The European Commission issued an announcement on August 31 that the EU decided not to extend the anti-dumping and countervailing measures against solar panels in China after it expired on September 3.
The European Commission said that the above decision was made after considering the interests of EU solar panel manufacturers, users and importers, and that the extension of these measures would be most beneficial to the EU as a whole. In addition, the decision will help achieve the EU's new renewable energy goals.
In December 2013, the European Commission imposed a maximum anti-dumping duty of 64.9% and a countervailing duty of up to 11.5% on solar panels imported from China for a period of two years and was extended at the end of 2015. In March 2017, the European Commission extended the double-reaction measures by 18 months instead of the usual five years.
The European Commission said that from the market situation, there is no rationality for re-expansion after the expiration of the double-reaction measures in September this year, so the European Commission rejected the requirements of the EU-related industry for review and investigation.