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ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/ECU/4
G/SCM/Q1/ECU/4
26 October 1998
(98-4150)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Questions Posed by Venezuela
Regarding the Notification of Ecuador1
The following communication, dated 5 October 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Venezuela.
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QUESTIONS FROM VENEZUELA TO ECUADOR
Publications and notifications
1. Article 5.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement states that "… after receipt of a properly
documented application and before proceeding to initiate an investigation, the authorities shall notify
the government of the exporting Member concerned".
The Ecuadorian legislation does not provide for notification of the government of the
exporting Member before an investigation is initiated.  Would Ecuador please indicate whether, after
receiving a duly documented application and before proceeding to initiate an investigation, the
investigating authority will notify the government of the exporting Member?
Imposition of provisional measures
2. Article 29 of the Ecuadorian legislation provides that:  "Within sixty (60) days of the
initiation of a dumping or subsidies investigation, MICIP, through the investigating authority, shall
prepare a technical report determining, where appropriate, the level of any provisional anti-dumpingor countervailing measures and shall submit it to COMEXI for approval".  Would Ecuador please
clarify whether the application of anti-dumping duties is effected within the 60-day period referred to
in the above-mentioned Article or after that period has expired, as stipulated by the corresponding
provisions of the WTO Agreement?
                                                     
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Price undertakings
3. Article 39 of the Ecuadorian legislation states that "the competent authorities of the country of
origin or export or the producers or exporters may express, through the investigating authority, theirintention to eliminate or limit the subsidy, revise the export prices or cease exports to Ecuador … ".
Could Ecuador indicate the objective and scope of the "undertakings to cease exports to
Ecuador" provided for in this Article and how they are in conformity with Article 18.1 of the
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and Article 8.1 of the Anti-Dumping
Agreement?
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