WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/CZE/3
5 January 2001
(01-0033)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF
AN INVESTIGATION AND THE REASONS FOR IT
CZECH REPUBLIC
The following communication, dated 22 December 2000, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic.
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Pursuant to article 12.1(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards and using the format adopted by
the Committee on Safeguards (G/SG/N/6), the Czech Republic hereby notifies that its competent
authorities have initiated a safeguard proceeding, as follows:
1. Date investigation was initiated
20 December 2000.
2. Products subject to investigation
Isoglucose (HS items 1702 3010, 1702 4010, 1702 6010, 1702 9030), Isoglucose syrups (HS
items 2106 9030, 2106 9059), Glucose syrups (HS items 1702 3059, 1702 3099) and Other sugars
(HS item 1702 9099).
3. Reasons for initiating the investigation
The investigation was initiated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, having sufficient
evidence of the substantially increased imports of th e substitutes of sugar, absolute or relative to
domestic production and consumption, under such conditions to cause or threaten to cause serious
injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products.
From January to November 2000, the import of the products in question, recounted to value
of sugar, increased by 242 per cent to 59,522.8 tons, compared to the year 1999 when the import
amounted to 24,631.2 tons.  An upsurge in imports has appeared following the imposition of a
safeguard measure on imports of sugar into the Czech Republic (G/SG/M/13 and G/SG/M/15) andfurther aggravated a serious situation in the domestic sugar industry suffering damage because of
additional revenue losses.
The decision to initiate the investigation was published in the Commercial Bulletin dated 20
December 2000.
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