27.4.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 123/23

(Case T-143/13)

2013/C 123/40

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Zhejiang Heda Solar Technology Co. Ltd (Fuyang, China) (represented by: V. Akritidis and Y. Melin, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

—Annul, pursuant to Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the decision of the European Commission communicated by letter of 3 January 2013, No H4/JN/Ref.t13.000011, informing the applicant that it would not examine the applicant’s request to be granted the status of undertaking operating under market economy conditions, filed pursuant to Article 2(7)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, in the antidumping proceeding concerning imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components originating in the People’s Republic of China, opened on 6 September 2012 (AD 590);

—Declare inapplicable to the applicant as regards the present application, by virtue of Article 277 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Regulation (EU) No 1168/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ 2012 L 344, p. 1);

—And, consequently, order the Commission and any interveners to pay all the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging breach of the principles of legal certainty, legitimate expectations and proportionality, in that the contested decision withdrew, with retroactive effect, the applicant’s previously acquired right to have its request for the status of undertaking operating under market economy conditions examined by the Commission without there being an overriding interest to justify that withdrawal.