RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/140
G/SCM/W/147
ORGANIZATION 25October 1995
(95-3274)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES1OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 19October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNewZealand.
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Questions fortheEConDumping
Council Regulation (EC) No.3283/94 of22December 1994
1. Article 2:Determination ofdumping
(a) Paragraph 2.TheWTO A-DAgreement provides thatwhere salesofthelikeproduct,
which aredestined forconsumption inthedomestic market arelessthan5percent
thesalescanstillbeacceptable indetermining anormal value iftheyarenonetheless
ofsufficient magnitude toprovide foraproper comparison. TheEuropean Community
allows apercentage lower than5percenttobeusedwhere theprices areconsidered
representative ofthemarket concerned.
Why doestheECusedifferent language from thatoftheAgreement, anddoesthe
EClanguage haveameaning different from thatoftheWTO A-DAgreement?
(b) Paragraph 5(b). Why doesinformation relating tostartupoperations have tobe
submitted priortoverification visits andwithin threemonths fromtheinitiation ofthe
investigation?
(c) Paragraph 10.TheWTO A-DAgreement, inArticle 2.4,requires thatdueallowance
bemade fordifferences which affect price comparability, including differences in
conditions andterms ofsale,taxation, leveloftrade, quantities, physical characteristics,
andanyother differences which arealsodemonstrated toaffect price comparability.
Thisisnotaspecific, closed list,sowhydoestheEClimit thefactors forwhich
adjustments canbemade?
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2. Article 5:Initiation ofproceedings
Paragraph 7.WhydoestheEChaveadifferent standard fromthatintheWTO A-DAgreement
forwhen thevolume ofdumped imports isregarded asnegligible? (TheECprovides thatacomplaint
willberejected where theimports represent amarket share ofbelow 1percentunless suchcountries
collectively account for3percentormore oftheCommunity consumption. Therespective amounts
intheWTO A-DAgreement are3percentand7percent, andrelate toshare ofimports).
3. Article 6:Theinvestigation
Paragraph 7.Article 6.3oftheWTO A-DAgreement requires authorities toprovide timely
opportunities forallinterested parties toseeallinformation thatisrelevant tothepresentation oftheir
cases, thatisnotconfidential andthatisusedbytheauthorities inananti-dumping investigation. Why,
therefore, areinternal documents prepared bytheauthorities notavailable forinspection byinterested
parties?
4. Article 11:Duration, reviews andrefunds
Paragraph 8.WhydoestheECimpose asixmonth timelimitforwhen animporter canrequest
reimbursement ofduties collected?
5. Article 13:Circumvention
Circumvention isnotprovided forintheWTO A-DAgreement. What rationale doestheEC
haveforitsregulation oncircumvention?
Questions fortheEConSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
Council Regulation (EC) No.3284/94 of22December 1994
1. Article 7:Initiation ofproceedings
Paragraph 11.TheECprovides thatproceedings shallnotbeinitiated against countries whose
imports represent amarket share ofbelow 1percentunless suchcountries collectively account for
3percentormore oftheCommunity consumption. TheWTO SCM Agreement provides thatthere
shallbeimmediate termination where thevolume ofsubsidized imports isnegligible. TheAgreement
doesnotdefine when thevolume isnegligible except inthecaseofdeveloping country Members (see
paragraph 27.10(b) oftheAgreement) where negligibility isdefined interms oftheshare ofimports.
What grounds doestheEChaveforselecting thefigures of1percentand3percentofmarket share?