WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/PAK/6
G/SCM/Q1/PAK/6
10 April 2003
(03-1982)
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
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of PAKISTAN1
(Anti-Dumping Duty Rules 2001)
The following communication, dated 9 April 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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1. Section 7(d) of the Pakistan Anti-Dumping Duty Rules (“AD Rules”) provides for the
inclusion in the public file of “any other documents the Commission deems appropriate for disclosure
to an interested party”.  Recognizing that the chapeau of section 7 accounts for the protection of
confidential information, what types of documents might be considered not to be appropriate for
disclosure to an interested party?
2. Section 8(e) of the AD Rules provides that “any interested party may, on its own initiative,
submit to the Commission, in writing, any information it considers relevant to an investigation and theCommission shall consider such information unle ss such consideration would be unduly burdensome
to the Commission or disrupt the timely progress of an investigation”.  What does Pakistan mean by
the phrase “overly burdensome”.  How will Pakistan apply this provision consistently with Article 6.2
of the AD Agreement which provides that interested parties shall have a full opportunity for the
defence of their interests throughout the anti-dumping investigation?
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1 G/ADP/N/1/PAK/2/Suppl.1