RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/THA/3
G/SCM/Q1/THA/3
ORGANIZATION 10April 1997
(97-1522)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY
toTHAILAND1
Thefollowing communication, dated 7April 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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Q.1. WhydoesArticle 6.3(2) ofthenotification, oncalculation ofnormal value based oncosts of
production, contain noneofthecomprehensive language oncostallocation assetoutinArticle 2.2.1.1.
oftheWTO Agreement?
Q.2 Could Thailand provide details ofitsrules andprocedures onsampling, which maybeused
inthedetermination ofdumping margins?
Q.3. Willthe"lesser duty" examination referred toinArticle 12.2(3) ofthenotification becarried
outsystematically, oristheuseofthisprovision likely tobelimited?
Q.4. Article 15.2ofthenotification clearly setsouttheoneyeartime-limit forreview investigations.
Isthere asimilar stipulation toconform withtheWTO Agreement ontimelimits forthecompletion
ofnewinvestigations?
1G/ADP/N/1/THA/3-G/SCM/N/1/THA/3.