Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 June 2018.Lubrizol France SAS v Council of the European Union.Appeal — Common Customs Tariff — Autonomous customs duties on certain agricultural and industrial products — Applications for tariff suspensions — Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 — Tariff suspensions granted — Objection — Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 — Termination of the suspensions at issue — Comparable products available in sufficient quantities on the Union market.Case C-223/17 P.

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Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 June 2018 — Lubrizol France v Council

(Case C‑223/17 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — Common Customs Tariff — Autonomous customs duties on certain agricultural and industrial products — Applications for tariff suspensions — Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 — Tariff suspensions granted — Objection — Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 — Termination of the suspensions at issue — Comparable products available in sufficient quantities on the Union market)

  1. Common Customs Tariff—Alteration or suspension of import duties—Council’s margin of discretion—Judicial review—Scope—Limits

(see paras 36, 37)

  1. Appeal—Grounds—Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence—Inadmissibility—Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted

(see para. 45)

  1. Appeal—Grounds—Error of law relied on not identified—Inadmissibility

(see para. 46)

Operative part

The Court:

  1. Dismisses the appeal;

  2. Orders Lubrizol France SAS to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;

  3. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 221, 10.7.2017.