RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/AHG/R/1
10April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1504)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
AdHocGroup onImplementation
SUMMARY REPORT OFTHE MEETING OFTHE
ADHOC GROUP ONIMPLEMENTATION
OFTHE COMMITTEE ONANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES
22OCTOBER 1996
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Theprincipal matter addressed atthemeeting washowtheAdHocGroup onImplementation
("theGroup")wouldproceedwithitswork.Atinformalconsultationsheldon1October1996,Members
hadgenerally agreed thattheGroup should direct itsownwork, thatitcould discuss more thanone
topicatagiven meeting, andthatitwould make recommendations totheCommittee onAnti-Dumping
Practices ("the Committee") aspossible onthetopics thathadbeenreferred toit.1
2. TheChairman (Mr.O.Lundby, Norway) invited Members tosubmit papers andproposals
onanyofthetopics thathadbeenreferred totheGroup bytheCommittee atitsmeeting on21-22
October 1996.
3. Anypapers orproposals should besubmitted directly totheSecretariat fortranslation and
circulation toMembers oftheCommittee. With respect totheorder inwhich theGroup tookupthe
various topics, Members hadagreed intheinformal consultations thattheGroup would takeuptopics
fordiscussion intheorder inwhich thepapers werereceived. Thus, ifthefirstpaper received related
totopicNo.1onthelistoftopics referred totheGroup bytheCommittee, Treatment ofconfidential
information, theGroup would discuss thattopic first, including inthediscussion anyother papers
received addressing thattopic. TheGroup would discuss thattopicaslongasitappeared thediscussion
wasfruitful. TheGroup would theneither make arecommendation totheCommittee, ifitwaspossible
todoso,ortablethetopic forfurther discussion atalatermeeting. TheGroup would thenturnto
thetopic addressed inthesecond paper received, andsoforth.
4. TheChairman clarified thatitwould notbenecessary fortheGroup toexhaust allpossible
discussion ononetopicbefore turning todiscussion ofanother topic. Ifthediscussion ofaparticular
topicnolonger appeared fruitful, theGroup could simply putitaside untilalatertime, when perhaps
newideas would beproposed byMembers, andfurther discussion might again befruitful.
5. Following discussion, itwasagreed thattheGroup would meetatleasttwice ayear, atatime
inconjunction withtheregular meetings oftheCommittee, inorder tofacilitate participation byexperts
from capitals. Additional meetings might bescheduled iftheMembers participating concluded that
suchadditional meetings would beuseful. Itwasfurther agreed thatadeadline forsubmission ofpapers
1Thelistoftopics referred totheAdHocGroup wascirculated toMembers indocument
G/ADP/W/401.
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would beestablished, inorder toallow timefortranslation andcirculation ofpapers toMembers of
theCommittee, toensure substantive discussions oftheissues andproposals attheGroup 'smeetings.
6. After discussion itwasagreed thattheGroup would holditsfirstmeeting fortwodaysinApril
1997, inconjunction withtheregular meeting oftheCommittee, andmake adecision atthattimeas
towhen itwould holditsnextmeeting. Itwasalsoagreed thatpapers andproposals from Members
were tobesubmitted nolaterthanthefirstweek inMarch 1997.2
2Document G/ADP/W/401, setsforth adeadline of2March 1997 forsubmission ofpapers and
proposals from Members onanyofthetopics referred totheGroup fordiscussion.