14.5.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 142/23 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 471/2014 of 13 May 2014 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community ('), and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas: A. PROCEDURE 1. Initiation (1) On 27 April 2013, the European Commission (the Commission’) announced the initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding with regard to imports into the European Union of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or ‘China) by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (the Notice of Initi- ation) (3). (2)  The proceeding was initiated by the Commission following a complaint lodged on 14 March 2013 by EU ProSun Glass (the complainant) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of solar glass. The complaint contained prima facie evidence of subsidisation of solar glass and of material injury caused by it, which the Commission considered sufficient to justify the initiation of an investigation. (3)  In accordance with Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 (the basic Regulation), the Commission notified the Government of the People’s Republic of China (GOC) prior to the initiation of the proceeding that it had received a properly documented complaint alleging that subsidised imports of solar glass originating in the PRC were causing material injury to the Union industry. The Commission invited the GOC for consultations with the aim of clarifying the situation as regards the contents of the complaint and arriving at a mutually agreed solution. (4)  The GOC accepted the offer of consultations which were subsequently held. During the consultations, no mutually agreed solution could be arrived at. However, the Commission took due note of comments made by the GOC regarding the schemes listed in the complaint. Following the consultations, submissions were received from the GOC. 2. Parallel anti-dumping proceeding (5) On 28 February 2013 the Commission announced the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Union of solar glass originating in the PRC by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3). (6)  On 27 November 2013 the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of solar glass originating in the PRC by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1205/2013 (*. (7)  The injury analyses performed in the present anti-subsidy and the parallel anti-dumping investigation are based on the same definition of the Union industry, the same representative Union producers and the same investigation period and led to identical conclusions unless otherwise specified. This was considered appropriate in order to streamline the injury analysis and to reach consistent findings in both proceedings. For this reason, comments on injury aspects put forward in any one of these proceedings were taken into account in both proceedings. () OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 93. () O] C 122, 27.4.2013, p. 24. () OJ C 58, 28.2.2013, p. 6 and a corrigendum was published in O] C 94, 3.4.2013, p. 11. () Commission Regulation (EU) No 1205/2013 of 26 November 2013 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of solar glass from the People’s Republic of China (O] L 316, 27.11.2013, p. 8).