Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 26 November 2015 —
Giant (China) v Council

(Case T‑425/13)

Dumping — Imports of bicycles originating in China — Interim review — Article 9(5) and Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Individual treatment — Non-cooperation — Necessary information — Facts available — Related companies — Circumvention

1.                     Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Fixing of anti-dumping duties — Individual treatment of exporting undertakings from a non-market economy country — Grant to exporters not having obtained the status of undertaking operating in a market economy — Lawfulness — Conditions (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 9(5)) (see paras 47, 81)

2.                     Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Dumping margin — Determination of the export price — Recourse to a constructed export price — Adjustments — Account taken of existing relations between a producer-exporter called into question and other companies established in the exporting country (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 2(8) to (10)) (see paras 57-60)

3.                     Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Course of the investigation — Use of the information available where the undertaking refuses cooperation — Conditions — Refusal of access to the necessary information — Requirement not met (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 18(1)) (see paras 61-70)

4.                     Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Course of the investigation — Use of the information available where the undertaking refuses cooperation — Conditions — False or misleading information — Requirement not met (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 18(1)) (see paras 71-76)

5.                     Common commercial policy — Protection against dumping — Fixing of anti-dumping duties — Individual treatment of exporting undertakings from a non-market economy country — Refusal to impose an individual anti-dumping duty — Risk of circumvention — Requirement not met (Council Regulation No 1225/2009, Art. 9(5)) (see paras 83-89)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 502/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China following an interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ 2013 L 153, p. 17).

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Council Regulation (EU) No 502/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China following an interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 so far as it concerns Giant (China) Co. Ltd;

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs of Giant (China) and to bear its own costs;

3. Orders the European Commission and the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) to bear their own costs.