WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/BRA/10
G/SCM/Q1/BRA/10
7 October 2002
(02-5364)
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 BRAZIL1
The following communication, dated 3 October 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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1. Section 2.1 of Circular 59 of the Secretariat of  Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development,
Industry and Foreign Trade indicates that time periods in antidumping proceedings are to be counted
from date when the communication to the party is issued, excluding the first day and including the last
day.  Please advise how this provision is consiste nt with Article 6.1.1, note 15 of the AD Agreement,
which provides that “as a general rule” time limits for exporters to provide evidence shall be counted
from the “date of receipt of the questionnaire, which for this purpose shall be deemed to have been
received one week from the date on which it was sent to the respondent or transmitted to the
appropriate diplomatic representative of the exporting Member...”.
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1 G/ADP/N/1/BRA/2