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Denne ordning blev desuden udlignet af de canadiske myndigheder i 2015 [49].
It was found that these prices are higher than the minimum benchmark prices set by the urban land evaluation system and used by local governments, because the benchmark prices set by the urban land evaluation system are updated only every three years, while the dynamic monitoring prices are updated quarterly.
Den kinesiske regering fremlagde ingen oplysninger om denne ordning.
However, there was no indication of land prices being based on the dynamic monitoring prices.
Kommissionen var således ikke i stand til at kontrollere alle aspekter af ordningen og navnlig de faktiske fordele for eksporterende producenter af den undersøgte vare og solcellesektoren som helhed.
In fact, the GOC confirmed during the on-the-spot visit that urban land price dynamic monitoring system monitors the fluctuations of the price levels of land in certain areas (i.e. 105 cities) in the PRC and is designed to assess the evolution of land prices.
Derfor måtte nogle af konklusionerne af undersøgelsen baseres på de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger, jf. grundforordningens artikel 28.
However, the starting prices in biddings and auctions are based on the benchmarks established by the land evaluation system.
For en eksporterende producent i stikprøven skete gennemførelsen af ordningen i NUP via Circular of Jiangxi Financial Department on Issuing Jiangxi Foreign Economy and Trade Department Development and Support Funds (the Third Around) of the Year 2013 GanCaiQiZhi [2014] nr. 31 og Circular of Jiangxi Financial Department on Issuing Jiangxi Foreign Economy and Trade Department Development and Support Funds (the Third Around) of the Year 2014 GanCaiQiZhi [2015] nr. 25.
In the original investigation, it was established that the prices paid for LUR in the PRC are not representative of a market price determined by free market supply and demand.
Jinko fremlagde henvisningen til det væsentligste retsgrundlag og kopier af de to cirkulærer, der er nævnt i ovenstående betragtning.
It was also found that LUR transfers were affected by restrictions in the announcement of transfer through tendering, auction and quotation.
Jinko anførte, at man også havde modtaget tilskud under denne ordning i 2012.
No changes to such findings were identified in this expiry review investigation.
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd og de forretningsmæssigt forbundne virksomheder (»Trina«) oplyste, at man havde modtaget tilskud under denne ordning i NUP.
In the framework of this investigation, the Commission also found that certain sampled exporting producers received refunds from local authorities to compensate for the (already low) prices which they paid for the LURs, for example for works done by the company itself as regards basic infrastructure on the land.
På grundlag af de foreliggende oplysninger ser disse ordninger ikke ud til at være almindeligt tilgængelige for alle virksomheder i Kina.
The notices that were provided by one of the sampled exporting producers showed clearly that all of the industrial land acquired by this company was earmarked for the PV sector.
Foreign Trade Development-ordningerne indrømmer subsidier, jf. grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 1, litra a), nr. i), og artikel 3, stk. 2, i form af en overførsel af midler fra den kinesiske regering i form af tilskud til producenter af den undersøgte vare.
The actual purchase prices paid were nearly the same as the starting prices in the notices.
Foreign Trade Development-ordningerne er specifikke subsidier i form af tilskud.
For the same sampled exporting producer, evidence collected showed that the LUR prices it obtained were not based on ‘market prices’, but were negotiated with the Land Bureau.
Undersøgelsen fastslog, at én af de eksporterende virksomheder i stikprøven har haft fordel af dette subsidie.
The above evidence contradicts the claims of the GOC that the prices paid for LUR in the PRC are representative of a market price which is determined by free market supply and demand.
National High Technology Research and Development Programme og National Key Basic Research and Development Programme (863- og 973-ordningerne)
The Commission established in addition that LUR transfer did include restrictions in the tendering, auction and quotation procedures, which affect fair competition and found that certain sampled exporting producers received refunds from local authorities to compensate for the (already low) prices which they paid for the LURs.
rdningen er et nationalt højteknologisk forsknings- og udviklingsprogram med fokus på centrale teknologier for industrialiseringen af højeffektive solceller, såsom solceller af tyndfilm-silicium af MW-klassen eller solceller af krystallinsk silicium med heteroovergang og siliciumbaserede solceller med nanotråd.
The findings of the investigation confirm that the situation concerning land provision and acquisition in the PRC is unclear and non-transparent and the prices are often arbitrarily set by the authorities.
Tilskud under denne ordning ydes af ministeriet for videnskab og teknologi.
The authorities set the prices according to the Urban Land Evaluation System, which is updated only every three years.
Virksomhederne søger om disse tilskud online [50].
Accordingly, the provision of land-use rights by the GOC should be considered a subsidy within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(iii) and Article 3(2) of the basic Regulation in the form of provision of goods which confers a benefit upon the recipient companies.
Der gives tilskud til virksomheder, som opfylder visse betingelser, f.eks. skal det være en virksomhed med avanceret energiteknologi, eller en virksomhed, der har en stærk FoU-kapacitet.
As explained in recitals 427 to 430 above, there is no functioning market for land in the PRC and the use of an external benchmark (see recitals 435 to 437 below) demonstrates that the amount paid for land-use rights by the sampled exporting producers is well below the normal market rate.
Det omfatter f.eks. grundforskning i støbte solceller med lav deficiens og høj effektivitet.
The subsidy is specific under Article 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(c) of the basic Regulation because the preferential access to industrial land is limited only to companies belonging to certain industries, in this case the photovoltaic industry, only certain transactions were subject to a bidding process, prices are often being set by the authorities and government practices in this area are unclear and non-transparent.
Ligesom for 863-ordningen skal virksomhederne ansøge om tilskud online [51], og de ydes af ministeriet for videnskab og teknologi.
Consequently, this subsidy is considered countervailable.
De betingelser, som virksomhederne skal opfylde med hensyn til projektets særlige kendetegn, omfatter f.eks. innovative idéer, klare avancerede forskningsmål centreret om nationale nøglebehov, tværfaglig forskning, som har kinesiske kendetegn og er af international betydning.
As in the original investigation and in accordance with Article 6(d)(ii) of the basic Regulation, land prices from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan were used as an external bench mark.
Retningslinjer for centrale teknologier, der kan opnå støtte under 863- og 973-ordningerne, offentliggøres på årsbasis.
The benefit conferred on the recipients is calculated by taking into consideration the difference between the amount actually paid by each of the sampled exporting producers (reduced by the amount of local government refunds/grants, where applicable) for land use rights and the amount that should normally have been paid on the basis of the Taiwanese benchmark.
I sin mangelskrivelse anmodede Kommissionen den kinesiske regering om at fremlægge visse offentlige planer for de to ordninger.
Following the methodology applied in the original investigation, the Commission used the average land price per square meter established in Taiwan corrected for currency depreciation and GDP evolution as from the dates of the respective land use right contracts.
Under henvisning til alle andre dokumenter, som allerede var fremsendt til Kommissionen (og hvoraf de fleste ikke engang vedrørte de pågældende to programmer) bad den kinesiske regering Kommissionen om at præcisere, hvorfor Kommissionen havde behov for disse oplysninger, og fortsatte derefter med at erklære, at sådanne planer ikke fandtes.
The information concerning industrial land prices was retrieved from the website of the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan.
På den anden side blev der fremlagt oplysninger om en række foreløbige og administrative foranstaltninger om forvaltning af sådanne planer (som den kinesiske regering anfægtede eksistensen af).
The currency depreciation and GDP evolution for Taiwan were calculated on the basis of inflation rates and evolution of GDP per capita at current prices in USD for Taiwan as published by the IMF for 2015.
Da Kommissionen under kontrolbesøget anmodede om de dokumenter, der udgør retsgrundlaget for de to ordninger (da den kinesiske regering ikke havde besvaret dette spørgsmål i sin spørgeskemabesvarelse), fremlagde den kinesiske regering de administrative foranstaltninger — på kinesisk — for tre statslige planer vedrørende støtte til højteknologisk forskning og udvikling, grundforskning og udvikling samt videnskab og teknologi.
In accordance with Article 7(3) of the basic Regulation this subsidy amount (numerator) has been allocated to the RIP using the normal life time of the land use right for industrial use land, i.e. 50 years.
På grund af tidspunktet for fremlægningen af oplysningerne og det forhold, at dokumenterne ikke var ledsaget af en oversættelse til engelsk, kunne Kommissionen ikke kontrollere disse dokumenter på stedet.
This amount has then been allocated over the total sales turnover of the sampled exporting producers during the RIP, because the subsidy is not contingent upon export performance and was not granted by reference to the quantities manufactured, produced, exported or transported.
Kommissionen bad også den kinesiske regering fremlægge statistikker om de midler, der stilles til rådighed inden for rammerne af disse to projekter.
Provision of land and LUR at LTAR
Den kinesiske regering nægtede at fremlægge disse statistiske oplysninger, da midlerne ifølge den kinesiske regering ikke vedrører fremstilling af solcelleprodukter.
In its reply to the disclosure the GOC made various claims that the Commission had not met the substantive legal and evidentiary standards as regards the determination of a financial contribution and benefit in respect of this LUR scheme.
Den kinesiske regering påstod desuden, at ingen af de eksporterende producenter i stikprøven drog fordel af nogen af de to ordninger (eller for den sags skyld af nogen af de ordninger, som var opført under »Andre tilskud«), hvilket var i modstrid med de oplysninger, der blev givet af en af de eksporterende producenter i stikprøven.
The GOC restated its belief that the LUR system in the PRC results in the granting of LURs representative of market prices which are determined by free market supply and demand.
Kommissionen var således ikke i stand til at kontrollere alle aspekter af 863- og 973-ordningerne og navnlig de faktiske fordele for producenterne af den undersøgte vare og solcellesektoren som helhed.
However, as demonstrated in the original investigation in recitals 357 to 359 and confirmed in this investigation the GOC failed to supply key information in order to allow a proper analysis by the Commission.
Retsgrundlaget for de to ordninger, udgøres af Administrative measures for National High Technology Research and Development Plan (863 Plan), revideret i 2011, Administrative Measures for National Science and Technology Support Plan, revideret i 2011 og Administrative measures for National Key Basic Research and Development Program (973), revideret i 2011.
Secondly, based on the information available in the current investigation it is still clear that the existence of the ‘dynamic land monitoring system’ and the ‘urban land evaluation system’ did not ensure that market prices operated according to market supply and demand principles.
Den kinesiske regering erklærede, at den støtte, der gives inden for rammerne af 863- og 973-ordningerne, kun vedrører forskning og udvikling og ikke produktion af den undersøgte vare.
Due to the lack of data supplied by the GOC it was not possible to identify the true nature of the system which was operating.
Desuden påstod den kinesiske regering, at de to ordninger ikke er udligningsberettigede, da de ikke er specifikke.
In fact, in accordance with Article 28 the facts available to the Commission clearly suggested that a benchmark was required for the reasons indicated above.
Disse påstande afvises.
In addition from the information available it was clear, whether LURs had been allocated prior to the original investigation or subsequent to it, that for the sampled companies there was no evidence of a proper functioning auction (or other) system which operated on market principles.
Den omstændighed, at tilskuddene blev ydet til forskning og udvikling af den undersøgte vare, betyder en direkte overførsel af midler fra den kinesiske regering, hvilket i væsentlig grad reducerer de forsknings- og udviklingsomkostninger, som støttemodtageren ellers ville have haft.
On the contrary, the evidence described above pointed to a system which provided the PV sector with preferential rates which were non-transparently allocated to them.
Tilskuddene anses for at være specifikke, da kun virksomheder, der opererer inden for centrale teknologier som anført i de retningslinjer, der offentliggøres på årsbasis, er berettigede til at modtage dem.
As the Commission had indicated in the general disclosure document, the few land notices obtained during the investigation clearly indicated that land was only offered to targeted industries through a system of ‘sector orientation’.
I retningslinjerne fastsættes de nøgleteknologier, som kan blive omfattet af de to ordninger.
Also the prices had been pre-set before the auction and did not change as only one pre-known bidder came forward in the auction.
Efter anmodning fra Kommissionen fremlagde den kinesiske regering retningslinjerne for årene 2011, 2013 og 2014.
The transactions examined of the sampled producers also indicated the existence of refunds and other deductions made in respect of LURs as well as evidence that some rates had been negotiated with the land bureau.
I retningslinjerne for nøgleteknologier fra 2014 nævnes forskning i solceller udtrykkeligt.
The GOC commented in its response to the disclosure that such matters did not indicate that the LUR system did not operate on market principles.
I vejledningerne for årene før 2014 fremgik enten solceller og/eller solenergi også udtrykkeligt.
However, the individual subsidy margin calculated for each sampled company (including deductions etcetera where appropriate) was disclosed to the party concerned and no comments were received that calculations were not accurate in this respect.
863- og 973-ordningerne indrømmer subsidier, jf. grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 1, litra a), nr. i), og artikel 3, stk. 2, i form af en overførsel af midler fra den kinesiske regering som tilskud til producenter af den undersøgte vare.
The comments made by the GOC could not therefore be accepted.
863- og 973-ordningerne er specifikke subsidier i form af tilskud.
The GOC also claimed that the Commission considered all LURs acquired below the benchmark as receiving a benefit and that this was not sufficient to meet specificity requirements.
Skatteincitamenter
However, it should be pointed out that the Commission's view on specificity is that it is the existence of a distorted and non-transparent LUR system, taken together with clear evidence of preferential transactions being granted to the PV sector, which demonstrates specificity in this investigation.
Der gælder forskellige favorable skatteordninger for virksomhederne i solcelleindustrien, og disse ordninger er forankret i den gældende skattelovgivning.
This claim was therefore also rejected.
Under høringen og kontrolbesøget gav den kinesiske regering ikke udtryk for, at den havde til hensigt at ændre sin skattelovgivning.
One exporting producer raised the issue that LURs acquired from entities it claimed to be private parties should not have been included in the calculation of benefits.
Hvad angår skatte- og afgiftsfritagelser for udstyr, som blev konstateret for nogle af producenterne af solcellemoduler, er det udstyr, der var omfattet af fritagelserne, genstand for afskrivning, og derfor afskrives fordelen i form af skatte- og/eller afgiftsfritagelser i overensstemmelse hermed i de kommende år (dvs. efter NUP).
Firstly it should be noted that most land obtained by the sampled producers had been acquired directly from a land bureau of the Chinese Government.
På grundlag af ovenstående mener Kommissionen, at udløbet af foranstaltningerne sandsynligvis vil føre til fortsat subsidiering.
Secondly, even for the limited number of occasions where the LURs had been obtained from, allegedly, private parties the issue has no substance since in a system which has clearly been identified as not functioning on the basis of market principles and favouring certain sectors, the exporting producer concerned acquired the relevant LURs at rates which were also well below the benchmark established.
Subsidieringens indvirkning på eksporten til EU
This claim was therefore rejected.
Kommissionen undersøgte også, om den subsidierede eksport fra Kina til Unionen ville stige, hvis foranstaltningerne skulle få lov at udløbe.
Support to mergers and restructuring in the PV sector
I den forbindelse benyttede Kommissionen sig af de foreliggende oplysninger fra Bloomberg New Energy Finance og spørgeskemabesvarelserne fra de samarbejdsvillige virksomheder i stikprøven.
In the press and websites of exporting producers in the PV sector, it has been found that there have been several large bail-outs of solar panel producers since the original investigation.
Som nærmere forklaret i afsnit 5.1 ville den nuværende kinesiske produktionskapacitet angiveligt være tyve gange så stor som Unionens efterspørgsel, jf. betragtning 516, og næsten dobbelt så stor som den globale efterspørgsel.
Most of the companies benefitting from such bailouts chose not to cooperate in this investigation and the Commission had thus to resort to facts available.
Denne overkapacitet blev også bekræftet af data fra de stikprøveudvalgte samarbejdsvillige producenter, som alle viste, at deres eksisterende produktionssteder havde uudnyttet kapacitet, samtidig med, at der blev oprettet nye produktionsanlæg, så der blev tilføjet endnu mere produktionskapacitet.
No evidence was provided by the three sampled companies that would confirm that they had benefitted from this type of scheme during the RIP.
Som beskrevet i afsnit 5.2 betragtes EU-markedet desuden som meget attraktivt for de kinesiske eksporterende producenter.
However, at least four large Chinese exporting companies (three of which did not co-operate with the investigation) appear to have received substantial benefits in recent years which would fall under this scheme or a combination of this scheme and a preferential lending scheme.
Sidst, men ikke mindst er prisniveauet i Unionen, som er højere end på andre tredjelandsmarkeder, et incitament for de kinesiske producenter til at eksportere til Unionen i stedet for andre tredjelandsmarkeder.
A few illustrative examples found in the press:
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at det i betragtning af sandsynligheden for fortsat subsidiering kombineret med den omfattende uudnyttede kapacitet i den kinesiske solcellesektor og EU-markedets tiltrækningskraft, er sandsynligt, at de kinesiske producenter vil øge deres eksport af den pågældende vare til subsidierede priser til EU-markedet, hvis foranstaltningerne får lov at udløbe.
Shanghai Chaori Solar failed to meet an interest payment on 1 billion CNY worth of bonds in 2014.
I lyset af ovenstående og i overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 18, stk. 3, konkluderer Kommissionen, at subsidieringen er fortsat i NUP, og at der er stor sandsynlighed for fortsat subsidiering til solcelleindustrien, hvis de gældende foranstaltninger får lov at udløbe.
A guarantee worth 880 million CNY was granted as a bailout by a State owned company (source: www.reuters.com).
SKADE
Suntech Power Holdings was bailed out by its local authority (Wuxi City) in 2013 following a bond default.
Definition af EU-erhvervsgrenen og EU-produktionen
The amount of the bailout was around 150 million USD or around 930 million CNY (source: www.reuters.com).
Samme vare blev fremstillet af over 100 producenter i Unionen i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode.
A company in the Yingli Green Energy Group failed to make bond payments in 2015 and has received loans of 3.3 billion CNY from the China Development Bank and the city of Baoding as part of a restructuring plan (source: www.forbes.com).
De udgør »EU-erhvervsgrenen« som omhandlet i grundforordningens artikel 4, stk. 1.
The total amounts involved are substantial, even if some form of amortisation would need to be taken into account.
Alle tilgængelige oplysninger om EU-erhvervsgrenen blev anvendt til at fastsætte den samlede EU-produktion for NUP, da der ikke var fyldestgørende offentlige oplysninger om produktionen til rådighed.
As the three sampled cooperating producers did not benefit from this subsidy, its effects were only taken into consideration for the general analysis of likelihood of continuation under 3.5.
Disse oplysninger omfattede: makroøkonomiske data, der blev fremlagt af ansøgeren, men indhentet på dennes vegne af Europressedienst, et uafhængigt konsulentfirma, besvarelserne om den økonomiske situation fra de interesserede parter afgivet i perioden inden undersøgelsen startede, og de kontrollerede spørgeskemabesvarelser fra de EU-producenter, der indgik i stikprøven.
Amount of subsidisation during the RIP
På dette grundlag blev den samlede EU-produktion i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode anslået til omkring 3409 MW for moduler og 1270 MW for celler.
The amounts of countervailable subsidies found during the RIP in accordance with the provisions of the basic Regulation, expressed ad valorem, for the sampled companies are set out in the table below:
Fastlæggelse af det relevante EU-marked
Exporting producer
En del af EU-erhvervsgrenen er vertikalt integreret, og, for så vidt angår produktion af celler er en væsentlig del af EU-erhvervsgrenens produktion beregnet til bunden anvendelse (96 %).
Definitive subsidy margin (%)
Det frie marked for celler var dermed meget begrænset.
On the basis of the above, it is concluded that subsidisation has continued during the RIP.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger anfægtede en interesseret part den sidste udtalelse og anførte, at det frie marked udgjorde en stor del af det samlede marked for celler (anslået til ca. 3409 MW, jf. tabel 1b).
In view of absence of cooperation by three out of the ten main exporting producers (in terms of export sales to the Union) and the evidence on file that important subsidies were received by some of them (see recital 446), the above mentioned rates should be considered as conservative.
Kommissionen accepterede denne korrektion, da det bundne marked i Unionen ganske rigtigt kun udgjorde 31,8 % af det samlede forbrug af celler.
Likelihood of continuation of subsidies if measures lapsed
Dette ændrer imidlertid ikke ved den konstatering, at en væsentlig del af EU-erhvervsgrenens celleproduktion var bestemt til bunden anvendelse, og har ingen indvirkning på analysen af skade og Unionens interesser.
The Commission requested the GOC to indicate any (intended) amendments to GOC's plans and policies that could affect the Commission's subsidy findings.
Det frie marked for celler består hovedsagelig af import og ikke af EU-celleproducenternes salg, da de fleste celleproducenter har forladt markedet i de senere år.
The GOC pointed towards the new 13th Five-year plan, which came into effect in March 2016 (i.e. post RIP) and will remain so up to 2020.