RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/PER/4
G/SCM/Q1/PER/4
ORGANIZATION 8April 1998
(98-1437)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from CANADA
toPERU1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated6April1998,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada.
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Q.1. WenotethatPeru'sRegulations donotinclude provisions forsampling. Does thismean that
Peruwillnotusesampling during thecourse ofaninvestigation?
Q.2. WenotethatPeru'sRegulations donotinclude provisions forreviewing decisions inthecontext
ofextending findings beyond fiveyears. Does thismean thatPerudoesnotenvisage extending any
finding beyond fiveyears?
Q.3. WenotethatArticle 18addresses theissueofstanding thatmustbemetbyadomestic industry
filing anapplication forinitiation ofananti-dumping investigation. TheArticle doesnotaddress how
theauthorities willhandle asituation where theportion ofdomestic industry opposing theapplication
isgreaterthantheportionofdomesticindustrysupportingtheapplication.CouldthePeruviandelegation
explain howitwillhandle suchsituations and,what, ifany,steps theinvestigating authorities will
taketodetermine ifthereisanyopposition totheapplication fromsomeportion ofthedomestic industry.
Q.4. Could thePeruvian delegation please explain what ismeant bytheexpression inArticle 23
"onpainofliability".
Q.5. Could thePeruvian delegation please explain thetimeperiod formaking apreliminary
determination. Under whatcircumstances, andwhen, willprovisional duties beapplied?
Q.6. WenotthatChapter IIIdiscusses thetopic ofundertakings. Could thePeruvian delegation
please explain thetimeperiod during which itwillaccept undertakings. Also, could itplease explain
howitwillhandle asituation where anexporter requests thattheinvestigation becontinued?
Q.7. Could thePeruvian delegation please explain whyithaschosen 8percentasademinimis
margin inArticle 38?
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1G/ADP/N/1/PER/1/Suppl.1 andG/SCM/N/1/PER/1/Suppl.1.