RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/ARG/14
G/SCM/Q1/ARG/14
25 April 2002
(02-2398)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Questions Posed by TURKEY
Regarding the Notification of ARGENTINA1
The following communication, dated 24 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Turkey.
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It is stated in the opening statement of G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.5-
G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl .5 that the Decree No. 1088 of 28 August 2001 amended Regulatory
Decree No. 1326 of 10 November 1998, as of 1 January 2002.
1. In this respect, having determined that the recent Regulation contains no provisions
concerning the responses to be translated by a certified public translator and be accompanied by the
relevant official attestations, could Argentina clarify if the requirements established in Article 18 of
the Regulatory Decree No. 1326 concerning the language are not valid any more?
2. In relation with the first question, assuming that such requirements are still in force, Turkey
would like to know if all documents accompanying  the original questionnaire response, including the
invoices, should be translated into Spanish by a certified public translator and also be accompanied by
the relevant official attestations?  If that is the case, does Argentina consider partial compliance with
these requirements, e.g. sample translation of the invoices or full translation not accompanying
official attestations, as a reasonable and valid basis to recourse to best information available even if
the information is verifiable and timely supplied?  Lastly, how does Argentina evaluate this
requirement in light of Article 5 of Annex 1?
3. It is also observed that Decree No. 1088 contains no provisions concerning the domicile
address requirement.  Could Argentina clarify if the obligation on the interested parties to show a
domicile address in Argentina, as established in Ar ticle 18 of the Regulatory Decree No. 1326 is still
valid?  If that is the case, Turkey would like to know the basis of this requirement in the Anti-
Dumping Agreement.
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1 G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.5-G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.5