ECLI:EU:T:2003:282

«(Anti-dumping – Determination of normal value – Market-economy treatment – Analogous country – Article 2(7) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Determination of normal value – Imports from a non-market economy country such as those referred to in Article 2(7)(b) of Regulation No 384/96 – Application of the rules relating to a market-economy country – Application reserved to producers satisfying the conditions set out in Article 2(7)(b) of Regulation No 384/96 (Council Regulations Nos 384/96, Art. 2, and 905/98) 2.. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Determination of normal value – Imports from a non-market economy country such as those referred to in Article 2(7)(b) of Regulation No 384/96 – General rule requiring reference to the price in a market-economy third country – Use of another reasonable basis only where it is impossible to apply the general rule (Council Regulation No 384/96, Art. 2(7)(a)) 3.. Common commercial policy – Protection against dumping – Dumping margin – Determination of normal value – Imports from a non-market economy country such as those referred to in Article 2(7)(b) of Regulation No 384/96 – Distinction between producers according to whether or not they operate in market-economy conditions – Principle of equal treatment – Breach – None (Council Regulation No 384/96, Art. 2(7)(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition)23 October 2003 (1) ((Anti-dumping – Determination of normal value – Market-economy treatment – Analogue country – Article 2(7) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96)) applicants, v defendant, intervener, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 27 March 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) García-Valdecasas Lindh Cooke Pirrung Legal H. Jung P. Lindh Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: English.