooperationConditionsFalse or misleading informationRequirement not met (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 18(1)) (see paras 71-76)

5. Common commercial policyProtection against dumpingFixing of anti-dumping dutiesIndividual treatment of exporting undertakings from a non-market economy countryRefusal to impose an individual anti-dumping dutyRisk of circumventionRequirement not met (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 9(5)) (see paras 83-89)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 502/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China following an interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ 2013 L 153, p. 17).

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Council Regulation (EU) No 502/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China following an interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 so far as it concerns Giant (China) Co. Ltd;

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs of Giant (China) and to bear its own costs;

3. Orders the European Commission and the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) to bear their own costs.