RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/213
G/SCM/W/223
ORGANIZATION 30November 1995
(95-3874)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYICELAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 24November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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INJURY
1. Thedefinition of“injury ”contained inArticle 19oftheIceland Customs Lawstates thatanti-
dumping orcountervailing duties shallbelevied onlyif“thedumped orsubsidized imports havecaused
orthreatened tocause injury todomestic industries orcaused serious impediment thereto ”.What is
themeaning ofthephrase “orcaused serious impediment thereto? ”Isthisphrase consistent withthe
definition ofinjury contained inArticle 3,n.9oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement (A-D) andArticle 15,
n.45oftheSubsidies andCountervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement?
2. Article 3.2oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.2oftheSCM Agreement require anevaluation
ofwhether theeffect oftheunfairly traded imports “isotherwise todepress prices toasignificant degree
orprevent priceincreases, which otherwise would haveoccurred, toasignificant degree ”.Howdoes
Icelandic lawimplement thisrequirement?
3. Article 3.4oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.4oftheSCM Agreement require anevaluation
ofcertain relevant economic factors intheexamination oftheimpact ofthedumped imports onthe
domestic industry. There isnorequirement inArticle 20.3oftheCustoms Lawtoevaluate thefollowing
factors enumerated inArticle 3.4oftheADAgreement and15.4oftheSCM Agreement: “actual
andpotential decline ”inprofits, output andproductivity; “themagnitude ofthemargin ofdumping ”;
andthe“actual andpotential negative effects oninventories, wages, growth, theability toraisecapital
orinvestments ”.How doesIcelandic lawimplement these requirements?
4. Article 21oftheCustoms Lawstates thata“threat ofinjury onlyexists where aparticular
situation islikely todevelop intoanactual injury ”.Howisthislanguage consistent withArticle 3.7
oftheADAgreement andArticle 15.7oftheSCM Agreement which require thatsuchthreat “must
beclearly foreseen andimminent ”?
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5. Article 21oftheCustoms Lawstates thataconsideration ofthreat ofmaterial injury “may”
include anexamination ofa“rateofincrease ofimports ”under investigation. Howdoesthisarticle
comply withArticle 3.7(I) oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.7(I) oftheSCM Agreement, which
require theauthority toexamine a“significant rateofincrease ”ofimports?
6. HowdoesArticle 21oftheCustoms Lawcomply withtherequirement ofArticle 3.7(iii) of
theA-DAgreementandArticle15.7(iii)oftheSCMAgreement,whichrequiretheauthorityto“consider
whether imports areentering atprices thatwillhaveasignificant depressing orsuppressing effect on
domestic prices, andwould likely increase demand forfurther imports ”inthecontext ofitsthreat
analysis?
7. HowdoesArticle 21oftheCustoms Lawcomply withtherequirement ofArticle 3.7(iv) of
theA-DAgreement andArticle 15.7(iv) oftheSCM Agreement, which require theauthority toconsider
“inventories oftheproduct being investigated ”inthecontext ofitsthreat analysis?