RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/USA/6
G/SCM/Q1/USA/6
ORGANIZATION 24April 1998
(98-1665)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from Venezuela
totheUnited States1
Thefollowing communication, dated 14April 1998, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofVenezuela.
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1. Self-initiation
Could theUnited States indicate inwhatcircumstances aself-initiated investigation could be
carried outinconformity withsection 351.201 oftheRegulations?
2. Distribution ofthecomplete petition totheexporters andproducers accused
Could theUnited States explain thesignificance ofthewords "willprovide" inparagraph (c),
subparagraph (2)ofSection 351.203 oftheRegulations soastomake itclearwhether theauthority
willsendthecomplete textofthepetition totheexporters orproducers orwillmake itavailable to
them?
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1G/ADP/N/1/USA/1/Suppl.2-G/SCM/N/1/USA/1/Suppl.2.