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On May 4 this year, the European retreading sector was hit by a hammer blow when the General Court made the decision to annul the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese commercial vehicle methodology used by the European Commission to calculate the degree of undercutting being carried out by the Chinese manufacturers in Europe was considered illegal by the Court, and secondly that there was a failure to respect the rights of defence of the Chinese producers, who were denied access to certain information, including the exact methodology used to determine the level of alleged dumping.
- - rals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC), who argued that the tariffs were discriminatory and counter to World Trade agree- - rangoni Spa.
It will be remembered that the original anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations were initiated in August and October 2017 respecti-
vely following complaints lodged by the European Industry (including a large number of retreading SMEs). Following the investigations, the Commission found that imports of truck and bus tyres were dumped in the EU and caused injury to the European industry of new and retreaded tyres and imposed provisional anti-dumping measures in
subsidies (countervailable subsidies) equally causing injury to the
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