June 12 Reuters The European Union will apply additional duties of up to 38 on imported Chinese electric vehicles from July in a latest effort to protect homegrown manufacturers.

It has also launched several probes into whether Chinese clean tech producers are dumping subsidised goods on EU markets and whether Chineseowned companies unfairly benefit from subsidies while operating inside the European Union.

The European Commission, which is carrying out the investigations, says its aim is to prevent unfair competition and market distortion.

Here39;s what you need to know about the investigations

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

The Commission said on June 12 it would impose new tariffs on imported Chinese EVs over what it said were excessive subsidies.

It will apply rates of 21 for companies deemed to have cooperated with its antisubsidy investigation and of 38.1 for those it said had not. Those include 17.4 for BYD, 20 for Geely and 38.1 for SAIC. The new duties will come on top of the existing EU tariff of 10.

The provisional duties are set to apply by July 4, with the antisubsidy investigation set to continue until Nov. 2, when definitive duties, typically for five years, could apply.

TINPLATE STEEL

The Commission opened on May 16 an antidumping investigation into flatrolled products of iron or steel plated or coated with Chinese tin.

The EU39;s official journal said the investigation follows a complaint from European steel association Eurofer.

The investigation is to be…