WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/JPN/2/Suppl.1
G/SCM/N/1/JPN/2/Suppl.1
ORGANIZATION 4October 1996
(96-4018)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
JAPAN
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 26September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Asaresult ofamodification, thefollowing provision wasadded totheCabinet Order relating
toAnti-Dumping Duty.
Article 17-2(Security fortheimport product which isexported orproduced byanewsupplier)
1. TheMinister ofFinance shallnotify totheDirector-General ofCustoms thename ofanew
supplier andtheamount ofsecurity tobedeposited, incases where decisions aremade toorder the
deposit ofsecurity fortheimport product which isexported orproduced bythenewsupplier (i.e.the
newsupplier prescribed inparagraph 12ofArticle 8oftheLaw, hereinafter referred toasthesame)
whoissubject totheinvestigation under paragraph 13ofArticle 8oftheLaw. TheDirector-General
ofCustoms shall, based ontheabove-mentioned notification, order theperson whointends toimport
aproduct which isexported orproduced bythenewsupplier during theinvestigation period concerned
(hereinafter inthisparagraph referred toas"theimporter") todeposit thesecurity, unless the
Director-General ofCustoms finds itunnecessary, taking intoaccount themeans oftheimporter.
2. TheDirector-General ofCustoms shallpromptly enterintotheprocedure torelease thesecurity
deposited inaccordance withtheprovisions ofthepreceding paragraph, incases where (1)the
investigation under paragraph 13ofArticle 8oftheLawhasbeenconcluded, and(2)decisions are
made toterminate, inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 15ofArticle 8oftheLaw, the
imposition oftheanti-dumping dutyunder theprovisions ofparagraph 1ofArticle 8oftheLaw.
3. TheDirector-General ofCustoms shallpromptly enterintotheprocedure torelease anexcess
amount ofthesecurity deposited inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 1,incases where
(1)decisions aremade tomodify, pursuant totheprovisions ofparagraph 16ofArticle 8oftheLaw,
theanti-dumping dutyimposed inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 1ofArticle 8ofthe
Law, and(2)theamount ofthesecurity deposited inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 1
exceeds theamount oftheanti-dumping dutymodified inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 16
ofArticle 8oftheLaw.