Breaches of the PV module minimum price (MIP) agreement struck between the EU and China are set to lead to removal of three Chinese manufacturers from the arrangement. The European Commission published a document late last week in which it proposed "to withdraw the [MIP] undertaking for three exporting producers." If the three Chinese producers are removed from the MIP they would have to pay anti-dumping (AD) duties on solar exports to Europe, which average 47%. This could potentially price the three suppliers out of European markets. In outlining the case for removal of the manufacturers from the MIP, the European Commission's Directorate General for Trade set out the reasons for agreement breaches in a disclosure document. These include the provision of additional "benefits" to customers, breaches of import volumes, use of OEMs outside of the MIP agreement and the sale of products covered by the MIP as a part of solar parks. The breaches are outlined in a disclosure document pv magazine acquired today. Canadian Solar The EC has found that Canadian Solar "provided certain benefits to several customers, which were not listen in their quarterly report submitted to the Commission pursuant to the undertaking." These benefits were effectively deducted from the sales price, the EC reports, breaching the minimum price. Furthermore, the EC contends, Canadian Solar conducted parallel sales of modules imported before and after the MIP came into effect. "These sales exceeded substantially the marginal percentage ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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