RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/W/99
5December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3944)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED
BYJAPAN1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 12.6OFAGREEMENT
Thefollowing communication, dated 29November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofIndia.
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1. Article 12.3oftheAgreement onSafeguards provides thataMember proposing toapply
safeguard measures shallprovide adequate opportunity forprior consultations withthose Members
having substantial interest asexporter oftheproduct concerned. Article 10-12 ofNotification No.715
ofMIDI doesnotprovide forsuchanotice totheMember concerned, thenotice being limited to
Interested Parties under Article 12.Itmaybeclarified whether thereisanyother provision providing
fortherequirements ofArticle 12.3oftheAgreement onSafeguards.
2. Article 3.1oftheAgreement onSafeguards provides, interalia,thatinvestigation shallinclude
anopportunity torespond tothepresentation ofother parties andtosubmit theirviews etc.Article 15
oftheMIDI Notification No.715doesnotreflect thispartofArticle 3.1.Itmaybeclarified whether
suchprovision exists elsewhere andifnothowdoestheJapanese competent authority intend toprovide
anopportunity tointerested parties torespond tothepresentations ofother parties.
3. ThelastlineofArticle 7.4oftheAgreement onSafeguards provides thatasafeguard measure
extendedbeyondfouryearsshallnotbemorerestrictiveandshouldcontinuetobeliberalized.Article18
ofMIDI Notification No.715allows theMinister ofInternational Trade andIndustry toextend
Emergency Import Quota (ESQ) uptoaperiod ofeightyears, presumably atthesame levelasduring
theinitial four-year period. Thisdoesnotappear tobeinconformity withtheAgreement. Thismay
beclarified.
1G/ADP/N/1/JPN/2.