Judgment of the General Court of 24 May 2012 - JBF RAK v Council
(Case T-555/10)
(Subsidies - Imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates - Definitive countervailing duty and definite collection of provisional duty - Articles 11(8), 15(1) and 30(5) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 - Principle of sound administration)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: JBF RAK LLC (Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates) (represented by: B. Servais, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen, Agent, G. Berrisch, lawyer, and N. Chesaites, Barrister)
Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, M. França and G. Luengo, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 857/2010 of 27 September 2010 imposing a definitive countervailing duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (OJ 2010 L 254, p. 10).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders JBF RAK LLC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
3. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 30, 29.1.2011.