The European Photovoltaic cartel anti-EU to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese PV companies

Europe parity solar Union said in a news conference held at the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 19, against the EU to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese PV products; if imposed punitive tariffs of 60 percent in three years, will lead the European Union more than 240,000 people unemployed .

Torsten general Ignatius Shas the German photovoltaic products companies - cable temperature Ti Kesi, CEO, at the same time the European of cheap solar Union News spokesman told reporters, he said: "If the EU to China solar panels photovoltaic enterprises to impose punitive tariffs will lead to EU 24.2 million people unemployed, for a moment of 'compensation', the breaking of the entire European solar industry chain, this is a stupid decision. " 

In order to stop this stupid decision ", the the the cable temperature Ti Kesi company from last summer began, PV enterprises in conjunction with 183 other European countries, the establishment of the cheap solar Union in Europe.Commissioned by the Alliance, based in Basel, Switzerland, an independent economic research institutes forecast Institute announced on February 18, a survey report, entitled "The anti-dumping measures on Chinese solar cell modules, solar cells and solar silicon tremendous impact and added value to the European Employment losses. "

7 report contains six charts, detailed description of data analysis, if the EU to impose punitive tariffs of 20% of the Chinese photovoltaic products in the first year after the tax, the EU will lose 115,600 jobs, the EU The enterprise will lose the added value of 4.74 billion euros, in the 3 years prior to the tax, the loss of 175,500 jobs, a loss of 18.4 billion euros of added value. Punitive tariffs to 60%, then three years, the EU will be the loss of 242,000 jobs, the loss of the added value of 27.2 billion euros.

Oliver Ellen Trout, senior project manager responsible for the drafting of the report, told this reporter that if the EU imposed punitive tariffs, the results clearly an "economic, employment loss account", the fact remains that there are well documented. "Involving the EU multinational and international anti-dumping case in this, they want to restore, to the maximum extent possible the real statistics, and an objective estimate of anti-dumping cases brought huge losses will give all parties." He also said that, in this field case, the loss is not just Chinese companies, as well as nearly 200 European companies may not be able to maintain their operations face closure.

The forecast Institute is an authoritative research firm with 50 years of history. Oliver Ellen Trout told this reporter that the most important feature is the Institute has been adhering to the principles of neutrality and objectivity, to conduct research, "under which there are many trade framework proposal to the international organizations to provide data analysis experts to make very with the reference value indicators and recommendations for action.

The day before the news conference, more than 60 buy solar panels PV business representatives from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece and other European countries took part in a special hearing held by the European Commission on this issue. Rory Macrae, a consulting company in Europe, told reporters at the hearing, each enterprise's own situation as an example, elaborated to the European Commission officials "can not be ruled China photovoltaic products 'dual' established and levied punitive tariffs reason. 

Thomas Barros - Tasman on behalf of, the press liaison officer responsible for convening the press conference, told reporters that European companies joint actions against EU tax photovoltaic products in China will adhere to in the end, if the EU continues to stubbornly make levied The decision of the punitive tariffs, "just as shooting yourself in the foot,".