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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q2/SVK/2
26 January 2000
(00-0299)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(a) OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
Replies to Questions Posed by POLAND1
Regarding the Notification of the SLOVAK REPUBLIC2
The following communication, dated 20 January 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Slovak Republic.
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Q1. Was the decision on the init iation of the investigation and the decision on the application
of the provisional safeguard measure taken after evaluation by the competent authorities of all
the factors enumerated in Article 4.2 (a) of the Agreement on Safeguards?
Reply
Yes, the decision on the initiation of the investigation and the decision on the application of
the provisional safeguard measure was taken after evaluation by the competent authorities (Ministry
of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic and the Anti-Monopoly Office of the Slovak Republic) of all
the factors enumerated in Article 4.2(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards.
Q2. What was the volume in tonnes of the domestic consumption of swine meat in the Slovak
Republic in the reported periods?
Reply
The volume in tonnes of the domestic consumption of swine meat in the Slovak Republic in
the reported periods was as follows:
1996 - 205,064 tonnes
1997 - 204,354 tonnes
1998 - 205,677 tonnes
                                                     
1 G/SG/Q2/SVK/1
2 G/SG/N/6/SVK/1 and G/SG/N/7/SVK/1G/SG/Q2/SVK/2
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Q3. Please explain how the value of losses suffered by the domestic industry was arrived at.
Reply
The value of losses suffered by the domestic industry was calculated on the basis of the sum
of direct and indirect losses of individual years.  Direct losses resulted from the decrease of direct
revenues caused by the decrease of prices on the domestic market and the decrease of volume of sales.
The indirect losses were calculated by the losses consequent from the decrease of production, the
decrease of exploitation of production capacities, the decrease of the labour productivity and the
increase of unemployment.
Q4. Please provide the geographical breakdown of the figures for imports of swine meat
under investigation for the reported period.  Could the figures for imports from the Czech
Republic be included in the reply?
Reply
Country 1996 1997 1998 1-4. 1999
Slovak Republic (total) 100% 100% 100% 100%
Czech Republic 29% 97% 63% 31%
EC 24% 2% 28% 44%
Hungary 47% 1% 4% 19%
Canada 5% 6%
Q5. Are imports of swine meat from any sour ce other than the Czech Republic enjoying a
margin of preference within the framework of any preferential trade arrangements after the
application of the provisional safeguard measure?
Reply
No.
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