25.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 270/38


Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2016 — Marquis Energy v Council

(Case T-277/13) (1)

((Dumping - Imports of bioethanol originating in the United States - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Action for annulment - Direct concern - Admissibility - Countrywide anti-dumping duty - Individual treatment - Sampling))

(2016/C 270/42)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Marquis Energy LLC (Hennepin, Illinois, United States) (represented initially by P. Vander Schueren, and subsequently by P. Vander Schueren and M. Peristeraki, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert, acting as Agent, and by B. Byrne, Solicitor, and G. Berrisch, lawyer, and subsequently by R. Bierwagen and C. Hipp, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. França and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents); and ePURE, de Europese Producenten Unie van Hernieuwbare Ethanol (represented by: O. Prost and A. Massot, lawyers)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 157/2013 of 18 February 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bioethanol originating in the United States of America (OJ 2013 L 49, p. 10), in so far as it affects the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 157/2013 of 18 February 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bioethanol originating in the United States of America in so far as it concerns Marquis Energy LLC;

2.

Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Marquis Energy;

3.

Orders the European Commission and ePURE, de Europese Producenten Unie van Hernieuwbare Ethanol to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 226, 3.8.2013.