 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/Q1/MEX/6 
G/SCM/Q1/MEX/6 12 March 2004 
 
 
(04-1099) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER 
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS 
 
Questions Posed by ARGENTINA Regarding
 
the Notification of MEXICO1 
   The following communication, dated 10 March 2004, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Argentina. 
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  Argentina would welcome a clarification of the following aspects of Mexico's notification 
(document G/ADP/N/1/MEX/1/Suppl.2):  
(a) Article 40.3:  In this paragraph, Mexico re fers to cases where all of the producers are 
related to the exporters and/or are all impor ters themselves.  Should this be taken to 
mean, therefore, that the domestic industry producing the like good is replaced by the entire group of producers in preceding stages, i.e. the producers of inputs of the product?  If so, who are considered to be the applicants?   
(b) Article 70 B:  Could Mexico please clarify why, in an ex officio review, the 
producers must inform the authorities in writing of their interest? 
 
(c) Could Mexico please clarify whether its thr eat of injury analysis differs from that 
conducted in investigations into price di scrimination in subsidy investigations, 
considering the specific requirement regardi ng the latter laid down in Article 42.V? 
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1 G/ADP/N/1/MEX/1/Suppl.2. 