WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/AHG/W/137
23 July 2002
(02-4062)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Working Group on ImplementationOriginal:  English
IMPLEMENTATION-RELATED ISSUES REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES AND ITS
WORKING GROUP ON IMPLEMENTATION
Question from the UNITED STATES to INDIA
The following communication, dated 22 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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In its submission of 18 April 2002 (document G/ADP/AHG/W/135), India states that in a
decision of 5 May 1980 the Committee on Anti-Dumpi ng Practices “interpreted the obligations of
developed country Members under the first sentence of Article 13 of the 1979 Anti-Dumping Code,the language of which was identical to Article 15 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement. . . as permitting it
to modify  the provisions relating to the determination of the existence of dumping under the 1979
Code.” [Emphasis added].  Having reviewed the cite d decision, this reference by India is not entirely
clear to the United States.  What is the basis for India’s conclusion that the cited decision constituted a
modification of a provision of the Code?  What portion of that decision represents such a
modification, in India’s view?
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