Judgment_paragraph 142 · Changmao Biochemical Engineering Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union (T-442/12)

142The obligation to provide information which is incumbent on the EU institutions in anti-dumping matters must be reconciled with the obligation to respect confidential information (see, to that effect, judgments of 25 September 1997, Shanghai Bicycle v Council, T‑170/94, EU:T:1997:134, paragraph 121, and of 18 December 1997, Ajinomoto and NutraSweet v Council, T‑159/94 and T‑160/94, EU:T:1997:209, paragraph 83). However, the obligation to respect confidential information cannot deprive the applicant’s rights of defence of their substance (see, to that effect, judgment of 20 March 1985, Timex v Council and Commission, 264/82, EU:C:1985:119, paragraph 29).