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WORLD TRADE G/SG/Q1/ARG/1
14October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4250)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 12.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Questions posed byCANADA
toARGENTINA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 4October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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1. Decree No.766/94, Foreign Trade, Chapter III,Investigations, Reports andOpinions and
Activities -Article 12notes that"...thetestofinjury tothedomestic industry shallbebased upon
factsandobjectiveinformationandnotonmereconjectureorremotepossibility.".Pleaseadvisewhether
thisprinciple alsoapplies totheinvestigation ofsafeguard measures noted inArticle 13.
2. Decree No.766/94, Foreign Trade, Chapter III,Investigations, Reports andOpinions and
Activities -Article 15notes thattheCommission mayengage specialists orspecial consultants to
supplement itspermanent technical team. Please advise inthecontext ofasafeguard investigation,
whether representatives ofthedomestic industry seeking import relief, canbeengaged asspecialists
orconsultants.
3. Decree No.766/94, Foreign Trade, Chapter III,Investigations, Reports andOpinions and
Activities -Article 18notes thattheCommission mayholdpublic hearings inthecontext ofan
investigation. Please explain theprocedure fornotification andparticipation byinterested parties at
public hearings.
4. What areprovisions oftheArgentina notification thatdealwithmid-term reviews andextension
enquiries?
5. Canprovisional safeguard measures betaken andifso,under whatconditions?
6. Arethere defined timelimits forimposing safeguard actions under Argentina law?
7. Arethere anyprovisions intheArgentina lawthatrequire theprogressive liberalization of
safeguard measures?
8. Describethelegislativeand/orregulatoryprovisionsassociatedwiththegrantingofcompensation.
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