RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q2/SVK/1
17 November 1999
(99-4996)
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
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
Questions Posed by POLAND
Regarding the Notification of the SLOVAK REPUBLIC1
The following communication, dated 12 November 1999, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Poland.
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1. Was the decision on the initiation of the investigation and the decision on the application of
the provisional safeguard measure taken after evaluation by the competent authorities of all the factors
enumerated in Article 4.2(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards?
2. What was the volume in tonnes of the domestic consumption of swine meat in the Slovak
Republic in the reported periods?
3. Please explain how the value of losses suffered by the domestic industry was arrived at.
4. Please provide the geographical breakdown of the figures for imports of swine meat under
investigation for the reported period.  Could the figures for imports from the Czech Republic be
included in the reply?
5. Are imports of swine meat from any source other than the Czech Republic enjoying a margin
of preference within the framework of any preferential trade arrangements after the application of the
provisional safeguard measure?
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1 G/SG/N/6/SVK/1 and G/SG/N/7/SVK/1