ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
16 July 2015 (*)
(Removal from the register)
In Case T-191/10,
Greenwood Houseware (Zhuhai) Ltd, established in Zhuhai City (China),
Brabantia S&S Ltd, established in Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong (China),
Brabantia S&L Belgium, established in Overpelt (Belgium),
Brabantia Belgium, established in Overpelt,
Brabantia Nederland B.V., established in Valkenswaard (Netherlands),
Brabantia (U.K.) Ltd, established in Bristol (United Kingdom),
represented by E. Vermulst and Y. van Gerven, lawyers,
applicants,
v
Council of the European Union, represented initially by J.-P. Hix, R. Szostak and B. Driessen, and subsequently by J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, acting as Agents, assisted by B. O’Connor, Solicitor,
defendant,
supported by
European Commission, represented by M. França and C. Clyne, acting as Agents,
intervener,
and by
Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, established in Rochdale (United Kingdom), represented initially by G. Berrisch, lawyer, and N. Chesaites, Barrister, and subsequently by G. Berrisch,
intervener,
APPLICATION for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 77/2010 of 19 January 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 452/2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating, inter alia, in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2010 L 24, p. 1).
1 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 29 April 2015, the applicants informed the Court, in accordance with Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court of 2 May 1991, that they wished to discontinue proceedings and that the question of costs had been the subject of an agreement between the parties, according to which each party shall bear its own costs.
2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 9 July 2015, the Commission informed the Court that it had no observations on the discontinuance.
3 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 10 July 2015, Vale Mill (Rochdale) informed the Court that it had no objections to the discontinuance and requested that the applicants be ordered to pay its costs.
4 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 14 July 2015, the defendant informed the Court that it had no objections to the discontinuance and confirmed that the question of costs had been subject of an agreement between the main parties, according to which the main parties bear their own costs.
5 Article 136(3) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, where proceedings are discontinued and the parties have come to an agreement on costs, the order for costs is to be in accordance with that agreement.
6 Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the other party’s observations on the discontinuance.
7 Article 138(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that the institutions which have intervened in the proceedings shall bear their own costs.
8 The case shall therefore be removed from the register and the applicants ordered to pay their own costs and the costs of Vale Mill (Rochdale). The Council and the Commission shall bear their own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T-191/10 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. Greenwood Houseware (Zhuhai) Ltd and Others shall bear their own costs and the costs of Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd.
3. The Council of the European Union and the European Commission shall bear their own costs.
Luxembourg, 16 July 2015.