Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2012 - Since Hardware (Guangzhou) v Council
(Case T-156/11)
(Dumping - Imports of ironing boards originating in China - Proceeding initiated against a single company - Market economy treatment - Three-month time-limit provided for in the second indent of Article 2(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 - Burden of proof - Determination of injury)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd (Canton, China) (represented by: V. Akritidis and Y. Melin, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen, acting as Agent, B. O'Connor, Solicitor, and S. Gubel, lawyer)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Thomas and H. van Vliet, acting as Agents), Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, (Rochdale, United Kingdom) and Colombo New Scal SpA, (Rovagnate, Italy) (represented by: G. Berrisch, lawyer, and N. Chesaites, Barrister)
Re:
Application for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1243/2010 of 20 December 2010 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating in the People's Republic of China produced by the Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd (OJ 2010 L 338, p. 22).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the Euorpean Union, Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd and Colombo New Scal SpA.
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs .
____________1 - OJ C 120, 16.4.2011.