RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/125
G/SCM/W/134
23October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3190)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BYTHE
GOVERNMENT OFCANADA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 11October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofChile.
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Questions toCanada:
(a) When theconstructed costcriterion isused ininvestigations under Article 2.2.2 ofthe
Anti-Dumping Code, whatmethodologies areusedtodetermine theexporter 'sprofit margin?
(b) What criteria areusedtointerpret under Article 2.2oftheAnti-Dumping Code theconcept
of"particular market situation" inorder todisregard thedomestic market priceintheexporting country
asthenormal value?
(c) What aretheprocedures usedinthecaseofanaccelerated investigation inaccordance with
Article 9.4oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Howareappropriate transparency andnotification oftheparties
ensured?
(d) Howarethepossible interested parties inaninvestigation defined, andwhatarethecriteria
forconsidering themassuchinaccordance withArticle 6.1oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Areconsumers
considered asoneofthem?
(e) With reference toArticle 5.3oftheAnti-Dumping Code, isalltheevidence provided bythe
complainant verified before initiating aninvestigation?
(f) Undertheanti-dumpinglegislationandininvestigations,cantheinvestigatingauthoritycumulate
imports from theorigins under investigation?
(g) What isthemethod under yourdomestic legislation tocalculate theamount ofthesubsidy
investigated pursuant toArticle 14oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures?
(h) How aretheobligations ofArticle 8.2oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures implemented?
(i) Doesdomestic legislation provide theconcept ofmargin ofinjury? Ifso,isitusedtodetermine
anti-dumping duties instead ofthemargin ofdumping?
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