Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2011 - Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products v Council
(Case T-274/07)
(Dumping - Imports of ironing boards originating in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine - Market economy treatment - Rights of the defence - Offer of price undertakings - Confidential treatment of the complainants' identity)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd (Quzhou, Zhejiang, China) (represented by: R. MacLean, Solicitor, and Y. Melin, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, acting as Agents, B. O'Connor, Solicitor, and E. McGovern, Barrister)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by H. van Vliet and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents); Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd (Rochdale, United Kingdom), Pirola SpA (Mapello, Italy) and Colombo New Scal SpA (Rovagnate, Italy) (represented by G. Berrisch and G. Wolf, lawyers)
Re:
Action for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 452/2007 of 23 April 2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine (OJ 2007 L 109, p. 12), in so far as it imposes an anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards manufactured by the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 452/2007 of 23 April 2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine, in so far as they impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and collect definitively the provisional duty on ironing boards manufactured by Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd;
Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products;
Orders the European Commission, Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, Pirola SpA and Colombo New Scale SpA to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 223, 22.9.2007.