Judgment of the General Court of 25 October 2011 - Transnational Company 'Kazchrome' and ENRC Marketing v Council
(Case T-192/08)
(Dumping - Imports of ferro-silicon originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Russia - Causal link - Community interest - Lack of cooperation - Facts available - Market economy treatment - Rights of the defence - Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Transnational Company 'Kazchrome' AO (Aktobe, Kazakhstan) and ENRC Marketing AG (Kloten, Switzerland) (represented by: initially L. Ruessmann and A. Willems, and subsequently by A. Willems and S. de Knop, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially J.-P. Hix and subsequently by J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, Agents, assisted initially by G. Berrisch and G. Wolf, and subsequently by G. Berrisch, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by H. van Vliet and K. Talabér-Ritz, Agents), and Euroalliages (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by J. Bourgeois, Y. van Gerven and N. McNelis, lawyers)
Re:
APPLICATION for partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 172/2008 of 25 February 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ferro-silicon originating in the People's Republic of China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Russia (OJ 2008 L 55, p. 6), in so far as it applies to the applicants.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Transnational Company 'Kazchrome' AO and ENRC Marketing AG to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the Council of the European Union and by Euroalliages;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 197, 2.8.2008.