RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/W/44
18October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3156)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED
BYROMANIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 12.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Thefollowing communication, dated 5October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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1. Which oftheRules (pages 9-35) approved inJointOrder No.128apply tosafeguard measures?
Inparticular which ofArticles 2-13oftheRules apply? IfonlyArticles 1,14and15oftheRules
apply, whatguidance isgiven totheCommission toensure compliance withtheSafeguards Agreement?
2. Article 14.1oftheRules (page 21)refers to"serious injury todomestic producers oflikeor
directly competitive products". Under thelegislation, willthisbeinterpreted asmeaning thesame
asArticle 2.1oftheSafeguards Agreement, which requires "serious injury tothedomestic industry
thatproduces likeordirectly competitive products"? Ifso,howwould Romania determine "domestic
industry"?
3. Article 14.2oftheRules (page 21)saysthatthe"[d]etermination ofinjury orthreat ofaserious
injury todomestic producers maybemade bytheCommission either exofficio ,orattherequest of
national producers oflikeordirectly competitive products oroftheirassociations". Does thissimply
mean thataninvestigation canbeinitiated exofficio bytheCommission orcantheCommission make
adetermination without apublic investigation?
4. Thesecond paragraph ofJoint Order No.128(page 8)appears todescribe safeguard action
asbeing "against theexport atprices lower thanthose inthedomestic market". Isthisanecessary
condition forsafeguard action? Isitasufficient condition todemonstrate causal linkforinjury orthreat
ofinjury?
5. Article 1oftheRules (page 9)refers toprotection against "imports which byquantity orby
conditions attached cause orthreaten tocause aserious injury". What ismeant by"conditions attached"
andwhatrelevance doesthathavetojustify safeguard action?
6. What relevance doArticles 9-12oftheDecision (pages 3and4)regarding export prices have
tosafeguard measures?
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7. What guidance isgiven totheCommission toensure thatitsrecommendations comply with
Article 5oftheSafeguards Agreement ontheapplication ofmeasures?
8. Canprovisional safeguard measures beimposed and,ifso,under whatprovision inthenotified
legislation?