EC Statement: EU launches anti-subsidy investigation on solar panel imports from China
( November 8, 2012, 07:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The European Commission opened an antisubsidy investigation of Chinese solar panels and parts, adding to an antidumping probe of the industry and following China’s lodging of a World Trade Organization complaint against European subsidies for sun power.
Full statement and Official Journal notice of initiation follow.
The European Commission today launched an anti-subsidy ("countervailing duty") investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components (i.e. solar cells and solar wafers) originating in China.
EU ProSun, an industry association, claimed in its complaint lodged on 26 September 2012 that solar panels and their key components imported from China benefit from unfair government subsidies.
In terms of value of imports affected, this is the most significant anti-subsidy complaint the European Commission has received so far: in 2011, China exported solar panels and their key components worth around €21 billion to the EU.
The investigation will take 13 months in total. According to trade defence rules it is possible to impose provisional anti-subsidy duties within 9 months, provided there is sufficient prima facie evidence of subsidisation.
For more information on this investigation: Notice of initiation in the EU's Official Journal http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2012:340:0013:0023:EN:PDF
For more information on the next steps in the anti-dumping procedure: MEMO/12/844 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-844_en.htm...
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