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ORGANIZATION 10July1995
(95-1892)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFCHILE OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Please findenclosed thewritten questions submitted byAustralia inview ofthelegislation
review tobecarried outinthenextmeeting oftheAnti-Dumping andCountervailing Measures
Committees.
1. SinceChile'slegislationomitssomeimportantpointsofdetailintheAnti-DumpingandSubsidies
Agreements, howwillChile ensure compliance withtheirprovisions aspartofChilean law? Isgreater
detail tobeprovided inthedraftlawreferred toonthefirstpageofthenotification andhowwillChile
ensure compliance before thatlegislation isinplace? Inparticular willcompliance beensured
administratively orwillitalsobethrough judicial review asprovided forunder Article 13ofthe
Anti-Dumping Agreement andArticle 23oftheSubsidies Agreement?
2. Thelegislation appears toenvisage theimposition ofmeasures other thananti-dumping and
countervailing duties (e.g.minimum customs values andsurcharges inArticle 11ofLawNo.18,525
andArticles 1,19,24,26and27ofDecree No.575). What justification isthere fortheimposition
ofsuchmeasures?
3. Paragraph 3ofArticle 15ofDecree No.575saysthatmeasures "may notbegreater thanthe
margin ofpricedistortion". Howisthisdefined? Howisthisconsistent withChile'sobligations under
Article 9.3oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement andArticle 19.4oftheSubsidies Agreement?
4. What ismeant bytheterm"asaresult ofartificial effects intheirrespective markets" in
Article 10ofLawNo.18,525 andwhatrelation doesthisbeartotherequirements under theWTO
Agreements?
5. Incomplying withtheWTO Anti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements, willChile actin
accordance with, interalia:
(a) thegeneral ruleunder footnote 15toArticle 6oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement (andfootnote 40
toArticle 12oftheSubsidies Agreement) toallow aweekforthetransmission ofquestionnaires
toexporters (c.f.Article 14ofLawNo.18,552);
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(b) the60-day minimum period before theimposition ofprovisional measures (c.f.maximum of
60daysunder Article 19oftheDecree fortheCommission torequest theimposition of
provisional measures);
(c) thelimits ontheduration ofprovisional measures (Article 7.4oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement
andArticle 17.4oftheSubsidies Agreement);
(d) themandatory requirement torefund allorpartofprovisional duties where there isanegative
finaldetermination orthedefinitive dutyislessthantheprovisional duty, respectively (c.f.
theneedforanapplication tobemade within 90daysunder Article 24oftheDecree);
(e) therequirements oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements inrespect ofthesupport from
thedomestic industry necessary fortheinitiation ofaninvestigation; and
(f) therequirements forpublic notice andreports consistent withtheprovisions intheWTO
Agreements?