Order of the General Court of 21 January 2014 – Bricmate v Council

(Case T-596/11) ¹

(Action for annulment – Dumping – Imports of ceramic tiles originating in China – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Absence of individual concern – Regulatory act entailing implementing measures – Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bricmate AB (Stockholm, Sweden) (represented by: C. Dackö, A. Willems and S. De Knop, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, acting as Agents, assisted initially by G. Berrisch and A. Polcyn, and subsequently by A. Polcyn, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. França and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents); Cerame-Unie AISBL (Brussels, Belgium); Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos (ASCER) (Castellón de la Plana, Spain); Confindustria Ceramica (Sassuolo, Italy); Casalgrande Padana SpA (Casalgrande, Italy); Etruria Design Srl (Modena, Italy) (represented by: V. Akritidis and Y. Melin, lawyers)

Re:

Application for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 917/2011 of 12 September 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2011 L 238, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.

Bricmate AB shall bear its own costs and shall pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.

The European Commission shall bear its own costs.

Cerame-Unie AISBL, Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos (ASCER), Confindustria Ceramica, Casalgrande Padana SpA and Etruria Design Srl shall bear their own costs.

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¹     OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.