. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/Q1/ARG/16 
G/SCM/Q1/ARG/16 
27 October 2004 
 
 (04-4562) 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER 
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS 
 
Replies to Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
1 
Regarding the Notification of ARGENTINA2 
 
  The following communication, dated 25 October 2004, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Argentina.  
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1. Article 1 of Resolution No. 65 states that  the Implementing Authority "shall report on 
the expiry of the period for submitting a request for final review owing to expiry of the period of 
validity no later than in the month preceding the nine (9) months before the end of the period 
for which the anti-dumping or countervailing duty was imposed".  Please explain how the 
implementing authority notifies interested parti es of the opportunity to request such a final 
review.  Will the implementing authority notify  interested parties of a pending request by 
another interested party for a final review prior to  the initiation of the review?  If so, please 
describe the notification process. 
 
Reply
 
  With reference to the questions posed by the United States (G/ADP/Q1/ARG/15 and 
SCM/Q1/ARG/15) concerning the notification of laws  and regulations under Articles 18.5 and 32.6 of 
the Anti-Dumping Agreement and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures in 
document G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.7 and G/SCM/N/1/ ARG/1/Suppl.7, I would like to note that 
Article 1, third paragraph, of Resolution No. 65 of the Secretariat of Industry, Trade and Small- and 
Medium-Sized Enterprises, dated 25 March 2004 and published in the Official Journal of 
29 March 2004, describes the procedure to be followe d by the implementing authority.  It reads as 
follows: 
 
 "The UNDER-SECRETARIAT OF TRADE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, as part of this 
Secretariat, shall list every six months in the O fficial Journal the measures that are to expire, 
as indicated in Annex I, which forms an integral part of this resolution." 
 
                                                     
 
1 G/ADP/Q1/ARG/15-G/SCM/Q1/ARG/5. 
2 G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.7- G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.7. G/ADP/Q1/ARG/16 
G/SCM/Q1/ARG/16 Page 2 
 
  In other words the implementing authority, in this case the Under-Secretariat of Trade Policy 
Management, publishes in the Official Journal of th e Argentine Republic the list of measures that are 
to expire, in accordance with the indications set fo rth in Annex I to the said resolution.  Until the 
implementing authority has decided on the initiation of the review requested by an interested party, 
the other parties are not informed of  the existence of such a request. 
 
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