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According to CCTV News, on August 20 local time, the European Commission disclosed to relevant parties the draft decision to impose final anti-subsidy duties on pure electric vehicles imported from China.

Compared with the temporary tariff level on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) imported from China disclosed by the European Commission on June 12, the European Commission has made a slight adjustment to the proposed tariff rate.BYD is 17%, Geely is 19.3%, SAIC is 36.3%, other partner companies are 21.3%, and all other non-partner companies are 36.3%. It is decided to implement a separate tariff rate for Tesla as a Chinese exporter, which is currently set at 9%.In addition, the European Commission has decided not to impose anti-subsidy duties retroactively.

The European Commission said that interested parties can request a hearing from the Commission Services as soon as possible and provide opinions within 10 days. Subsequently, after considering the opinions of interested parties, the European Commission will submit a final decision to the member states, which will vote in accordance with the review procedure of the European Commission rules (unless there is a majority vote against, the Commission's proposal will be adopted). The final measures must be implemented within 4 months of the imposition of temporary tariffs. Any potential measures will be valid for 5 years and can be extended based on reasonable requests and subsequent reviews.

On August 20, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce answered reporters' questions regarding the final ruling of the EU's anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric vehicles.

ask:On August 20, the European Commission announced the final ruling of its anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric vehicles. What is China's comment on this?

answer:China has repeatedly pointed out that the EU's pre-set conclusions in its anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric vehicles and its practices in all aspects of the investigation violate the principles of "objectivity, fairness, non-discrimination and transparency" it has promised, and are also not in line with WTO rules. It is practicing "unfair competition" in the name of "fair competition."