Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2009 - Apache Footwear and Apache II Footwear v Council
(Dumping - Imports of footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam - Market economy status - Community interest)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Apache Footwear Ltd (Pingsha, China); and Apache II Footwear Ltd (Qingxin) (Taiping Zhen, China) (represented initially by: O. Prost and S. Ballschmiede, and subsequently by O. Prost and E. Berthelot, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix, acting as Agent, assisted by G. Berrisch, lawyer)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet and T. Scharf, acting as Agents; Confédération européenne de l'industrie de la chaussure (CEC), (Brussels, Belgium) (represented initially by P. Vlaemminck, G. Zonnekeyn and S. Verhulst, and subsequently by P. Vlaemminck and A. Hubert, lawyers); BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas (Monte Urano, Italy) and the 16 other interveners the names of which are listed in the Annex to the judgment, represented by P. Tabellini, G. Celona and C. Cavaliere, lawyers)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam (OJ 2006 L 275, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicants.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Apache Footwear Ltd and Apache II Footwear Ltd (Qingxin) to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
Orders the European Commission, the Confédération européenne de l'industrie de la chaussure (CEC), BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas and the 16 other interveners the names of which are listed in the Annex to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 56, 10.3.2007.