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Corte di giustizia UE n. 1225/2021

ECLI:EU:T:2021:612
Testo integrale del provvedimento

Testo integrale del provvedimento

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Judgment of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]) of 22 September 2021 – Severstal v [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (Case T‑753/16) ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] – Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Article 18 of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 18 of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EU) 2016/1036) – Use of facts available – Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Calculation of the normal value, the export price and the dumping margin – Article 3(2) and (5) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 3(2) and (5) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Determination of the existence of injury – Article 3(7) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 3(7) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Causal link – Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Injury elimination – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the defence – Principle of good administration – Proportionality – Manifest errors of assessment)

1. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Course of the investigation – Obligation for the interested parties to provide the necessary information – Scope – Verification by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Arts 6.6 and 6.7; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Arts 6(2) and (8), 16(1) and (3) and 18(3) and (6); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Arts 6(2) and (8), 16(1) and (3) and 18(6)) (see paras 46-50, 53, 55, 122)

2. 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 – Concept of necessary information – Information on raw material costs – Included – Need for intentional refusal – None ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Art. 6.8; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 18(1) to (3)) (see paras 51, 54, 65, 66, 78, 79, 95)

3. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits (see paras 56, 57)

4. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Course of the investigation – Account taken of information not the best in all respects – Conditions ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 18(3)) (see para. 80)

5. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Course of the investigation – Use of the information available where the undertaking refuses cooperation – Unreliability of the information provided by the undertaking – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 18) (see para. 100)

6. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Anti-dumping proceeding – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the defence – Right to be heard – Scope (Charter of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], Art. 41(2)(a)) (see paras 111-113)

7. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] margin – Determination of the normal value – Recourse to the constructed value – Taking into account of selling, general and administrative costs – Losses relating to value differences arising from the revaluation of loans denominated in foreign currencies – Included – Conditions ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 2(3) and (5); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 2(5)) (see paras 136, 139, 142)

8. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] margin – Determination of the export price – Recourse to a constructed export price – Conditions – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] between exporter and importer – Rebuttable presumption that the export price actually paid is not reliable – Burden of proof on the undertakings involved ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 2(8) and (9); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 2(9)) (see paras 150, 151)

9. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] margin – Determination of the export price – Recourse to a constructed export price – Adjustments – Automatic application – Challenge to the level of adjustments – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 2(9); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 2(9)) (see paras 152-156, 165)

10. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Impact of the dumping on EU production – Existence of factors and indicators showing a positive tendency – Fact not excluding the conclusion that significant injury caused to the EU industry – [OSCURATO:PERSONA]’s obligation to make a convincing analysis of the positive and negative factors – Judicial review – Manifest error of assessment – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Art. 3.4; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3(2), (3) and (5); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 3(3)) (see paras 171-176, 205)

11. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping – Relevance of such factors for establishing the causal link – Burden of proof on the parties invoking the illegality of the regulation imposing an anti-dumping duty ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Arts 3(5), 6 and 7) (see paras 203, 204, 206, 207)

12. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping – Measures which facilitate and promote imports – Precluded ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3(7)) (see para. 231)

13. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping – No general obligation on the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] to examine the effects of other causal factors collectively ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Art. 3.5; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3(7)) (see paras 236, 237)

14. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Reexamination after an earlier order acknowledging admissibility – Margin reasonably to be counted on in the absence of dumping ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 9(4); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 9(4)) (see paras 249, 252)

15. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Calculation of the price undercutting of the imports at issue – Recourse to a constructed export price – Whether permissible ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Arts 2(9), 3(2) and (3) and 9(4)) (see paras 260-267)

16. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Calculation of the price undercutting of the imports at issue – Obligation to make a fair comparison between the price of the product concerned and the price of the like product of the EU industry – Comparison to be made between prices obtained at the same level of trade ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3) (see para. 268) Re: Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EU) 2016/1328 of 29 July 2016 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of China and the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ( OJ 2016 L 210, p. 1 ).

Operative part

[OSCURATO:PERSONA]:

1. Dismisses the action; 2. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] PAO Severstal to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA]; 3. [OSCURATO:PERSONA], [OSCURATO:PERSONA], [OSCURATO:PERSONA], to bear its own costs.

Anonimizzato ex art. 52 D.Lgs. 196/2003
62016TJ0753_INF Judgment of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]) of 22 September 2021 – Severstal v [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (Case T‑753/16) ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] – Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Article 18 of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 18 of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EU) 2016/1036) – Use of facts available – Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Calculation of the normal value, the export price and the dumping margin – Article 3(2) and (5) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 3(2) and (5) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Determination of the existence of injury – Article 3(7) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 3(7) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Causal link – Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009 (now Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036) – Injury elimination – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the defence – Principle of good administration – Proportionality – Manifest errors of assessment) 1. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Course of the investigation – Obligation for the interested parties to provide the necessary information – Scope – Verification by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Arts 6.6 and 6.7; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Arts 6(2) and (8), 16(1) and (3) and 18(3) and (6); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Arts 6(2) and (8), 16(1) and (3) and 18(6)) (see paras 46-50, 53, 55, 122) 2. 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 – Concept of necessary information – Information on raw material costs – Included – Need for intentional refusal – None ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Art. 6.8; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 18(1) to (3)) (see paras 51, 54, 65, 66, 78, 79, 95) 3. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits (see paras 56, 57) 4. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Course of the investigation – Account taken of information not the best in all respects – Conditions ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 18(3)) (see para. 80) 5. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Course of the investigation – Use of the information available where the undertaking refuses cooperation – Unreliability of the information provided by the undertaking – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 18) (see para. 100) 6. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Anti-dumping proceeding – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the defence – Right to be heard – Scope (Charter of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], Art. 41(2)(a)) (see paras 111-113) 7. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] margin – Determination of the normal value – Recourse to the constructed value – Taking into account of selling, general and administrative costs – Losses relating to value differences arising from the revaluation of loans denominated in foreign currencies – Included – Conditions ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 2(3) and (5); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 2(5)) (see paras 136, 139, 142) 8. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] margin – Determination of the export price – Recourse to a constructed export price – Conditions – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] between exporter and importer – Rebuttable presumption that the export price actually paid is not reliable – Burden of proof on the undertakings involved ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 2(8) and (9); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 2(9)) (see paras 150, 151) 9. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] margin – Determination of the export price – Recourse to a constructed export price – Adjustments – Automatic application – Challenge to the level of adjustments – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 2(9); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 2(9)) (see paras 152-156, 165) 10. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Factors to be taken into consideration – Impact of the dumping on EU production – Existence of factors and indicators showing a positive tendency – Fact not excluding the conclusion that significant injury caused to the EU industry – [OSCURATO:PERSONA]’s obligation to make a convincing analysis of the positive and negative factors – Judicial review – Manifest error of assessment – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Art. 3.4; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3(2), (3) and (5); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 3(3)) (see paras 171-176, 205) 11. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping – Relevance of such factors for establishing the causal link – Burden of proof on the parties invoking the illegality of the regulation imposing an anti-dumping duty ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Arts 3(5), 6 and 7) (see paras 203, 204, 206, 207) 12. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping – Measures which facilitate and promote imports – Precluded ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3(7)) (see para. 231) 13. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Taking into account of matters extraneous to the dumping – No general obligation on the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] to examine the effects of other causal factors collectively ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Implementation of Article VI of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] on Tariffs and Trade (1994 Anti-[OSCURATO:PERSONA]), Art. 3.5; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3(7)) (see paras 236, 237) 14. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Reexamination after an earlier order acknowledging admissibility – Margin reasonably to be counted on in the absence of dumping ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 9(4); [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2016/1036, Art. 9(4)) (see paras 249, 252) 15. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Calculation of the price undercutting of the imports at issue – Recourse to a constructed export price – Whether permissible ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Arts 2(9), 3(2) and (3) and 9(4)) (see paras 260-267) 16. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Injury – Establishing a causal link – Obligations of the institutions – Calculation of the price undercutting of the imports at issue – Obligation to make a fair comparison between the price of the product concerned and the price of the like product of the EU industry – Comparison to be made between prices obtained at the same level of trade ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1225/2009, Art. 3) (see para. 268) Re: Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EU) 2016/1328 of 29 July 2016 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of China and the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ( OJ 2016 L 210, p. 1 ). Operative part [OSCURATO:PERSONA]: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] PAO Severstal to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA]; 3. [OSCURATO:PERSONA], [OSCURATO:PERSONA], [OSCURATO:PERSONA], to bear its own costs.
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