RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/IND/3
G/SCM/Q1/IND/3
ORGANIZATION 10April 1997
(97-1524)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from CANADA
toINDIA1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated7April1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada.
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Q.1. Could India define theterms "judicial member" and"technical member" forpurposes ofthe
Procedure ofAppellate Tribunals assetoutindocument G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.1-
G/SCM/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.1, dated 23December 1996? Could Indiaindicate thelegalbasisbywhich
such"members" would bebound toprotect theconfidentiality ofconfidential information thatmay
bebrought before anAppellate Tribunal?
Inasking these questions, Canada would notethatboth"judicial member" and"technical
member" were defined indocument G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.1 dated 5July1996 (section 129(2))
which wascancelled andreplaced bythecurrent document withthesame numerical reference dated
23December 1996.
Q.2. Could Indiaindicate whatlegalstandard willbeusedbytheTribunal andwhether theTribunal
procedure andtheprocedure ofBenches, bothofwhich aretoberegulated bytheAppellate Tribunal,
willfollow theprinciples ofdueprocess andfairness? WilltheTribunal 'sprocedures allow forprompt
decisions inthese cases where adelay could havesignificant implications fortheparties involved?
Q.3. Could India provide anexplanation ofthevarious laws/legal provisions noted in
paragraph 129C(8) oftheirrelationship toanAppellate Tribunal?
1G/ADP/N/1/IND/2+Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/1/IND/2+Suppl.1.