Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 November 2011.#Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union.#Dumping - Imports of ironing boards originating in the People’s Republic of China and Ukraine - Market economy treatment - Rights of the defence - Offer of price undertakings - Confidential treatment of the complainants’ identity.#Case T-274/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 452/2007 of 23 April 2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the People’s Republic of China and Ukraine (OJ 2007 L 109, p. 12), in so far as it imposes an anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards manufactured by the applicant.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 452/2007 of 23 April 2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the People’s Republic of China and Ukraine, in so far as they impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and collect definitively the provisional duty on ironing boards manufactured by Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd;

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products;

3. Orders the European Commission, Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, Pirola SpA and Colombo New Scale SpA to bear their own costs.