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Customs arrests rock Intersolar Europe 2019

It’s a highlight of the European solar calendar and a famous PV event globally: the annual Intersolar show, part of The smarter E Europe exhibition and conference in Munich. But 2019’s event may go down with a degree of infamy, as German customs officers executed arrest warrants against two people in a case pertaining to the minimum import price undertaking. While many at the show were unaware of the controversy, pv magazine investigated what went down.

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Sandra Enkhardt

05 Jul 2019

Intersolar Europe 2019. | Image: pv magazine/Max Hall

Among the flashy displays, new product launches and raging parties, two arrests took place during The smarter E show in Munich. The public prosecutor’s office in Nuremberg-Fürth has since confirmed another arrest, connected to an existing investigation of a Chinese PV manufacturer. The arrested executives were allegedly involved in commercial smuggling of solar modules, the …

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