COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Trade

Court overturns General Court's judgment concerning Chinese solar panel company Xinyi

Brussels, 28/02/2018 (Agence Europe

On Wednesday 28 February, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) overturned the judgment of the General Court of the EU (EGC) of March 2016, which itself overturned anti-dumping measures imposed by the EU on imports of solar panels produced in China by the company Xinyi (case C-301/16 P) (see EUROPE 11513).

In 2013, Xinyi asked the European Commission to recognise that it operates under market conditions, although China as a whole is not recognised as a market economy. On this basis,...