On 12 January, the Commission presented guidelines for Chinese manufacturers who, like Volkswagen (Anhui), wanted to negotiate a minimum import price in order to circumvent the EU’s countervailing duty on imports of electric vehicles (see EUROPE 13784/4).
“A mutually agreed solution inter alia with individual exporting producers could be identified and implemented even after the imposition of definitive measures”, the Commission points out.
The Commission found Volkswagen (Anhui) Automotive’s first offer satisfactory, pointing out in the new implementing regulation that any exporter may undertake to “revise its prices [...] as long as such exports benefit from the countervailable subsidies, if the injurious effect of the subsidies is thereby eliminated”.
At present, only Volkswagen (Anhui) Automotive can claim exemption from the countervailing duties, but other exporting producers may in turn submit an undertaking offer, which must then be accepted by the Commission.
The regulation: https://aeur.eu/f/ko2 (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)