Judgment of the General Court of 5 November 2013 – Rusal Armenal v Council
(Case T-512/09) 1
(Dumping – Imports of certain aluminium foil originating in Armenia, Brazil and China – Accession of Armenia to the WTO – Market economy treatment – Article 2(7) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 – Whether compatible with the Anti-Dumping Agreement – Article 277 TFEU)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Rusal Armenal ZAO (Yerevan, Armenia) (represented by: B. Evtimov, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented: initially by J.-P. Hix, Agent, and by G. Berrisch and G. Wolf, lawyers, and subsequently by J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, Agents, and by G. Berrisch, and lastly by J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen)
Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by M. França and C. Clyne, Agents)
Re:
Application for the annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 925/2009 of 24 September 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain aluminium foil originating in Armenia, Brazil and the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2009 L 262, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 925/2009 of 24 September 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain aluminium foil originating in Armenia, Brazil and the People’s Republic of China in so far as it concerns Rusal Armenal ZAO;
Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs incurred by Rusal Armenal;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 80, 27.3.2010.