26.10.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 2975 COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 987/2012 of 22 October 2012 reimposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating in the People’s Republic of China, manufactured by Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (') (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission (‘the Commission’) after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EC) No 452/2007 of 23 April 2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the People’s Republic of China and Ukraine (%) (the contested Regulation’), the Council imposed definitive anti-dumping duties ranging from 9,9 % to 38,1 % on imports of ironing boards, whether or not free-standing, with or without a steam soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top, including sleeve boards, and essential parts thereof, i.e. the legs, the top and the iron rest originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘China’) and Ukraine. (2)  On 19 July 2007, one cooperating Chinese exporting producer, namely Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd (Harmonic’), lodged an application at the General Court secking the annulment of the contested Regulation in so far as it applies to the appli- cant (3). (3)  On 8 November 2011, the General Court in its judgment in Case T-274/07 (the General Court judgment) found that the failure to comply with the period prescribed by Article 20(5) of the basic Regulation was such as in fact to affect the rights of defence of Harmonic, and that the Commission had also infringed Article 8 of the basic Regulation, which conferred on Harmonic the right to offer undertakings up to the expiry of that period. Therefore, the General Court annulled Articles 1 and 2 of the contested Regulation in so far as they impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and collect definitively the provisional duty on ironing boards manufactured by Harmonic. () OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51. () OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 12. (}) Case T-274/07 Zhejiang Harmonic Hardware Products Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union. (4)  According to Article 266 of the Treaty on the Func- tioning of the European Union (TFEU'), the Union insti- tutions are obliged to comply with the General Court judgment of 8 November 2011. It is established case- law (Case T-2/95 (%), ‘the IPS case) that, in cases where a proceeding consists of several administrative steps, the annulment of one of those steps does not annul the complete proceeding. The anti-dumping proceeding is an example of such a multi-step proceeding. Consequently, the annulment of the contested Regulation in relation to one party does not imply the annulment of the entire procedure prior to the adoption of that Regu- lation. Moreover, according to the Court’s case-law, in order to comply with a judgment annulling a measure and to implement it fully, the institution which took the measure should resume the procedure at the very point at which the illegality occurred and replace that measure (°). Finally, the implementation of a court ruling also implies the possibility to remedy the aspects of the contested Regulation which led to its annulment, while leaving unchanged the uncontested parts which are not affected by the General Court judgment, as was held in Case C-458/98 P (). It should be noted that apart from the finding of an infringement of Article 20(5) and of Article 8 of the basic Regulation, all other findings made in the contested Regulation remain auto- matically valid to the extent that the General Court dismissed all arguments made in this respect. (5)  Following the General Court judgment of 8 November 2011, a notice (/) was published concerning the partial reopening of the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of ironing boards originating, inter alia, in China. The reopening was limited in scope to the implemen- tation of the General Court judgment in so far as Harmonic is concerned. (6)  The Commission officially advised the exporting producers, the importers and users known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the Union industry of the partial reopening of the investigation. Interested parties were given the oppor- tunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set out in the notice. (7)  All parties who so requested within the above time limit, and who demonstrated that there were particular reasons why they should be heard, were granted the opportunity to be heard. (*) Case T-2/95 Industrie des poudres sphériques (IPS) v Council [1998] ECR 1I-3939. (°) Case C-415/96 Spain v Commission [1998] ECR 1-6993, para- graph 31. (6) Case C-458/98 P Industrie des poudres sphériques (IPS) v Council [2000] ECR 1-08147. () OJ C 63, 2.3.2012, p. 10.