The European Commission on Saturday defended a probe it has launched into Nuctech, a Chinese company that builds security scanners for airports, after Beijing strongly criticised the probe.
The Commission officially started investigating Nuctech in December over concerns that it receives illegal state subsidies, after raiding the company’s European offices back in 2024. Nuctech belongs to a larger group which Beijing indirectly controls.
A Commission spokesperson on Saturday told Euractiv that requests for information, such as in the Nuctech probe, were “standard measures”.
The spokesperson added that Brussels’ Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), upon which the Commission has based its investigation, “does not distinguish between companies based on their nationality or ownership and is consistent with the EU’s international obligations”.
The remarks come after China’s justice and commerce ministries this week urged individuals and organisations not to cooperate with…
