WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
7April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0858)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
CHILE
Thefollowing communication, dated 15March 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofChile.
________________
With reference todocuments G/ADP/N/1 oftheCommittee onAnti-Dumping Practices and
G/SCM/N/1oftheCommitteeonSubsidiesandCountervailingMeasures,Ihavethehonourofinforming
youthattheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs and
Trade 1994 andtheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures areapplied withforce of
lawinChile.
AdraftLawisbeing prepared atthepresent timetopermit anumber ofadministrative changes.
Untiltheabovedraftisapproved,theexistinglegislation,Article11ofLawNo.18,525,notified
totheCommitteeonSubsidiesandCountervailingMeasuresbymeansof
document SCM/1/Add.16/Rev.2, anditsmost recent Regulation, Decree No.575of17June1993,
which isattached, apply toinvestigations under bothAgreements, insofarastheyarenotinconsistent
withthem.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page2
LAW NO.18,525, D.O., 30JUNE 1986
Rules ontheImportation ofGoods
Article 10.Surcharges of3percent,5percent,8percent,10percent,12percent,15per
cent,18percentand20percentadvalorem andcountervailing duties arehereby established forimports
ofgoods ofwhich theentry intothecountry causes orthreatens serious injury tothedomestic industry
byentering atdiminished prices asaresult ofartificial effects intheirrespective markets. ThePresident
oftheRepublic shalldetermine thegoods towhich these surcharges andcountervailing duties shall
apply, aswellastheiramount andduration, which shallnotexceed oneyear, afterreceipt ofthereport
bytheCommission referred tointhefollowing article.1
Article11.ANationalCommissionshallbeestablishedtoinvestigatetheexistenceofdistortions
inthepricesofimportedgoods.ThisCommissionshallcomprisetheInspector-GeneraloftheEconomy,
whoshallbeitsChairman; tworepresentatives oftheCentral Bank ofChile, whoshallbedesignated
byitsBoard; arepresentative oftheMinistry ofFinance andarepresentative oftheMinistry ofthe
Economy, Development andReconstruction, whoshallbedesignated byaresolution published inthe
Diario Oficial; theNational Director ofCustoms; andarepresentative oftheMinistry ofForeign
Affairs designated asmentioned above. Theabove-mentioned members shallhavethedeputies provided
forbylawor,asappropriate, asdesignated bytheirrespective institutions byresolution published
intheDiario Oficial.2
TheCommission shallberesponsible forhearing complaints concerning distortions intheprices
ofinternationally traded goods. Tothatenditshallconduct aninvestigation ineachcase. Itshall
report theopening andsubject ofaninvestigation within fiveworking daysafterthecomplaint has
beendulylodged, bymeans ofanotice published intheDiario Oficial. Within 30daysfromthedate
ofsuchnotice, theCommission shallreceive whatever information interested parties wishtosubmit
andrequest anyreports itconsiders necessary. Before reaching adecision itshallalsoconduct hearings
oftheinterested parties, attheirrequest, toheartheirarguments.3
Thecomplaint submitted totheCommission shallindicate thedistortion andthemanner in
which itcauses orthreatens material injury tothedomestic industry affected.
Without prejudice totheprovisions ofthepreceding paragraphs, theCommission mayonits
owninitiative conduct theinvestigations referred tointhisarticle when itpossesses information which
justifies sodoing. Investigations conducted bytheCommission onitsowninitiative shallbesubject
tothesame procedure asisestablished forinvestigations upon complaint totheextent applicable.
Within amaximum period of90daysfromthedateofpublication ofthenotice inDiario Oficial,
theCommission shallmake adecision onthefactsunder investigation onthebasisoftheinformation
initspossession. IftheCommission considers thatonthebasis ofsuchinformation itispossible to
establish theexistence ofdistortions inthepriceoftheproduct andthatsuchdistortions cause orthreaten
1Article 10replaced asindicated byNo.4ofthesingle Article ofLawNo.18,908, D.O., 24January 1990.
2Paragraph 1ofArticle 11replaced bytheinsert inthepresent textbyArticle 2,No.9(a), ofLaw18,840,
D.O., 10October 1989.
3Thesecond topenultimate paragraphs ofArticle 11inthistextreplace theprevious paragraphs 2,3and
4,inaccordance withparagraph 5ofthesingle Article ofLawNo.18,908, D.O., 24January 1990.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page3
material injury totheaffected domestic industry, itshallsostateinthedecision itdelivers forthat
purpose, inwhich itshallrecommend, either jointly orseparately, theestablishment oftheminimum
customs values referred toinArticle 9orthesurcharges andcountervailing duties referred toin
Article 10.
Before delivering thedecision referred tointheprevious paragraph andatanystage inthe
investigationtheCommissionmayrequestthePresidentoftheRepublic,throughtheMinisterofFinance,
toestablish within aperiod of60daysprovisional surcharges andcountervailing duties orminimum
customs values. Theduration ofthesurcharges, countervailing duties orminimum customs values
applied under thisparagraph shallnotextend beyond thedateatwhich thefinaldecision isadopted,
andshallbepayable iftheywere inforce atthetimewhen theCustoms Service accepts animport
declaration forprocessing.
TheCommission mayatanytimerequest thecompetent authority tomodify orrepeal measures
adopted provisionally.
Intheevent thatwhen theinvestigation hasbeencompleted theCommission decides thatthere
isnodistortion intheprice ofthegoods concerning which itrequested provisional measures, orthat
distortions doexistbutdonotcause orthreaten serious injury tothenational economy, thepersons
affected bytheprovisional surcharges, countervailing duties orminimum customs values mayapply
fortherefund ofsuchpayments. Likewise, thepersons concerned mayrequest thetotalorpartial
refund ofamounts paidunder suchprovisional measures when, following arecommendation bythe
Commission intherelevant resolution thatdefinitive surcharges, countervailing duties orminimum
customs values beimposed, thecompetent authority doesnotimpose anysuchmeasure oradopts a
measure foralower amount thanthatwhich hadtobepaidunder theprovisional measure. Current
interest shallaccrue ontheamounts toberefunded. Application forrefund mustbemade within 90days
ofthedateofentitlement torefund, afterwhich therightthereto shalllapse.
Theresolutions oftheCommission shallbeadopted byamajority ofvotes; inthecaseof
atiedvotetheChairman shallhavethedeciding vote.
TheCommission established inthefirstparagraph ofthisArticle shallalsoberesponsible for
conducting investigations under theAgreement onInterpretation andApplication ofArticles VI,XVI,
andXXIII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade approved byDecree LawNo.3,567 of
1980 andenacted bySupreme Decree oftheMinistry ofForeign Affairs No.300of1981.
Regulations enacted bySupreme Decree oftheMinistry ofFinance shallestablish thenecessary
procedureforthecollectionoftheduties,taxesandotherchargesarisingoutoftheprovisionalimposition
ofminimum customs values, surcharges andcountervailing duties andtheirrefund, where appropriate.
Theregulations shallalsodetermine theprocedures necessary fortheimplementation oftheprovisions
ofthisarticle.*
TheCentral Bank ofChile shallactastheTechnical Secretariat oftheCommission referred
tointhefirstparagraph ofthisArticle.4
*
Ministry ofFinance Decree No.545,D.O., 4September 1990. Regulations ofArticle 11ofLaw
18,525 concerning investigations intodistortions inprices ofimported goods.
4Paragraph added byparagraph IX(b) ofArticle TwoofLawNo.18,840, D.O., 10October 1989.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page4
DECREE NO.575OFTHE MINISTRY OFFINANCE
Adopting regulations Under Article 11ofLawNo.18,525
No.575-Santiago, 17June1993. Having regard totheprovisions ofDecree LawNo.3,567
of1980, approving theAgreement onInterpretation andApplication ofArticles VI,XVIandXXIII
oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade, enacted bySupreme Decree oftheMinistry ofForeign
Affairs, No.300of1981, aswellasArticle 11ofLawNo.18,525 andthepowers conferred upon
mebyparagraph 8ofArticle 32ofthePolitical Constitution oftheRepublic ofChile,
Ihereby decree:
Thefollowing regulations under theprovisions ofArticle 11ofLawNo.18,525 concerning
investigations intotheexistence ofdistortions intheprices ofimported goods arehereby adopted.
TITLE 1
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION
Article 1:TheNational Commission created under Article 11ofLawNo.18,525, hereinafter
called "theCommission", shallbethebody responsible forinvestigating theexistence ofdistortions
intheprices ofimported goods andforproposing tothePresident oftheRepublic, through theMinister
ofFinance, inthecases where itisappropriate, theapplication ofcountervailing duties, anti-dumping
duties, minimum customs values andtariff surcharges.
Theapplication ofsuchmeasures mayberecommended onlywhen theCommission, inthe
relevant investigation, findsthattheimport ofsuchgoods causes orthreatens actual orimminent serious
injury tothedomestic industry andthatitsprincipal cause isadistortion which diminishes theprices
ofthegoods, inaccordance withtheterms ofArticles 9and10ofLawNo.18,525.
Forthepurposes ofdetermining theexistence ofpossible distortions intheprices ofimported
goods, itshallbeunderstood thattheycanbecaused interaliabytheoccurrence ofthefollowing
situations, thegeneral concepts ofwhich arethefollowing:
1. "Subsidy" means anybounty orsubsidy thatagovernment grants orhasgranted, directly or
indirectly, onthemanufacture, production orexport ofaproduct inthecountry oforigin orexportation,
including anyspecial subsidy tothetransportation ofsuchproducts, anyformofsupport totheinternal
prices inthecountry oforigin andtheforegoing ornon-collection ofgovernment revenue thatwould
otherwise bedue.
2. "Dumping". Aproduct shallbeconsidered tohavebeendumped when, bymeans ofunfair
measures, ithasbeenimported ataprice thatislessthanitsnormal value, namely, when theexport
price toChile islessthanthecomparable price, intheordinary course oftrade, forthelikeproduct
when destined forconsumption intheexporting country, under competitive conditions.
When there arenosales ofthelikeproduct intheordinary course oftrade inthedomestic
market oftheexporting country orwhen, because oftheparticular market situation, including thelow
volume ofsales, suchsales donotpermit aproper comparison, themargin ofdumping shall be
determined bycomparison with:
(a) Acomparable priceofthelikeproduct when itisexported toathirdcountry, provided
thatthisprice isrepresentative, orG/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page5
(b) Thecostofproduction inthecountry oforigin, plusareasonable amount for
administrative costs, selling costs andcosts ofanyother type, aswellasforprofits.
TITLE 2
Article 2:TheCommission shallcomprise:
(a) TheInspector-General oftheEconomy, whoshallbeitsChairman;
(b) tworepresentatives oftheCentral Bank ofChile, designated byitsBoard;
(c) arepresentative oftheMinistry ofFinance;
(d) arepresentative oftheMinistry ofEconomy, Development andReconstruction;
(e) theNational Director ofCustoms; and
(f) arepresentative oftheMinistry ofForeign Affairs.
Therepresentatives indicated insubparagraphs (b),(c),(d)and(f)above shallbedesignated
bytheirrespective institutions byResolution, which shallbepublished intheDiario Oficial.
Themembers oftheCommission referred toinsubparagraphs (a)and(e)above shallhave
deputies inaccordance withthelaw.Theother members shallhaveasdeputies those persons designated
bytheirrespective institutions byResolution, which shallbepublished intheDiario Oficial.
Themembers oftheCommission shallcarry outtheirfunctions inanhonorary capacity and
shallrespect theprivacy ofconfidential information thatcomes totheirknowledge intheexercise of
theirfunctions.
Article 3:TheChairman oftheCommission, inaddition tohisresponsibilities asamember
oftheCommission, shall:
1. Convene meetings, indicate theitems ontherespective agenda, openandclosemeetings
andguide thediscussions;
2. PuttotheCommission fordecision anypoints oforder raised andanyvotes thatare
required;
3. Castthedeciding voteintheevent ofatie;and
4. Issuewhatever communications arerequired fortheCommission tofulfilitsfunctions.
Article 4:TheCommission shallholdregular andextraordinary meetings; thequorum of
themeeting shallbeatleastfourofitsmembers andshallinallcases include theChairman orhis
legally-appointed deputy.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page6
Meetings shallbeheldattheplace andtimementioned inthecorresponding convocation and
shallbedevoted todealing withtheitems included intheirrespective agenda, which shallbedrawn
upinaccordance withtheinstructions given bytheChairman. Extraordinary meetings ofthe
Commission shallbeheldattherequest oftheChairman orofatleasttwoofitsmembers.
Convocationstoordinarymeetings,whichshallbemadeinwritingbemeansofacommunication
issued bytheChairman, shallgiveatleastthreeworking-days 'notice. Convocations forextraordinary
meetings, shallbemade intheformdetermined bytheChairman. Alltheavailable information required
fortheCommission tofulfil itsresponsibilities shallbeincluded inconvocations.
Article 5:Themeetings oftheCommission maybeattended bysuchinvited persons asat
leastthree ofitsmembers decide tocallupon fortheexamination ofthematters indicated inthe
respective convocations.
Before resolving anymatter submitted toit,theCommission shallreceive interested parties
whosorequest inwriting atleastthree working daysbefore thedateonwhich theChairman informs
them thattherelevant meeting willbeheld. TheChairman, withtheagreement oftheCommission,
shalldetermine thetimeofthehearing andshallindicate intheconvocation thedateandtimeatwhich
itwillbeheld.
Article 6:TheCommission shalladopt itsdecisions byamajority ofthevotes castandin
theevent ofatietheChairman shallhavethedeciding vote.
Article 7:Thedeliberations anddecisions oftheCommission shallbeconsigned inanofficial
record keptbytheTechnical Secretariat, which shallsetdown thedecisions adopted, thevotes held
andtheexplanations ofvotes bytheminority. Theofficial record shallbeapproved bythemembers
oftheCommission andissued bytheChairman oftheCommission andtheperson responsible forthe
management oftheTechnical Secretariat, atthelatest atthefollowing meeting, unless itisheldwithin
fiveworking daysofthemeeting covered byintheofficial record, inwhich caseitmaybeissued
atthelatest atthesubsequent meeting andshallbesupplemented byalltheinformation thatbecame
available atthatmeeting.
Article 8:Theofficial records shallbekeptinthearchives oftheTechnical Secretariat and
shallbepublic. Thecorresponding information shallalsobepublic, except when byitsnature itis
confidential ortheinterested party which provided itexpressly requested confidentiality onjustified
grounds. Inthislatter case, theinterested party shallfurnish public summaries andif,insuchcases,
itfailstodulyprovidesuchsummarieswithoutjustcause,theCommissionmaydisregardtheconfidential
orreserved information.
Article 9:TheCommission shallhaveaTechnical Secretariat intheCentral Bank ofChile,
managed bytheperson designated bytheBoard oftheBank.
TheSecretariat shall beresponsible, inaccordance withtheinstructions given toitbythe
Commission, forgathering information ondistortions intheprices ofgoods thatareimported; preparing
therespective reports; receiving complaints concerning distortions intheprices ofgoods thataretraded
oninternational markets andother communications totheCommission; issuing convocations and
communications orpublications emanating fromtheCommission; andingeneral discharging theother
duties indicated inthisRegulation andanyother tasks which facilitate thework oftheCommission.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page7
Thereports issued bytheTechnical Secretariat shall contain asaminimum areasoned
presentation oftheinformation, theverification andanalysis ofanydistortions inprices, andthemanner
inwhich these cause orthreaten actual orimminent serious injury tothedomestic industry.
TITLE II
COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS OFDISTORTIONS
INTHE PRICES OFIMPORTED GOODS
Article 10:Anynatural orlegalperson concerned maymake acomplaint totheCommission
concerning distortions intheprices ofimported goods.
Forthispurpose, thecomplainant shallsubmit thecorresponding written complaint tothe
Technical Secretariat, addressed totheChairman oftheCommission, andcomplete theformprovided
forthispurpose bytheSecretariat.
Thecomplaint shallinclude theinformation andevidence which, intheviewofthecomplainant,
demonstrate:
(a) Theexistence ofadistortion ofprices;
(b) themanner inwhich thedistortion causes orthreatens actual orimminent serious injury
tothedomestic industry; and
(c) thecausal linkbetween theimports andthealleged injury.
Theabove-mentioned form shall asaminimum contain information which enables the
complainant toformanopinion ofdumping, subsidies, injury toanindustry andthecausal linkbetween
price distortion andtheinjury caused orthreatened toadomestic industry.
Article 11:Once theparticulars specified intheformreferred tointheprevious Article have
beensatisfactorily provided, theTechnical Secretariat shall socertify andimmediately inform the
complainant inawritten communication addressed tothedomicile indicated inthecomplaint submitted.
Thecomplaint shallbeconsidered tohavebeenformally lodged ontheworking dayfollowing thedate
oftheabove certification andtheTechnical Secretariat shallbring ittothecognizance oftheCommission
without further formalities.
Complaints which donotcomply withtherequirements setoutintheprevious Article shall
bereturned totheinterested party bytheTechnical Secretariat within 10working daysoftheir
submission.
Anydoubt ordiscrepancy which mayariserelating tothereturn assetoutintheprevious
paragraph, oftheparticulars specified intheformshallberesolved bytheChairman oftheCommission,
whoshalldecide asthesoleinstance. Forthispurpose, thecomplainant shallhaverecourse tothe
above-mentioned Chairman.
Article 12:Within fiveworking daysofthedateoftheformal lodging ofacomplaint, the
Commission shallreach adecision concerning theinitiation ofaninvestigation, which itshallnotify
through thepublication ofanotice intheDiario Oficial, attheexpense ofthecomplainant, which shall
contain anextract oftheparticulars ofthecomplaint andatleastthefollowing indications:G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page8
(a) Thedateoftheformal lodging ofthecomplaint;
(b) theproducts covered bythecomplaint anditstariff classification;
(c) theidentity ofthecomplainant orcomplainants;
(d) theidentity oftheproducers, exporters andimporters ofthegoods;
(e) thecountry oforigin ofthecorresponding product orproducts;
(f) adescription ofthepractice orindication ofthemeasure causing thealleged distortion
ofprices;
(g) abriefanalysis ofthefactors allegedly causing theinjury tothedomestic industry;
(h) thedecision oftheCommission astowhether ornotthecomplaint hasgiven riseto
aninvestigation; and
(i) theaddress oftheTechnical Secretariat, withanindication thatanyinterested party
mayraisematters inwriting concerning thecomplaint orrequest ahearing before the
Commission.
Article 13:Complaints inrespect ofwhich itisdecided toinitiate aninvestigation shallbe
notified bytheCommission totheMinistry ofForeign Affairs sothat,where appropriate, thelatter
cannotify thecountries whose products aretobeinvestigated, withaviewtoanyconsultations that
mayberequired.
Article 14:Within aperiod of30daysfromthedateofthepublication intheDiario Oficial
ofthenotice ofinitiation ofaninvestigation, assetoutinArticle 12above, theCommission shall,
through theTechnical Secretariat, receive thoseparticulars concerning theinvestigation which theparties
oranythird parties concerned consider itappropriate tosubmit andshallrequest thereports thatit
considers necessary. Ifinformation isprovided which isqualified asconfidential andapublic summary
ofsuchinformation satisfactory totheCommission isnotsupplied, thelatter maydisregard that
information intheinvestigation, without prejudice totheprovisions ofArticle 8ofthisRegulation.
Article 15:Within thetime-limit of90daysfromthedateofpublication intheDiario Oficial
ofthenotice oftheinitiation ofaninvestigation, assetoutinArticle 12ofthisRegulation, the
Commission shall reach adecision concerning thematters under investigation onthebasis ofthe
information initspossession.
If,intheopinion oftheCommission, onthebasisofsuchinformation itispossible toestablish
theexistence ofdistortions inthepriceoftheimported product andthatsuchdistortions areproducing
theeffects indicated inthesecond paragraph ofArticle 1ofthisRegulation, itshallsostateinits
decision, inwhich itshallalsorecommend, jointly orseparately, theestablishment oftheminimum
customs values referred toinArticle 9ofLawNo.18,525 orthesurcharges, countervailing duties
oranti-dumping duties referred toinArticle 10oftheabove Law.
Inanyevent, themeasure recommended maynotbegreater thanthemargin ofpricedistortion.
Where, intheopinion oftheCommission, itisnotpossible onthebasis oftheinformation
toconclude thattherearepricedistortions orthatthesedistortions aregiving risetotheeffects indicatedG/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page9
above, itshallterminate theinvestigation giving thedulysupported reasons foritsdecision. Anextract
ofthedecision adopted, drawn upinaccordance withtheprovisions ofthefollowing Article, shall
bebrought tothenotice oftheinterested parties bytheCommission through publication intheDiario
Oficial.
Article 16:Thedecision oftheCommission establishing theexistence ofdistortions inthe
price oftheimported product referred tointheprevious Article shallbetransmitted, together with
theparticulars andconclusions oftheinvestigation, tothePresident oftheRepublic, through theMinister
ofFinance, whoshall inturninform theCommission ofthefinaldecision ofthePresident ofthe
Republic.
Anextract ofthatdecision shallbenotified bytheCommission totheinterested parties once
thecorresponding Decree hasbeenpublished intheDiario Oficial.
Thisextract shallcontain asaminimum theparticulars indicated insubparagraphs (a)to(g)
ofArticle 12ofthisRegulation andinformation which interaliasummarizes thefollowing aspects:
(a) Thefindings relating tothemargin ofprice distortion;
(b) theconsiderations relating tothedetermination oftheinjury;
(c) theconsiderations relating tothedetermination ofthecausal linkbetween theprice
distortion investigated andtheinjury caused orthreatened tothedomestic industry;
and
(d) thedefinitive decision ofthePresident oftheRepublic.
Article 17:Theinvestigations thattheCommission decides toconduct onitsowninitiative,
when inpossession ofinformation which justifies sodoing, shallbesubject tothesame procedure
asestablished forinvestigations upon complaint totheextent applicable.
Article 18:TheCommission mayatanytime, when inpossession ofinformation forsodoing,
recommend tothePresident oftheRepublic, through theMinister ofFinance, thatthemeasures in
force bemodified orrepealed before theyareduetoexpire.
Inorder tomake therecommendation referred toabove, theCommission musthavepreviously
heard theviews oftheinterested parties ontheinformation which, initsopinion, makes itnecessary
tomodify orrepeal themeasure adopted. Theinterested parties shallbeconsidered tohavebeenheard
10workingdaysafterhavingbeensentthecorrespondingcommunicationtransmittedbytheCommission,
whether ornottheyhavemade observations concerning theinformation brought totheirattention.
TITLE III
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
Article 19:Before reaching thedecision referred tointheprevious Article, theCommission
may,atanystageintheinvestigation andwithin aperiod of60daysofitsinitiation, when itisnecessary
toavoid orprevent injury tothedomestic industry, request thePresident oftheRepublic, through the
Minister ofFinance, toestablish provisional minimum customs duties, surcharges, anti-dumping duties
orcountervailing duties asreferred toinArticles 9and10ofLawNo.18,525.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page10
Article 20:Thesurcharges, anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties orminimum customs
values applied byvirtue oftherequest referred tointheprevious Article shallremain inforce, atthe
most, untilsuchtimeasthedefinitive decision isadopted andshallbepayable iftheywere inforce
atthetimewhen therespective import declaration wasaccepted forprocessing bytheCustoms Service.
Article 21:Anextract oftherecommendation made bytheCommission under theterms of
Article 19shallbecommunicated bytheCommission totheinterested parties following thepublication
intheDiario Oficial ofthestatement bythePresident oftheRepublic applying oneoftheprovisional
measures requested.
Theabove extract shallcontain, asaminimum, theparticulars setoutinsubparagraphs (a)
to(g)ofArticle 12andasummary oftheconsiderations taken intoaccount bytheCommission in
making itspreliminary determination oftheexistence ofpricedistortion andofinjury orthreat ofinjury
toadomestic industry andinestablishing thattheyarecaused principally bytheexistence oftheprice
distortion.
Article 22:Intheevent that,upon conclusion oftheinvestigation, theCommission decides
thatthere isnodistortion intheprice oftheproduct inrespect ofwhich itrequested provisional
measures, orthat,although distortions exist, theyarenotcausing orthreatening actual orimminent
serious injury tothedomestic industry, itmayrequest thePresident oftheRepublic torepeal the
provisional measures thathavebeenapplied.
Anextract ofthedecision taken bytheCommission under theterms ofthisArticle shallbe
communicated bytheCommission totheinterested parties following thepublication intheDiario Oficial
oftherespective decision ofthePresident oftheRepublic.
Theabove extract shallcontain, asaminimum, theparticulars setoutinsubparagraphs (a)
to(g)ofArticle 12andasummary oftheconsiderations taken intoaccount bytheCommission in
requesting themodification orelimination oftheprovisional measures.
Article 23:TheCommission mayatanytimerequest thePresident oftheRepublic, through
theMinister ofFinance, tomodify orrepeal aprovisional measure.
Article24:Personsaffectedbyprovisionalmeasureswhicharedefinitivelyrepealedormodified
mayapply fortherefund oftheamount paidortheexcess amount paidunder therespective measures
incases where theCommission decides, upon theconclusion oftheinvestigation, thatthere isno
distortion intheprice oftheproducts inrespect ofwhich itrequested provisional measures orthat,
although there aredistortions, theyarenotcausing orthreatening actual orimminent serious injury
tothedomestic industry.
Thepersons affected mayalsorequest thetotalorpartial refund oftheamount paidunder such
provisional measures inthecasewhere theCommission hasrecommended through therelevant decision
thedefinitive application ofsurcharges, anti-dumping duties andcountervailing duties orminimum
customs values, butthese measures werenotimposed bythecompetent authority, orwereimposed
foranamount lower thanthatwhich hadtobepaidunder theprovisional measures.
Current interest shallaccrue ontheamounts toberefunded. Interested parties must apply
forarefund within 90daysofthedateonwhich theybecame entitled tosuchrefund, afterwhich the
rightthereto shallelapse.G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1
G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1
Page11
Article 25:Theduties, taxes andother charges resulting fromtheprovisional establishment
ofminimum customs values shallbecollected byreplacing intheimport declaration thecustoms value
thatshould havebeenentered inaccordance withthenormal rules ofvaluation bytheprovisional
minimum customs value tobeapplied, provided itishigher thantheformer amount.
Article 26:Theduties, taxes andother charges resulting from theprovisional establishment
ofsurcharges, anti-dumping duties orcountervailing duties shallbecollected byentering thepercentage
tobeapplied intheimport declaration andtheamount tobepaidunder suchmeasures inthevoucher
ofreceipt ofpayment, which amount shallbetheresult ofapplying thepercentage ofthesurcharge,
anti-dumping dutyorcountervailing dutytothecustoms value oftheitem.
Article 27:Intheevent oftherefund ofduties, taxes andother charges resulting from the
provisional establishment ofminimum customs values, surcharges, anti-dumping duties and
countervailing duties, theimporter requesting therefund mustsubmit anapplication inwriting tothe
regional director oradministrator atcustoms withwhom theimport declaration inquestion waslodged,
together withacertified copyofthecorresponding import declaration-voucher ofreceipt ofpayment.
FINAL TITLE
Article 28:TheNational Commission indicated inTitle IofthisRegulation shallalsobe
responsible forconducting investigations under theAgreement onInterpretation andApplication of
Articles VI,XVIandXXIII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade, approved byDecree
LawNo.3,567 of1980 andenacted bySupreme Decree oftheMinistry ofForeign Affairs No.300
of1981.
Article 29:Supreme Decree No.545oftheMinistry ofFinance, published intheDiario Oficial
of4September 1990, ishereby repealed.
Forreview, information andpublication. PATRICIO AYLWIN AZOCAR, President ofthe
Republic. Alejandro Foxley Rioseco, Minister ofFinance.
Transcribed foryourinformation.
Yours faithfully,
Jorge Rodriguez Grossi,
Under-Secretary ofFinance