Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2016 — Marquis Energy v Council
(Case T-277/13) 1
(Dumping — Imports of bioethanol originating in the United States — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Direct concern — Admissibility — Countrywide anti-dumping duty — Individual treatment — Sampling)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Marquis Energy LLC (Hennepin, Illinois, United States) (represented initially by P. Vander Schueren, and subsequently by P. Vander Schueren and M. Peristeraki, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert, acting as Agent, and by B. Byrne, Solicitor, and G. Berrisch, lawyer, and subsequently by R. Bierwagen and C. Hipp, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. França and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents); and ePURE, de Europese Producenten Unie van Hernieuwbare Ethanol (represented by: O. Prost and A. Massot, lawyers)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 157/2013 of 18 February 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bioethanol originating in the United States of America (OJ 2013 L 49, p. 10), in so far as it affects the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 157/2013 of 18 February 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bioethanol originating in the United States of America in so far as it concerns Marquis Energy LLC;
Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Marquis Energy;
Orders the European Commission and ePURE, de Europese Producenten Unie van Hernieuwbare Ethanol to bear their own costs.
____________1 OJ C 226, 3.8.2013.