RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SGP/2
G/SCM/Q1/SGP/2
ORGANIZATION 10April 1997
(97-1525)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from CANADA
toSINGAPORE1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated7April1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada.
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Q.1. Under TheCountervailing andAnti-Dumping Duties Act1996,various aspects ofSingapore 's
anti-dumping/countervailing dutyregime aretobeprescribed byregulation, e.g.:
- subsection 2(5)-theamount ofcountervailable subsidy;
- subsections 4(2)and19(2) -contents ofapetition;
- subsections 7(1)and21(1) -timeperiod fortheconduct ofapreliminary determination;
- paragraph 10(3)(a) -deminimis amount ofsubsidy; and
- I.subsections 12(4) and26(4) -period fortheconduct ofreviews.
When willthese regulations beissued andnotified?
Q.2. Isthereference to"domestic industry" inparagraph 4(8)(b) oftheAct,(i.e.,the25%industry
supportrequirement),basedonlyonparagraph(a)ofthedefinitionof"domesticindustry",(i.e.,domestic
producers asawhole), orcanitalsobebased onparagraph (b)ofthedefinition, (i.e., domestic
producers whose collective output oflikegoods constitutes amajor proportion oftotaldomestic
production)?
Q.3. Subsection4(8)oftheActsaysthatitoperatesnotwithstandinganyotherprovisioninthesection.
IstheMinister therefore required todetermine thattheindustry support thresholds inthatsubsection
aresatisfied before self-initiating aninvestigation under subsection 4(6)?
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Q.4. Subsections 7(2)and21(2) oftheActstatethattheMinister "may" terminate aninvestigation
iftheMinistermakesanegativepreliminarydetermination.DoestheMinisterhavediscretiontocontinue
aninvestigation insuchcases?
Q.5. Areboththedumping/subsidy investigation andinjury/causation inquiry conducted bythesame
authority orarethese responsibilities bifurcated?
Q.6. TheActmakes reference to"public interest" inseveral contexts, e.g.:
- paragraphs 4(3)(b) and19(3)(b) -whether toinitiate aninvestigation;
- subsections 9(4)and23(4) -whether toimpose countervailing/anti-dumping duties after
anaffirmative finaldetermination;
- paragraphs 11(2)(b) and25(2)(c) -whether toaccept anundertaking; and
- subsections 12(1) and26(1) -whether toconduct certain reviews.
What public interest factors might theMinister consider relevant ineachoftheabove cases,
(particularlyinrespectofwhetherornottoimposecountervailing/anti-dumpingdutiesafteranaffirmative
finaldetermination)?
Q.7. Regarding thetreatment ofsalesbelow costunder subsection 15(4) oftheAct,istheMinister
required toapply footnotes 4and5totheWTO Anti-Dumping Agreement indetermining whether
thesalesinquestion weremade "within anextended period oftime" and"insubstantial quantities"?