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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/M/3
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ORGANIZATION 25October 1995
(95-3279)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
MINUTES OFTHE SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON17-21 JULY 1995
(Mr.O.Lundby, Mr.M.Kumar, Mr.J.McNab)
1. TheCommittees onAnti-Dumping Practices andSubsidies andCountervailing Measures held
ajointspecial meeting on17to21July1995. Thefollowing agenda wasadopted:
A. Notifications oflegislation pursuant toArticles 18.5and32.6oftheAgreements
(i) Mexico
(G/ADP/N/1/MEX/1 andG/SCM/N/1/MEX/1)
(ii) Chile
(G/ADP/N/1/CHL/1-G/SCM/N/1/CHL/1)
(iii) United States
(G/ADP/N/1/USA/1 +Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/1/USA/1 +Suppl.1)
(iv) Venezuela
(G/ADP/N/1/VEN/1-G/SCM/N/1/VEN/1)
(v) Australia
(G/ADP/N/1/AUS/1 +Corr.1-G/SCM/N/1/AUS/1 +Corr.1)
(vi) Korea
(G/ADP/N/1/KOR/1-G/SCM/N/1/KOR/1)
B. Future meetings toreview notifications ofanti-dumping andcountervailing legislation
A. Notifications oflegislation pursuant toArticles 18.5and32.6oftheAgreements
2. TheChairman observed thattheprincipal itemontheagenda forthisspecial meeting wasthe
review oflegislation, andreminded Members thatwritten questions weretohavebeensubmitted both
totheMembers whose legislation wastobereviewed, andtotheSecretariat, aminimum oftwoweeks
before themeeting. However, onlyafewMembers submitted theirquestions bythedeadline. To
theextent possible, questions received lateweretranslated andcirculated toallMembers. Given the
short timeavailable, translation ofallquestions intoalllanguages hadnotbeenpossible, butwiththe
aidoftheinterpreters, theChairman observed thattheCommittees should beabletoproceed without
difficulty. Nonetheless, thelatereceipt ofquestions hadposed difficulties forthisreview process,
andhadsignificantly increased theburden onMembers whotriedtoprepare answers forthismeeting,
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theperiod oftimebetween receipt ofquestions andmeetings waslikely tobeincreased, andemphasized
thatitwascritical thatwritten questions besubmitted inatimely manner. Questions submitted late
would notbeprocessed andcirculated toMembers inadvance ofthemeeting inthefuture.
3. TheChairman reminded theCommittees thatMembers whodidnotsubmit written questions
werefreetoaskquestions atthemeeting, andtomake comments. However, anysuchquestions should
besubsequently provided inwriting totheMember whose legislation itconcerned, andtotheSecretariat.
Similarly, allMembers should follow uptheiroralanswers toallquestions withwritten answers by
15September 1995, which should besubmitted totheSecretariat forcirculation totheCommittees.
Members wereofcourse freetosupplement theanswers provided orally during themeeting intheir
written answers.
4. Regardingtheconductofthismeeting,theChairmenoftheCommitteeshaddiscussedprocedures
withvarious delegations. Each legislation, thequestions regarding thatlegislation, andthemanner
inwhich theMember prepared forthereview, wasdifferent. Thus, therewasaneedforsome flexibility
intheprocedures depending onthelegislation concerned.
5. TheChairman exhorted Members moststrongly nottorepeat questions thathadalready been
posed byanother Member. TheCommittees were faced withachoice ofeither reviewing apartof
thelegislations ingreat detail, orconsidering them intheirentirety, butinlessdetail. Bothcould
notbedone, andatsome point thediscussion ofthelegislation would becutoffsothattheCommittees
could gettoallthelegislations ontheagenda. Ofcourse, simply because noquestions were asked
concerning aparticular provision would notpreclude laterquestions fromanyMembers regarding that
provision.
6. TheCommittees proceeded tothesubstantive review ofthelegislations ontheagenda.
7. Thequestions posed regarding Mexico 'slegislation canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/2-G/SCM/W/10 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/2/Suppl.1-G/SCM/W/10/Suppl.1 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/8-G/SCM/W/16 (Submitted byAustralia)
G/ADP/W/13 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/20-G/SCM/W/27 (Submitted byKorea)
G/ADP/W/29-G/SCM/W/36 (Submitted byCanada)
G/ADP/W/37-G/SCM/W/45 (Submitted byHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/38-G/SCM/W/46 (Submitted byVenezuela)
G/SCM/W/51 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/52-G/SCM/W/61 (Submitted byUS)
Theanswers provided byMexico tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/64-G/SCM/W/73 (ToUS)
G/ADP/W/65-G/SCM/W/74 (ToHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/66-G/SCM/W/75 (ToEC)
G/ADP/W/67-G/SCM/W/76 (ToVenezuela)
G/ADP/W/68-G/SCM/W/77 (ToCanada)
G/ADP/W/69-G/SCM/W/78 (ToKorea)
G/ADP/W/70-G/SCM/W/79 (ToAustralia)G/ADP/M/3
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8. Thequestions posed regarding Venezuela 'slegislation canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/7-G/SCM/W/15 (Submitted byAustralia)
G/ADP/W/22-G/SCM/W/29 (Submitted byKorea)
G/ADP/W/25-G/SCM/W/32 (Submitted byCanada)
G/ADP/W/28-G/SCM/W/35 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/28/Suppl.1-G/SCM/W/35/Suppl.1) (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/34-G/SCM/W/42 (Submitted byHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/41-G/SCM/W/49 (Submitted byTurkey)
G/ADP/W/44-G/SCM/W/52 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/50-G/SCM/W/59 (Submitted byUS)
Theanswers provided byVenezuela tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/53-G/SCM/W/62 (ToHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/54-G/SCM/W/63 (ToKorea)
G/ADP/W/55-G/SCM/W/64 (ToTurkey)
G/ADP/W/56-G/SCM/W/65 (ToCanada)
G/ADP/W/57-G/SCM/W/66 (ToAustralia)
G/ADP/W/58-G/SCM/W/67 (ToEC)
G/ADP/W/59-G/SCM/W/68 (ToUS)
G/ADP/W/62-G/SCM/W/71 (ToUS)
G/ADP/W/63-G/SCM/W/72 (ToCanada)
9. Thequestions posed regarding theUnited States 'legislation canbefound inthefollowing
documents:
G/ADP/W/3-G/SCM/W/11 (Submitted byNewZealand)
G/ADP/W/6-G/SCM/W/14 (Submitted byAustralia)
G/ADP/W/10-G/SCM/W/18 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/17-G/SCM/W/24 (Submitted byJapan)
G/ADP/W/21-G/SCM/W/28 (Submitted byKorea)
G/ADP/W/23-G/SCM/W/30 (Submitted byCanada)
G/ADP/W/30-G/SCM/W/37 (Submitted byHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/33-G/SCM/W/41 (Submitted byNorway)
G/ADP/W/35-G/SCM/W/43 (Submitted byIndia)
G/ADP/W/40-G/SCM/W/48 (Submitted byVenezuela)
G/ADP/W/43-G/SCM/W/55 (Submitted byThailand)
G/ADP/W/46-G/SCM/W/54 (Submitted byEC)
Theanswers provided bytheUnited States tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing document:
G/ADP/W/60-G/SCM/W/69 (ToAll)
10. Thequestions posed regarding Chile'slegislation canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/1-G/SCM/W/9 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/1/Suppl.1-G/SCM/W/9/Suppl.1 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/4-G/SCM/W/12 (Submitted byAustralia)
G/ADP/W/11-G/SCM/W/20 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/19-G/SCM/W/26 (Submitted byKorea)G/ADP/M/3
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G/ADP/W/24-G/SCM/W/31 (Submitted byCanada)
G/ADP/W/32-G/SCM/W/39 (Submitted byHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/39-G/SCM/W/47 (Submitted byVenezuela)
G/ADP/W/45-G/SCM/W/53 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/51-G/SCM/W/60 (Submitted byUS)
Theanswers provided byChile tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/99-G/SCM/W/108 (ToUS)
G/ADP/W/100-G/SCM/W/109 (ToKorea)
11. Thequestions posed regarding Australia 'slegislation canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/9-G/SCM/W/17 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/14-G/SCM/W/21 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/14/Suppl.1-G/SCM/W/21/Suppl.1 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/16-G/SCM/W/23 (Submitted byJapan)
G/ADP/W/18-G/SCM/W/25 (Submitted byKorea)
G/ADP/W/27-G/SCM/W/34 (Submitted byCanada)
G/ADP/W/31-G/SCM/W/38 (Submitted byHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/47-G/SCM/W/56 (Submitted byThailand)
G/ADP/W/48-G/SCM/W/57 (Submitted byUS)
Theanswers provided byAustralia tothese question canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/108-G/SCM/W/117 (ToUS)
G/ADP/W/109-G/SCM/W/118 (ToCanada)
G/ADP/W/110-G/SCM/W/119 (ToKorea)
G/ADP/W/111-G/SCM/W/120 (ToJapan)
G/ADP/W/112-G/SCM/W/121 (ToEC)
G/ADP/W/113-G/SCM/W/122 (ToThailand)
G/ADP/W/114-G/SCM/W/123 (ToHong Kong)
12. Thequestions posed regarding Korea 'slegislation canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/5-G/SCM/W/13 (Submitted byAustralia)
G/ADP/W/12 (Submitted byEC)
G/SCM/W/19 (Submitted byEC)
G/ADP/W/15-G/SCM/W/22 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/15/Suppl.1-G/SCM/W/22/Suppl.1 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/26-G/SCM/W/33 (Submitted byCanada)
G/ADP/W/36-G/SCM/W/44 (Submitted byHong Kong)
G/ADP/W/42-G/SCM/W/50 (Submitted byTurkey)
G/ADP/W/49-G/SCM/W/58 (Submitted byUS)
G/ADP/W/61-G/SCM/W/70 (Submitted byHong Kong)
Theanswers provided byKorea tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing document:
G/ADP/W/74-G/SCM/W/83 (ToAll)G/ADP/M/3
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13. TheChairmanobservedthattheCommitteeshadmadeexcellentprogressinthetaskofreviewing
legislations atthemeeting. Heparticularly thanked thedelegations oftheMembers reviewed forthe
hardwork theyhadputintopreparing forthemeeting andtheobvious seriousness withwhich they
undertook thetask. Theresult had,inhisview, beenextremely positive.
14. TheChairman reminded Members thatquestions posed orally atthemeeting thathadnotbeen
submitted inwriting should beprovided inwriting totheMember towhose legislation theyrelated
andtotheSecretariat asquickly aspossible. Members whose legislation hadbeenreviewed were
requested toprovided theiranswers inwritten form totheSecretariat forcirculation toallMembers
by15September 1995.
B. Future meetings toreview notifications ofanti-dumping andcountervailing legislation
15. TheChairman briefly reviewed thestatus ofnotifications oflegislation. Inaddition tothe
Members whose legislation hadalready beenscheduled forreview, notifications hadbeenreceived
fromColombia,CostaRica,Cuba,CzechRepublic,DominicanRepublic,Egypt,ElSalvador,Honduras,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Norway, Paraguay,
Peru,Poland,Romania,Singapore,SlovakRepublic,SriLanka,Switzerland,Thailand,Turkey,Trinidad
andTobago, Uruguay andZambia. Nonotification hadbeenreceived from Antigua andBarbuda,
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Central African
Republic, Côted'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya,
Kuwait, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent &Grenadines, Senegal, South Africa,
Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, andZimbabwe.
16. TheChairman tooktheopportunity toconsider what hadbeenaccomplished intheareaof
notifications oflegislation, andwhatremained tobedone. Ontheonehand, itwasnoteworthy that
most albeit notalloftheWTO Members whowere known tohaveimposed anti-dumping and/or
countervailing measures inthepasthadnotified theirlegislation totheCommittees. Ontheother hand,
43members hadnotyetnotified theCommittees regarding thestatus oftheirlegislation, ifany. If
theseMembers didnothaveanyrelevant legislation, itshould beeasyforthemtonotify theCommittees
ofthefact.Iftheydidhavesuchlegislation, itwasimportant thatitbenotified, orifitwasnotpossible
tonotify immediately, notify theCommittees ofthereason andprovide anindicative datewhen
notification would bemade.
17. Turning tothefuture schedule ofreviews, theChairman stated thatitwasimportant thatthe
Committees giveatleastinitial consideration toallnotifications submitted totheCommittees before
theendoftheyear. Suchaninitial review should include those notifications thatdonotactually include
alegislative text,i.e.notifications thatindicate theabsence oflegislation orstatethataMember is
working onlegislation. Insome cases, thesenotifications mayposecertain issues which otherMembers
might liketoaddress.
18. Aninitial review ofallnotifications bytheendoftheyearwould require twoadditional special
meetings ofoneweek each. TheChairman therefore proposed thatthesecond jointspecial meeting
oftheCommittees beheldintheweekof23October, preceding theregular meetings oftheCommittees
on30and31October.Thiswouldallowsufficienttimeforthelegislationstobetranslatedandcirculated
inallworking languages bymid-August, andforMembers tosubmit andprepare torespond toquestions
wellinadvance ofthemeeting. Asforthethirdjointspecial meeting, itwasproposed thatitbeheld
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19. TheChairman reminded Members thatalistofcountries forthesecond review session was
selected inApril, withtheunderstanding thatthislistcould bereviewed foradditions inlightoffuture
developments. TheMembers scheduled forthesecond review wereArgentina, Brazil, Canada, the
EU,India andNewZealand. Heproposed thattheCommittees addtothislistofnotifications for
review thefollowing brief notifications: Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, Mauritius, Peru,
Slovak Republic, Singapore, Switzerland andUruguay. These notifications would betranslated into
allthree working languages andcirculated toallmembers bymid-August. Inthisway,allquestions
could besubmitted three weeks inadvance ofthemeeting, thatis,by2October atthelatest. This
longer period oftime, combined withastricter respect forthedeadline forsubmitting questions, would
allow abetter preparation andorganization ofthemeeting.
20. Theschedule forthethirdmeeting should include allMembers whose notifications hadnot
yetbeenreviewed. Theremaining Members thattodatehadsubmitted legislative textswereColombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Romania, Thailand, Trinidad &Tobago
andZambia. Heproposed thatthese notifications, plus thenon-textual notifications ofthe
Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Honduras, Paraguay, SriLanka andTurkey bereviewed
atthethirdmeeting.
21. TheCommittees sodecided.
22. Before closing themeeting, theChairman mentioned onemore timetheproblem oflate
submission ofquestions, which hadposed difficulties forthereview process. Heemphasized that,
forfuture special meetings toreview legislation, itwascritical thatwritten questions besubmitted in
atimely manner. Questions submitted latewould notbeprocessed andcirculated toMembers inadvance
ofthemeeting. While thesequestions could ofcourse beasked atthemeeting, theability ofMembers
toprepare answers toquestions theyknow willbeasked wasvitally important totheCommittees 'ability
toreview legislation.
23. Themeeting wasadjourned.