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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/159/Suppl.1
G/SCM/W/166/Suppl.1
ORGANIZATION 30November 1995
(95-3863)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHAILAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 27November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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1. The"Notification oftheMinistry ofCommerce ...B.E.2534" submitted byThailand tothe
WTO hasbeenpublished intheRoyal Gazette ofThailand inOctober 1991. Thispiece oflegislation
cantherefore hardly constitute animplementation ofthenewWTO Anti-Dumping Agreement.
Could Thailand explain theexact status ofthistext? Isitcurrently applicable? Have anysteps
beentaken toamend orreplace itwithaviewtoensuring conformity withthenewWTO Anti-Dumping
Agreement?
2. What isthespecific contribution/meaning ofArticle 3.2(3) considering thatcases where there
are"nosales ofthelikeproduct inthedomestic market oftheexporting country orthecountry of
origin" arealready covered byArticle 3.2(2)?
There remain cases where exporters notonlydonotsellbutalsodonotproduce likeproducts
inthedomestic market. What sense doesthismake, however, ifthecountry concerned isreally the
country oforigin?
3. What isthereason fortheabsence inArticle 3.2(4) oftheWTO requirement thatsaleshave
beenmade below costofproduction "within anextended period oftime" (WTO Article 2.2.1)?
What kindofperiod would Thailand normally consider forthepurpose ofthistest?
4. Could Thailand explain howtheyintend toapply thelastsentence ofArticle 3.2(5) where
reference ismade to"normal value constructed fromtheselling priceofthelikeproduct onthedomestic
market oftheexporting country (...)" considering thattheexporting country concerned isanonmarket
economy country where itisnormally notpossible torelyonlocalprices andcosts?
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Inwhich circumstances would thistext,rather thanthose mentioned under subparagraphs (a)
and(b)apply?
5. Could Thailand explain thedifference between cases where products "pass through" an
intermediate country (Article 3.2(6) firstsentence) andthose where products "aremerely intransit
through" anintermediate country (Article 3.2(6) second sentence)?
6. What isthemeaning, fortheThaiauthorities, ofanexport price which is"notappropriate"
asopposed toanexport price which is"unreliable" (Article 3.3)?
7. What istheWTO rationale fortheinclusion inthedefinition of"like products" ofproducts
whichare"substitutable"totheimportedproductsalongsidethosewhichare"characteristic-wiseidentical
orsimilar" tosuchproducts (seeWTO Article 2.6)?
8. What isthedefinition ofa"substantive" complaint within themeaning ofArticle 6.1(i)?
What istheessential difference between acomplaint which is"substantive" within themeaning
ofArticle 6.1(i) andacomplaint which contains "sufficient evidence" within themeaning of
Article 6.1(ii)?
9. Howisitpossible toreconcile theindication inArticle 6.2.2(4) that"theCommittee shallissue
anannouncement oftheresults ofthefinalinvestigation andinform allrelevant parties ...afterthe
determination ofthedefinitive special duty" withtheWTO requirement thatallinterested parties be
informed insufficient time"before afinaldetermination ismade" (WTO Article 6.9)?
10. Article 6.6allows theCommittee toextend theinvestigation period beyond oneyear"as
necessary" forcaseswhich areextremely complicated. Could suchanextension result inaninvestigation
being concluded more than18months afteritsinitiation (seeWTO Article 5.10)?
11. AretheWTO requirements concerning thedetermination ofinjury sufficiently taken into
consideration under Article 7?
Whyaretheeconomic factors relevant tosuchadetermination notlisted inaccordance with
WTO Article 3.4?
Whyisthere noprovision oncausation inaccordance withWTO Article 3.5?
HowcanThailand justify theabsence ofanyreference tothefactthatinjury mustbe"material"
inaccordance withArticle VIofGATT 1994?
12. Could Thailand elaborate ontheconcept of"essential partsandcomponents" within themeaning
oftheAnti-circumvention provisions ofArticle 12.1(4)?
Isthereanyvalue threshold above which partsandcomponents "imported fromthesamesource
astheproducts which issubject toaspecial duty" would beconsidered as"essential"?
13. IsitpossibleinThailandtoobtainajudicialreviewofdecisionsbytheCommitteeortheMinister
toimpose special duties? Ifso,before which Courts orTribunals andfollowing which procedures?