RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/EEC/61
G/SCM/Q1/EEC/6
ORGANIZATION 1December 1997
(97-4288)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from theUNITED STATES
totheEUROPEAN COMMUNITY2
Thefollowing communication, dated 6October 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States
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1. Article 1.1 ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No. 2331/96 of2December 1996
(G/ADP/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.1, Page3)amends paragraph 10ofArticle 2ofRegulation (EC)No.384/96
(G/ADP/N/1/EEC/2 Page 9),replacing subparagraph (d).Theamendment at(d)(ii) provides that,
when anexisting difference inleveloftradecannot bequantified, aspecial adjustment maybegranted.
What kindofshowing willberequired toquantify theamount ofthespecial adjustment?
2. Article 1.2 ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No. 2331/96 of2December 1996
(G/ADP/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.1, Page3)amends paragraph 10ofArticle 2ofRegulation (EC)No.384/96
(G/ADP/N/1/EEC/2, Page10),adding subparagraph (k).Subparagraph (k)provides thatanadjustment
bemade fordifferences infactors nototherwise provided forinparagraph 10ifitisdemonstrated
thattheyaffect price comparability asrequired under thisparagraph, inparticular thatcustomers
consistently paydifferent prices onthedomestic market because ofthedifference insuchfactors.
Isthereference todifferent prices onthedomestic market intended tolimit theapplicability of
subparagraph (k)tosituations inwhich thefactor which differs between thenormal value andtheexport
orconstructed export price isafactor which willalsodiffer inthesame manner inthenormal value
market?
3. Willanadjustment pursuant tosubparagraph (k)alsobeavailable ifnormal value isbased on
thirdcountry salesorconstructed value?
1Thisdocument cancels andreplaces document G/ADP/Q1/EEC/6, circulated 8October 1997.
2G/ADP/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.1.