RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/199/Suppl.1
G/SCM/W/211/Suppl.1
ORGANIZATION 30November 1995
(95-3877)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED BYJAPAN1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 24November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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1. HowwilltheMinistry ofFinance define "material injury" toadomestic industry andthreat
thereof, andmaterial retardation intheestablishment ofadomestic industry inArticles 7.1and8.1
oftheCustom Law, (page 9and14)andwhatfactors willittakeintoconsideration inreaching such
definitions toensure consistency withArticle 3oftheA-DAgreement andarticle 15oftheSCM
Agreement?
2. There isnoapparent requirement inArticle 8oftheCustoms LaworintheA-DCabinet Order
forconsideration ofthemagnitude ofthedumping margin inassessing material injury. Howisthis
consistent withArticle 3.4oftheA-DAgreement?
3. There isnoapparent requirement intheArticle 7oftheCustoms LaworintheCVD Cabinet
Order that,when making threat determinations incountervailing dutyinvestigations, theMinistry of
Finance mustconsider thenature ofthesubsidies inquestion. Howisthisconsistent withArticle 15.7
oftheSCM Agreement?
4. What arethecriteria forthreat determinations articulated inArticles 7and8oftheCustoms
LawandintheA-DandCVD Cabinet Orders, andhowdotheycomport withtherequirements of
Article 3.7oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.7oftheSCM Agreement thattheinjury must be
"based onfactsandnotmerely onallegation, conjecture orremote possibility" andmustbe"clearly
foreseen andimminent"?
5. Article 4.4oftheCVD Cabinet Order (Page 50)andArticle 7.4oftheA-DCabinet Order
(Page 45)appear todiffer substantively fromeachother. Article 4.4oftheCVD Cabinet Order requires
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thatpersons requesting anextension oftheperiod forimposition ofcountervailing duties submit, among
other information, evidence that"substantial injury" would belikely tocontinue. Article 7.4ofthe
A-DCabinet Order requires forthecontinuation ofantidumping duties thesubmission, among other
things, ofthefactof"material injury" would belikely tocontinue. Isadifferent standard being imposed,
andifso,howisthisconsistent withtheSCM Agreement which consistently applies astandard of
"material injury" (seeSCM Agreement article 15)?