The anti-subsidy investigation was announced by the EuropeanCommission (EC) following a complaint by EU ProSun Glass, which claims to representEuropean manufacturers of specialist glass used in solar equipment.

The Europeans claim Chinese producers are receiving subsidies from their government that leave EU rivals at an unfair disadvantage.

The EC is already engaged in an anti-dumping investigationinto solar glass imports, as well as its far larger – and far more significant –investigation into subsidies and dumping of PV modules from China.

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