This judgment concerns the validity of EU anti-dumping regulations imposing duties on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings from China and Thailand. The key aspects are:1. The case examines whether anti-dumping duties could be legally imposed on threaded fittings made of spheroidal graphite cast iron, when the original investigation focused on malleable cast iron fittings.2. The Court analyzed the structure and scope of:
- Commission Regulation 1071/2012 imposing provisional anti-dumping duties
- Council Implementing Regulation 430/2013 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties
- The Basic Anti-dumping Regulation 1225/2009
3. The main provisions examined were:
- Requirements for initiating anti-dumping investigations
- Definition of product scope in anti-dumping proceedings
- Relationship between customs classification and anti-dumping measures
The Court concluded that the anti-dumping regulations were valid, finding that spheroidal graphite cast iron fittings were properly included within the scope of the original investigation and measures, since they share the same essential physical characteristics as malleable cast iron fittings and are fundamentally intended for the same uses.
