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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

27 April 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 298/2015

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of anti-dumping measures on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels and cells (which have a thickness not exceeding 400 micrometres) of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 971/2013 of 5 December 2013, the European Commission has published a notice concerning the impending expiry of the countervailing measures on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels and cells (which have a thickness not exceeding 400 micrometres) of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panelsoriginating in the Mainland of China (the product). The notice can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2015_137_R_0006&from=EN.

2.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product has been imposed since 6 December 2013 and the duty in force is 53.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates ranging from 27.3% to 64.9%).

3.Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in section 2 of the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire at mid-night of 7 December 2015.

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4.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5350.

Yours faithfully,

(Y K So)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.