RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/8
G/SCM/W/16
ORGANIZATION 10July1995
(95-1910)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFMEXICO OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Please findenclosed thewritten questions submitted byAustralia inview ofthelegislation
review tobecarried outinthenextmeeting oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures Committees.
I. Anti-Dumping Duty Legislation ofMexico (G/ADP/N/MEX/1)
1. What istherelationship between theAnti-Dumping Agreement asincorporated intoMexican
lawandthenotified ActandRegulations? Does theAnti-Dumping Agreement override other laws
andregulations where thereisaninconsistency? DoesMexico intend amending itsActandRegulations
tobring them intoconformity withtheAnti-Dumping Agreement? Where there areinconsistencies,
willcompliance beensured administratively orwillitalsobethrough judicial review asprovided for
under Article 13oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement andArticle 23oftheSubsidies Agreement?
2. Howwilltherequirements ofArticle 5.4oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement bemetinrespect
oftheneedforthere tobesupport byoronbehalf ofthedomestic industry fortheinitiation ofan
investigation?
3. Articles 52and53oftheActallow 30daysforthesubmission ofinformation. WillMexico
ensure thattheActanditsRegulations relating tothesubmission ofinformation relating toanti-dumping
investigations areconsistent withtherequirement infootnote 15toArticle 6oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement, which provide thatasageneral ruleanadditional week should beallowed inaddition to
the30days?
4. Given theperiod of45daysinArticle 57oftheActasaminimum period afterinitiation for
theimpositionofprovisionalmeasures,howwilltheminimumperiodof60daysundertheAnti-Dumping
Agreement becomplied with?
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5. Under Article 58oftheRegulations, willtheMinistry takeaccount oftheprocedure setout
inArticle 2.4.1 oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement governing theconversion ofcurrencies where there
arefluctuations inexchange rates?
6. Paragraph IIIofArticle 112oftheRegulations provides forundertakings intheform of
quantitative restrictions onexports. How isthisconsistent withArticle 8oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement?
7. Under Article 67oftheRegulations, howwilltheMinistry comply withthemandatory
requirement ofArticle 3.3oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement todisregard imports where themargin
ofdumping islessthan2percentortheirvolume isnegligible?
II. Countervailing Duty Legislation ofMexico (G/SCM/N/1/MEX/1)
1. Questions 1-4and7asked about G/ADP/N/1/MEX/1 areapplicable mutatis mutandis to
G/SCM/N/1/MEX/1.
2. Article 37oftheActprovides adefinition ofsubsidy thatdiffers fromthatprovided inArticle 1
oftheSubsidies Agreement. HowwilltheMinistry administer thisArticle tobeconsistent withthe
Subsidies Agreement?
3. UnderwhatruleswilltheMinistryoperateinordertocomplywiththeprovisionsintheSubsidies
Agreementregardingnon-actionability,i.e.non-specificity,compliancewiththeconditionsinArticle8.2
oftheSubsidiesAgreementandcompliancewiththeconditionsinAnnex2oftheAgricultureAgreement?