RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/159
G/SCM/W/166
ORGANIZATION 22November 1995
(95-3685)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFTHAILAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 13November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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Countervailing dutylegislation ofThailand
1. Please explain whatisthedefinition ofsubsidy under thisRegulation. Inparticular, howwill
Thailand ensure thattheprovisions ofArticle 1SCM beimplemented?
2. Please explain what willbethebasis forcalculation oftheamount ofasubsidy: willitbe
"benefit totherecipient": oranyother basis? Iftheformer isthecase, howwillThailand ensure
thattheprovisions ofArticle 14SCM beimplemented?
3. Could Thailand explain thereason whynoreference ismade totheconcept of"specificity"
ofasubsidy, asprovided forbyArticles 1and2SCM?
4. Could Thailand explain whynopossibilities ofconsultations areforeseen before theopening
ofaCVD investigation asrequired byArticle 13(1) SCM?
5. How willThailand ensure, given thedefinition ofdomestic industry which appears inthe
legislation, thatamajor proportion ofthetotalproduction supports acomplaint?
6. How willThailand apply thenegligibility concepts oftheSCM?
7. Could Thailand precise thedateofentry intoforce ofitslegislation?
1G/ADP/N/1/THA/2-G/SCM/N/1/THA/2.