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Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Viraj Profiles v Council

(Case T-67/14) 1

(Dumping — Imports of certain stainless steel wires originating in India — Determination of the cost of production — Selling, General and Administrative costs — Obligation to state reasons — Injury — Causal link — Complaint — Opening of the investigation — Manifest error of assessment)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Viraj Profiles Ltd (Maharashtra, India) (represented by: V. Akritidis and Y. Melin, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented: initially by B. Driessen, and subsequently by H. Marcos Fraile, acting as Agents, assisted by R. Bierwagen, C. Hipp and D. Reich, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1106/2013 of 5 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain stainless steel wires originating in India (OJ 2013 L 298, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1106/2013 of 5 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain stainless steel wires originating in India, as far as it relates to Viraj Profiles Ltd;

Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Viraj Profiles;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

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1 OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.