Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 September 2016

1. Common commercial policyProtection against dumpingDumping marginDetermination of the normal valueRecourse to the constructed valueCalculation of production costs on the basis of accounting registersDerogationCosts linked to the production and sale of the product subject to the investigation not reasonably reflected in those registersBurden of proof borne by the institutionsJudicial reviewScope (Council Regulations No 1972/2002, fourth recital, and No 1225/2009, Arts 2(3), second para., and 5, first and second paras) (see paras 32-36, 40-63)

2. Actions for annulmentSubject-matterPartial annulmentConditionSeverability of the contested provisionsProvision of a regulation imposing definitive anti-dumping dutiesAnnulment entailing a modification of the substance of the regulation (Art. 263 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1194/2013, Art. 1) (see paras 66-68)

Re:

ACTION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia (OJ 2013 L 315, p. 2) in so far as it imposes an anti-dumping duty on the applicant.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Articles 1 and 2 of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia, in so far as they concern LDC Argentina SA;

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by LDC Argentina;

3. Orders the European Commission and the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) to bear their own costs.