RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/CAN/6
G/SCM/Q1/CAN/6
ORGANIZATION 21April 1998
(98-1592)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from JAPAN
toCANADA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 15April 1998, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Q.1. Article 6.2oftheADAgreement provides that"[t]hroughout theanti-dumping investigation
allinterested parties shallhaveafullopportunity forthedefence oftheirinterests". Inwhich provisions
doesCanada give"afullopportunity forthedefence" to"allinterested parties" inthelawsand
regulations ofCanada?
Q.2. Article6.11oftheADAgreementprovidesthat"interestedparties"shallinclude:(i)anexporter
orforeign producer ortheimporter ofaproduct subject toinvestigation, oratrade orbusiness
association amajority ofthemembers ofwhich areproducers, exporters orimporters ofsuchproduct".
However, regarding thispoint, Article 2oftheCanadian International Trade Tribunal Rules defines
"interestedparty"onlyas"(c)anassociationoforthatincludes,domesticproducers,exporterstoCanada
orimporters intoCanada ofgoods inrespect ofwhich thepreliminary determination wasmade". Why
doesnotCanada limit"interested parties" toanassociation "amajority ofthemembers" ofwhich are
producers, exporters orimporters ofsuchproduct?
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1G/ADP/N/1/CAN/3-G/SCM/N/1/CAN/3.