Judgment_paragraph 165 · Committee of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Manufacturers in Europe (CPME) and Others v Council of the European Union (T-422/13)

165As part of the updating of their claims for compensation (see paragraph 28 above), seven applicants — namely Cepsa Química, Indorama Ventures Poland, Lotte Chemical UK, Ottana Polimeri, UAB Neo Group, UAB Indorama Polymers Europe and UAB Orion Global pet — waived their claim for damages in respect of the losses incurred (first type of alleged damage). Only three applicants maintained that claim — namely Equipolymers, M & G Polimeri Italia and Novapet — and only for the nine-month period from June 2013 to February 2014. The applicants explained that the limitation was motivated by the entry into force of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/109/EU of 4 February 2014 repealing Decision 2000/745/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) originating, inter alia, in India (OJ 2014 L 59, p. 35). According to the applicants, the withdrawal by that decision of the minimum price undertakings granted to several Indian exporting producers as from 1 March 2014 led to a considerable drop in imports of PET from India to the European Union.