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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/338
G/SCM/W/346
ORGANIZATION 12April 1996
(96-1296)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYSOUTH AFRICA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Questions from Australia
1. Does theGuide tothePolicy andProcedure withregard toAction against Unfair
International Trade Practices: Dumping andSubsidized Exports havetheforce oflawfor
judicial review?
2. There isconsiderable detail intheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements thatdoesnot
appear inthenotified legislation andGuide. Willthere beaccompanying regulations to
setoutthatdetail? Ifnot,areother arrangements inplace togiveguidance tothe
administering authorities regarding theprovisions oftheWTO Agreement andwhatwould
betheirstanding inajudicial review? Does thereference toGATT 1994 inparagraph 3
oftheGuide (page 19)encompass theAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements aswell?
3. Could South Africa confirm thatthelegislation operates under Articles 4.3and16.4ofthe
Anti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements, respectively inrespect oftheSouthern African
Customs Union. Aretheother members oftheCustoms Union involved indecision
making on,andimplementation of,anti-dumping orcountervailing measures?
4. Isthereference to"anyother action" inparagraph 12oftheGuide (page 20)limited to
undertakings asprovided forintheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements?
5. Isthereference to"asaresult ofgovernment intervention, notdetermined intheexporting
country orcountry oforigin according tofreemarket principles" interpreted tobelimited
tothesituation setoutinthesecond AdNote toGATT Article VI:I? (Seealsothe
somewhat different wording inparagraphs 23(d) and48oftheGuide.)
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6. How willSouth Africa bedefining whatconstitutes acountervailable subsidy? WillSouth
Africa beproviding themethod ofcalculation ofthebenefit conferred byasubsidy onthe
recipient asrequired byArticle 14oftheSubsidies Agreement?
7. How quickly canprovisional measures beimposed? Under paragraph 44oftheGuide can
aprovisional measure beapplied forlonger than4months inacountervailing case?
8. Under paragraph 54oftheGuide, doesapreliminary affirmative determination haveto
havebeenmade before anundertaking issought oraccepted?
9. Under paragraph 56oftheGuide, willtheBoard terminate anti-dumping and
countervailing duties after5years unless there isafullreview about theneedforthem to
bemaintained?