22.2.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 68/13
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg — Germany) — APEX GmbH Internationale Spedition v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt
(Case C-371/14) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Commercial policy - Dumping - Gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters - Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 - Article 11(2) - Expiry - Article 13 - Circumvention - Implementing Regulation (EU) No 260/2013 - Validity - Extension of an anti-dumping duty at a date on which the regulation which imposed it is no longer in force - Change in the pattern of trade))
(2016/C 068/16)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Finanzgericht Hamburg
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: APEX GmbH Internationale Spedition
Defendant: Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt
Operative part of the judgment
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 260/2013 of 18 March 2013 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1458/2007 on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters consigned from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, whether declared as originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or not, is invalid.
(1) OJ C 372, 20.10.2014.
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