RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/ARG/5
G/SCM/Q1/ARG/5
22 April 1999
(99-1654)
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
Question from JAPAN
to ARGENTINA1
The following communication, dated 21 April 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Anti-Circumvention
Articles 67-74 in Decree 1326/98 provide the definition of circumvention and the proceeding
of anti-circumvention investigation.  However, WTO agreements including the Anti-Dumping (A-D)
Agreement have no provisions on anti-circumvention measure.  Although we requested an answer on
its consistency with the A-D Agreement at the A-D Committee held in October 1995, we did not
receive a direct answer.
Question
How could Argentina justify these provisions under the A-D Agreement?  If Argentina gives
us the same answer as in G/ADP/W/286, please ex plain the relationship between the power of the
implementing authority under Article 5.6 of the A-D Agreement and the provisions on anti-circumvention measure in Decree 1326/98.
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1 G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1-G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1 + Suppl.1