RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/260
G/SCM/W/270
ORGANIZATION 25January 1996
(96-0268)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
ORAL QUESTIONS POSED CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED BYMALAYSIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 12January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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1. Thelegislation ofMalaysia doesnotappear tocontain anyprovisions concerning thestanding
ofthecomplainantandthedomesticsupportrequirementscontainedinArticle5.4oftheA-DAgreement
andArticle 11.4oftheCVD Agreement.
Incaseapetition wasfiledbythedomestic industry which metalltherequirements ofMalaysian
legislation butdidnotmeettherequirements ofArticle 5.4oftheA-DAgreement orArticle 11.4of
theCVD Agreement, whatlegalbasiscould theMalaysian authorities invoke toreject suchapetition?
2. Paragraph 36(7) oftheRegulations provides: "Ifthemargin ofdumping isfound tobegreater
thantheanti-dumping dutypaid, theimporter shallpaythedifference".
Would thisprovision imply thatafinding ofhigher dumping margin inareview would be
applied retroactively? Ifnot,howcanthisprovision beenforced?
3. Could theMalaysian authorities quote ordescribe thelegalprovisions enabling interested parties
torequestjudicialreviewofdecisionstakeninthefieldcoveredbytheCountervailingandAnti-Dumping
Duties Act?
1G/ADP/N/1/MYS/1-G/SCM/N/1/MYS/1.