Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 December 2009.#Apache Footwear Ltd and Apache II Footwear Ltd (Qingxin) v Council of the European Union.#Dumping - Imports of footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam - Market economy status - Community interest.#Case T-1/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People’s Republic of China and Vietnam (OJ 2006 L 275, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicants.

Operative part

Operative part:

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Apache Footwear Ltd and Apache II Footwear Ltd (Qingxin) to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the Council of the European Union;

3. Orders the European Commission, the Confédération européenne de l’industrie de la chaussure (CEC), BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas and the 16 other interveners whose names are listed in the Annex to bear their own costs.